At some point, you will need to format a USB stick or an external drive using your mac, either because you want to delete data or to make it compatible with your mac operating system. Hopefully, you ...

The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

The drive will be erased with the selected format and will be usable on both Macs and Windows PCs. I’ve seen claims on the Internet that formatting these drives in the Mac OS Extended (Journaled ...

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.

This article will show how to format a hard drive using Disk Utility, a helpful application that comes with every Mac. It’s easy, and takes a few minutes.

This CNET TV video gives you step-by-step instructions on how to set up your external hard drive so it can be used on a Windows machine and on your Mac.

To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

If you are having trouble getting a USB flash drive or external hard drive to mount on your Mac, here are several things you can try to fix the issue.

You might need to format an external hard drive before you can use it with your computer. We have some tips to help the process go smoothly.