Format external hard drive to NTFS file system.Īlthough NTFS file system is developed by Microsoft, but macOS can only read NTFS external hard drive and cannot write NTFS external hard drive, you need to install extra NTFS for Mac app if you want to write NTFS external hard drive on Mac. Format external hard drive to FAT32/exFAT file system.Īlthough FAT32/exFAT file system is developed by Microsoft, but macOS can also read/write external hard drive with FAT32/exFAT file system.Ģ.
Updated by Tim to BitLocker for Mac on April 7th, 2021 How to format external hard drive for Mac and Windows PC usage?ġ.
