![]() ![]() Now to see the format of the drive you can select it here and then go to File, Get Info. If I select it it shows what is in there and chances are if it is a brand new drive that you bought it should mount just fine and show there is no files in there or maybe some junk in there like some software that was included with the drive. It's not a new drive but I'm going to use it for this demonstration. So when you connect a drive it should appear here on the left side of the Finder under locations. Even if when you buy the drive it says that it is formatted for Mac, it maybe using an older format and most of the time when you buy drives they are actually formatted for Windows. Now when you buy an external drive, whether it is a large hard drive like this or just maybe a small USB thumb drive, you need to format it for your Mac. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. ![]() There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. ![]() MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 1000 supporters. Let me show you how you should format an external drive for your Mac. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out How Should You Format An External Drive For a Mac? at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. ![]()
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