When I bought the drive, I was surprised to see that it didn’t support OS X out of the box. Yes, it had some software specifically made for OS X on it, but even that didn’t help. Turns out, it just wasn’t in the right format. These hard drives are customized to run well on Windows (as you’d expect), and they don’t run well with OS X. So to get it running, what we’ll need to do is format it in Journaled format, which is OS X only format or MS-DOS (FAT), which means it will run with both OS X and Windows. If you’re only going to be using the hard drive on a Mac, I recommend you stick with Journaled. WD 4TB My Passport for Mac Portable external Hard Drive - USB-C/ USB-A Ready - WDBP6A0040BBK-WESE (Old Generation). My Passport for Mac Portable Hard Drive. Trusted drive built with WD. Reformatting for Mac OS X operating. Previous Page 1 2 3. 13 Next Page. Why You Need to Re-Format the External Hard Drive When I first got the hard drive, I wasn’t able to copy anything over to it (but I was able to copy from it). Disk Utility showed that it was formatted to MS-DOS (FAT) but I’m pretty sure it would have been NTFS instead. If you experience the same issue, your only recourse is to reformat it in one of two formats. Much like my WD My Passport Ultra, most external hard drives out there are customized to work with Windows, not OS X. If you’re only going to use the external hard drive with Macs or you want to use it for Time Machine backups, format it in Mac OS Extended (Journaled). If you’re like me who also needs to use at least a part of the hard drive from Windows PCs, you’ll need to choose MS-DOS (FAT) format. But here you won’t get great support for Time Machine. Plus you can’t make partitions bigger than 2 TB or move files larger than 4 GB around. How to Re-Format the External Hard Drive First, connect the external hard drive, bring up Spotlight Search by using the keyboard shortcut Cmd + Space and type in Disk Utility. Press Enter and Disk Utility will launch. You can also find it in Utilities folder in Applications. Now, from the left column select 1 TB WD My Passport (or whatever your hard drive name is), and click on the Erase tab. From here, in Format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled), give it a name if you want, and click Erase. You’ll get a warning. Again, click Erase. In a couple of seconds, you’ll have an OS X ready hard drive to go. Related: Check out our. How to Create Partitions I’m planning on using my hard drive for both Time Machine backups and to carry media files around. I might need to use the hard drive with Windows computers so I’m going to format one of the partitions as MS-DOS (FAT), fully aware of its limitations. The other one, for Time Machine backups, will be in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. To create a partition, select the hard drive from the left column and click the Partition tab. From the drop-down below Partition Layout, select the number of partitions you want. Don’t go overboard here. Now, just below, you’ll see a visual representation of the partitions. You can use the breakpoint to change the size of the partitions by moving it up or down. You can also click on a partition, give it a name and select the format. Once you’ve decided all the details, simply click the Apply button. From the pop-up, select Partition. ![]() Disk Utility: Check out. What Do You Use It For? What are you planning on doing with the external hard drive? Or just storing media? Share with us in our forums section. Last updated on 8 Feb, 2018.
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![]() You can actually open, work on, and save a file in several formats. Choose File→Save As and then click Format to open the pop-up menu. Excel can open and save in the formats listed in this Format pop-up menu. You have several options for file formats besides Excel’s default (.xlsx) format. My issue got fixed using the below procedure thanks for Richard. Regards, Prashanth Please try make sure you have data back. If you want to try something that has worked for me and someone else I'll share this with you. Just please understand that all of your preferences for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook will be removed and you will have to reset them. Before starting the process you must quit all Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. And remember 'closing' is not 'quitting' on a Mac. ![]() If you are unsure about whether an Office application is still running it would be best if you restarted your computer. You will also need to know your sign in ID for your Microsoft Office account if you obtained it via an Office365 subscription. When you are ready, go to this location and move to the trash the MicrosoftRegistrationDB.reg file that is located there. This is a locked file so you will need to confirm your request to delete it. /Users//Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office Now restart Word and when it opens it will display the document gallery page and you will notice that you are not signed in. You should go ahead and do that with your Microsoft Office sign-in ID. Your recent list will probably be empty but go ahead and start a new document and save it. Quit Word and reopen it and then check the Recent List. Hopefully it will have repopulated with at least some of your previous files and also hopefully it will continue to do so. Please let us know if this helps. ________________________________ Richard V. Michaels Author of productivity add-ins for Mac-Office and Win-Office. Tips for better search results • Ensure correct spelling and spacing - Examples: 'paper jam' • Use product model name: - Examples: laserjet pro p1102, DeskJet 2130 • For HP products a product number. - Examples: LG534UA • For Samsung Print products, enter the M/C or Model Code found on the product label. HP ENVY 4520 Setup Instructions Installation HP ENVY 4520 Driver for Windows & Mac Without CD/DVD. Find the right HP ENVY 4520 driver based on your operating system in below. Click the software and download it to your PC. After that, open the installed file and click run; The installation will start automatically. ![]() ![]() - Examples: “SL-M2020W/XAA” • Include keywords along with product name. Examples: 'LaserJet Pro P1102 paper jam', 'EliteBook 840 G3 bios update' Need help finding your product name or product number? |
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