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Flash drives

Do I need to format a flash drive for an iMac

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 3, 2021 2:19 AM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2021 2:26 AM

That depends on how the new Flash Drive is formatted when purchased. It will also depend on how one what's to use the Flash Drive.

If for use Only on Apple Computer - one can use the native format HFS Journaled with GUID Partition Map.

If for use on Both Windows and Apple Computer - would suggest formatted as exFat with Master Boot Record Partition Map.

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