Formatting drives on the mac is most certainly possible, and
relatively easy.
First, you need to decide if you want the files to be accessible from
both windows and mac, or just the mac.
If you want them accessible, you'll need to use fat32 file system.
If windows compatibility isn't an issue, then use mac osx extended
(this is ext3 for those techy types) You also have the option to make
it case sensitive or not (I hate case sensitive file systems, so I
always say no, but your mileage may vary) Disk utility is used for
this process in most cases, though it can be done from terminal as
well for those criminally insane types like myself.
Anyway, simply select the drive in the outline view, then partition
and format away. If you simply want to reformat (and not partition
again) then select the volume on the disk instead of the disk
itself. Then, simply click format, and select your format type (it's
going to be under options) then you're all set.
If this isn't detailed enough, let me know, and I'll try to break it
down a bit more, but I think this should be sufficient to get you there.
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