Formatting USB Drive

How do I format my USB drive so I can save pictures from my MacBook Pro to it?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jul 19, 2022 12:23 PM

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Posted on Jul 19, 2022 12:29 PM

You can format it as FAT32, exFAT, HFS+ or APFS in the Disk Utility app.

Link-> Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 19, 2022 12:29 PM in response to beverlyfrombristow

You can format it as FAT32, exFAT, HFS+ or APFS in the Disk Utility app.

Link-> Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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