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Hello. I have bought a WD elements external hard drive but it needs reformatting and installation first. Unfortunately, my macbook is not working at the moment : I updated it to Big Sur but my device won’t install it so now i can’t even log into my user account on my device. I am wondering if I can reformat it in another macbook and later use it with my mac.
Thanks 😀
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14
Yes, you can use almost any Mac. If you need/want APFS as an option it needs High Sierra or higher.
Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/20.0/mac/11.0
- Choose the appropriate system version to get the correct document
Yes, you can use almost any Mac. If you need/want APFS as an option it needs High Sierra or higher.
Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/20.0/mac/11.0
- Choose the appropriate system version to get the correct document
Reformat WD elements hard drive for MacOs
