Ex-FAT supports maximum volume size up to 128 PiB, and its supported maximum file size is 128 PiB.Therefore, it is better to choose ex-FAT instead. Due to some limitations FAT32 format is not useful for every type of user, and also affects both Mac’s and PC’s performances.There are specific third-party systems, like Digital Camcorders, and Sony PlayStation 3, which need the drives to be formatted in either FAT32 or ex-FAT format to perform read from and write operation.
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Format your Western Digital My Passport external hard drive to FAT32 or ex-FAT format so to transfer the data between a Mac and Windows system conveniently.Once formatting is done, you can use the drive in macOS or OS X as a regular hard drive.Now, click the ‘Erase,’ button and wait a few minutes and let the macOS erase data on the drive and reformat it by FAT32 or ex-FAT format.Now, the Erase dialogue window appears, here select the ‘Volume Format’ drop-down list and choose ‘MS-DOS (FAT)’ or ex-FAT File System.’ Note: ex-FAT is a better choice for formatting WD My Passport on Mac.
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Click ‘Erase’ on the Disk Utility file menu.When the Disk Utility opens, choose the Western Digital hard drive icon from the sidebar.From the Utilities folder window, select ‘Disk Utility’ application.
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When the Finder window opens, on the menu bar, select ‘Go’ and then ‘Utilities.’ After that, you will be able to see /Applications/Utilities folder in Finder. Now, a new hard drive icon will appear on the desktop.