Bought a refurb external HD from Best Buy. Should I use Disk Utility to format it for optimal use with my Mac, and if so, at which setting?
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Cameron
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Do You Recommend Formatting a New External HD?
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Absolutely. If there is no data on it that you want, then why not? Only takes a minute.
And chances are it is not formatted for Mac right now, so it would not be optimal for Mac use.
Reformat it at Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Thanks!
GARY
WOULD THIS WORK WELL FOR USB THUMB???...Oops, sorry for the caps...
Sure. I usually reformat USB flash drives to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) too. Unless I want to use them on Windows too.