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by Shirly Chen, 2016-11-10
Seagate Backup Plus comes in a couple varieties — one pre-formatted for Mac, the other pre-formatted for Windows but also readable on Mac. But sometimes a little help is needed, if you decide to start using your Windows drive mainly on your new Mac.
Format Seagate drive to via free format tool Usually, you can use Windows built-in tools like Diskpart to format Seagate drive. But they are with some limitations. Office for mac free. For example, if you use it to format partition over 32GB to FAT32, the error message that the volume is too big will appear. From the popular Slim drives to the ridiculous capacity and mobility of the Portable drives, you can always rely on the Backup Plus family. All Backup Plus drives are compatible with Time Machine ® and come with cool features, including Seagate Dashboard and Windows/Mac compatibility. So stay on the move and safely take along your documents.
'Hi, anyone can tell me how to format a Seagate external hard drive on Mac? I am going to sell my 2TB Seagate external hard drive. Before sending it away, I want to make sure all the data on it has been permanently erased. So I try to format it on my Mac. However, I didn’t find a way to format Seagate external hard drive under Mac OS. Is it possible to do this?' – Manie
Formatting is the best way to give an old Seagate external hard drive its new life. It is easy to format a Seagate external hard drive on Windows PC. However, if you want to format a Seagate external hard drive on Mac, it is not as easy as formatting it on a PC. Cause this feature is ‘hidden’ inside your Mac OS. And in some cases, you need both formatting Seagate external hard drive and permanently wiping data on it. Such as these cases:
- You will resell, donate or give away your old Seagate external hard drive.
- You are going to lend your Seagate external hard drive with someone else or share it with other people.
- You are disposing your old Seagate external hard drive or throwing it into trash.
- You plan to send your Seagate external hard drive to be repaired.
In the cases above, you need to format your Seagate external hard drive and permanently destroy all sensitive data on it, leaving no chance for data recovery. Only Mac data erasure software can achieve the double effects. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac offers secure and easy solution to format Seagate external hard drive and permanently wipe all existing data and history data.
Format Seagate external hard drive with Super Eraser for Mac
How To Format Seagate Drive For Mac
DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac gives clear way to format Seagate external hard drive under Mac OS because it is so easy-to-use. You just need to connect your Seagate external hard drive with your Mac and run this Mac data erasure software to format it, here is the instructions.
Select mode 'Wipe Volume/Device' –> Select your Seagate external hard drive -> Click on 'Wipe Now' button. Then it will automatically format your Seagate external hard drive and wipe all existing/history data. Download qq for mac. You will get a brand new Seagate external hard drive.
Since this Mac data erasure will permanent wipe all data on your Seagate external hard drive while it is formatting your Seagate external hard drive under Mac OS. So please back up your important files before you run it to format your Seagate external hard drive. It also supports to format Mac hard drives, USB flash drives, external hard drives, digital cameras, SD cards, etc under Mac OS.
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