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), MSDOS (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

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