Thank you for the advice - could you please recommend another method.Īlso, you may try running First Aid on this drive in Disk Utility and see what it says. I tried your method and it said that the operation had failed. Id like to, as much as possible, save the data but if it comes to deleting it to be able to use the drive, I dont mind. Select the Hard Drive device (most left, outdented item, usually with a name that matches the vendor).Įxtended (Journaled), or (Journaled, Encrypted) are most appropriate. If you want to keep the data, do not attempt to reformat the drive.Ĭlick the View popup menu above the drive list and select Show All Devices. I have also replaced the connector cable as I have seen that it has solved similar issues, however not mine. Ive tried using Disk Utility to erase the drive, partition it and even tried to re-download outdated Sierra software (which failed). Western Digital My Passport High Sierra Download Outdated Sierra Im shocked how hard it is to find this clearly stated in any explainer.Īpple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums.Īpple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.Īll postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the. What I had to do was use the WD utilty program to reformat the drive as HFS.Īll the other tutorials I can find completely miss changing the view to select the device. Was able to successfully reformat same drive on another Mac that wasnt running High Sierra.
I would not recommend APFS on the external HD, that will lead to problems. Then select your actual device - not the indented volume - and then the Erase making sure the Partition Map Scheme is GUID and format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I did not purchase the Mac version of WD external hard drive, and was wondering if it can be formatted to JHSF or to the new APFS film system. Western Digital My Passport For Mac High Sierra Update By diastanpore1972 Follow | Public
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