I need to format a USB drive to FAT32 on MacBook Air M2 running Sequoia 15.6, and it seems impossible: I tried to erase it with Disk Utility, but the only formats now available are APFS. Any ideas? This would ruin the use of DJ equipment like CDJs (that only support FAT) if you own Macs.
MacBook Air, macOS 15.6
What is the current map scheme and format of the USB drive..?
Click the View box on the Disk Utility tool bar and select "Show all Devices"
Select the external USB drive in the sidebar, them select Erase on the tool bar.
Now select Master Boot Record for the map scheme and MS-DOS for the format.
What is the current map scheme and format of the USB drive..?
Click the View box on the Disk Utility tool bar and select "Show all Devices"
Select the external USB drive in the sidebar, them select Erase on the tool bar.
Now select Master Boot Record for the map scheme and MS-DOS for the format.
Just to add to the good advise by my colleague @den.thed
According to Apple
File system formats available in Disk Utility on Mac
Excerpt from above
Disk Utility on Mac supports several file system formats:
Hi; thanks for coming here. I’ve formatted it to APFS, just to have it mounted. But that left me without any further format option available in Disk Utility. Meanwhile I tried do use the Partition function in Disk Utilities , and there was the MS DOS available, so I went for it. I hope this works as a solution — at least the Rekordbox software recognized it and started the backup. And I also hope that the CDJs will recognize and mount it too. ;)
You're welcome.
I do not have a CDJ to test, but it sounds like you are good to go.
If you want to double check the USB drive format.
Control (right) click on the USB drive and select Get Info.
If we/you did it right, the Format: should show as MS-DOS (FAT32)
USB Formating to FAT32 issues with Mac Sequoia
