How To Format an External Hard Drive for Mac - Everything You Need To Know

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Learn how to format an external hard drive, SSD, or a usb flash drive on mac for both mac and windows. I explain the differences between the formats AFPS, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), MS-DOS (FAT), and ExFAT in Disk Utility and show you which is the best to use. 0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Eject all other drives connected to your mac 0:38 - What to expect when connecting a windows NTFS formatted drive or usb drive to a mac 1:21 - Using Disk Utility to format an external drive or usb thumb drive on a mac 1:57 - What to do if you don't see APFS and other options in format menu in Disk Utility 3:05 - Explaining AFPS (Apple File System) and when to use it for formatting a drive 3:57 - Running test to see if AFPS, Mac OS extended, or ExFAT is faster transfer speeds 4:37 - Why you shouldn't format an external drive to AFPS 5:16 - Explaining Mac OS Extended Journaled Format 5:52 - Explaining MS DOS (FAT) Format 6:14 - ExFAT format is compatible with both Mac and Windows 6:40 - Explaining Case Sensitive and Encryption formats on mac 7:22 - Finishing my example of formatting an external drive to Mac OS Extended Journaled My Main Camera Sony a7iii: https://amzn.to/2NhH9SY My Mic: https://amzn.to/2yfKJpW ALL OF MY GEAR: https://kit.co/JavierMercedes @javiermercedesx on social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JavierMercedesx Twitter: https://twitter.com/JavierMercedesx My Screen Recorder: https://bit.ly/JMCamtasiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JavierMercedesx E-mail Newsletter: https://www.javiermercedes.com/email Get Adobe Premiere Pro and the Creative Cloud: https://bit.ly/JMCreativeCloud Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/javiermercedes Get My Podcast the Passion In Progress show on: YouTube: http://bit.ly/PIPyoutube Apple: http://bit.ly/PIPApple Google: http://bit.ly/PIPGoogle Spotify: http://bit.ly/PIPSpotify Stitcher: http://bit.ly/PIPStitcher Rank your videos higher in search with With Tubebuddy: https://www.tubebuddy.com/Progress SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-R_lZ5qRnNEq3gXdnoKqZw?sub_confirmation=1 DISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. #mac #mactips