Can not format new external drive to APFS

There is no option for APFS:


It is a new Rocket Nano V2 2TB external drive.


I can format to HFS+ as seen above, and if I try to convert to APFS:



I am stuck. Any ideas?


M2 MacPro

Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 21, 2023 09:35 AM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2023 12:09 PM

Steven Roussey wrote:

There is no option for APFS:
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/1ed4b98b-a826-45e0-91ad-a4db5f108ead

It is a new Rocket Nano V2 2TB external drive.

I can format to HFS+ as seen above, and if I try to convert to APFS:


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/fe9a981f-e9e5-4d6d-b38b-c7bc934d4195

I am stuck. Any ideas?

M2 MacPro
Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)


Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices you want to erase/format/initialize the 'parent' drive as new



GUID partiton map/ APFS as the file type

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Feb 21, 2023 12:09 PM in response to Steven Roussey

Steven Roussey wrote:

There is no option for APFS:
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/1ed4b98b-a826-45e0-91ad-a4db5f108ead

It is a new Rocket Nano V2 2TB external drive.

I can format to HFS+ as seen above, and if I try to convert to APFS:


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/fe9a981f-e9e5-4d6d-b38b-c7bc934d4195

I am stuck. Any ideas?

M2 MacPro
Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)


Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices you want to erase/format/initialize the 'parent' drive as new



GUID partiton map/ APFS as the file type

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