How to Format a Hard Drive on Mac to Erase Your Data
Whether you need to erase all your data from an external drive or format it for a different OS, sometimes you need to format a hard drive on your Mac. Emilio Aguero of @TechWithEmilio will show you how to format a hard disk on your Mac.
In this video, you’re going to learn:
if you can format your Mac’s internal hard drive
how to erase your Mac’s hard drive in System Mode
how to format an external hard disk
what different disk formats mean
what disk formats are used for macOS and Windows
how to partition a hard drive
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To navigate this video, use the following timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Find Your Drives
02:03 - Formatting Internal Hard Drive
02:43 - Erasing an External Drive
03:19 - Disk Formats for Mac and Windows
05:48 - Disk Partitions