Installed HDD. Disk Utility pops up but only First Aid, Erase and Restore are lit. Ran First Aid with no results. Looked online and could not find any information that matched my issue.
Mac Pro, OS X 10.11
Be sure you choose "Show all Devices" from the little drop down menu. You want to erase the PHYSICAL device by its manufacturer-provided name.
In newer versions of MacOS the two steps Erase and Partition (aka Initialize) are combined into a slightly more complex ERASE command. when you erase, you choose the partition scheme (GIUD) and a Volume type (typically MacOS Extended (journaled)) and give the Volume a name and it does all in one operation. it just takes about a minute.
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Be sure you choose "Show all Devices" from the little drop down menu. You want to erase the PHYSICAL device by its manufacturer-provided name.
In newer versions of MacOS the two steps Erase and Partition (aka Initialize) are combined into a slightly more complex ERASE command. when you erase, you choose the partition scheme (GIUD) and a Volume type (typically MacOS Extended (journaled)) and give the Volume a name and it does all in one operation. it just takes about a minute.
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Thanks Grant, that was easy!
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