I have been using the mac since late 2011 ,but still haven’t mastered how to format a disk . If I have any problems I will be bugging you guys again . > On Jul 25, 2017, at 11:35 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I have 5 of the WD My Passport drives and none are for the Mac. Two are > formatted for Windows, the rest for the Mac and each are partitioned. They > all have been working fine. So I am curious what the difference is with the > Mac version. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 7/25/2017 5:38 AM, N2KPV wrote: >> Well , After getting frustrated trying to format the drive , I took it >> back and ordered a My Passport for Mac . If I encounter any problems >> with this I will contact you guys . >> Thanks , Ben >> >> On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 4:23:10 AM UTC-4, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >> If you find the drive in your computer volume listing, >> And then do a command I to get info, >> Then find the details that say format. See what it says. >> >> If you need to format the device to the mac os journaled then please >> ask and we can advise you of how to do this. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisi...@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Constantini >> Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2017 2:02 AM >> To: macvisi...@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Backing up the Mac >> >> I know with the Passport I didn’t have to format it . I am not so >> adept in formatting . I tried going into disk utility but was not >> sure where to go from there . I may go to staples this morning and >> try another drive . >> > On Jul 24, 2017, at 9:40 AM, E.T. <ancient...@icloud.com> wrote: >> > >> > Are the drives formatted to macOS Extended Journaled? I also use >> the Passport drives and do not have problems with any of them. >> > >> > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> > "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the >> world, >> > all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind >> off >> > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> > E-mail: ancient...@icloud.com >> > >> > On 7/24/2017 6:08 AM, N2KPV wrote: >> >> Hi all , I have been backing up my late 2011 mac with a My Passport >> >> for mac external hardrive . With the last update my mac stopped >> >> recognizing the hargrive . i am running El Capitan on my mac . Any >> >> suggestions ? I purchased a seagate for mac hardrive but my mac >> >> doesn't support it . 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