- #FORMAT WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC HOW TO#
- #FORMAT WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC FOR MAC#
- #FORMAT WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC INSTALL#
After extensive research on the Web, it was found to be a power supply problem. System persisted in not reconizing the WD my passport. I'm not that computer savy so please, as detailed as possible. I need to be able to share files between computers MAC and PC).
#FORMAT WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC HOW TO#
Can someone please give me detailed instructions how to format it so it works for both and still be able to read and write files from multiple computers. I have a 500GB passport formatted for MAC and I need to be able to use it for PCs as well.
For instance I need to watch a few tutorials for class and I need to download them to my passportCan I then plug my passport into my Macbook and view the tutorials? I do have a PC at my. One more thing: During the last few steps, the drive makes a chirping sound every few seconds when connected to any computer.So I just bought my 1TB Passport but I need to know if the passport will work for both a Mac and a PC? I have a class where we have to use a PC on campus and I need to get things off of this particular PC. Result: After several minutes, the New Hardware wizard appeared, but it seems it could not find a driver that it liked and as a result the disk was not mounted. Tried it on an old Windows XP laptop with no internet connection.Result: Drive does not appear in Disk Utility. Tried on a third Mac, a 2020 MacBook Pro running macOS 11.Tried again on the newer Mac: Result: Drive does not appear in Disk Utility.The drive did appear in Disk Utility but attempting to format it indicated failure, much more quickly this time, after a few seconds. Connected to an older Mac with USB-A ports.Tried to get the disk to mount using these instructions from WD, but of course I still used my USB-C to USB-A adapter.Disk Utiltiy indicated indeterminate progress for about 15 minutes, finally indicating that the reformatting failed, and furthermore that re-mounting failed. Launched Disk Utility and told it to Erase and format as a APFS volume, since this is what Apple now recommends for Time Machine.
#FORMAT WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC INSTALL#
Did not install the software because I thought it was not needed and might interfere with my intended use as a Time Machine backup.The drive mounted and I saw two software installers, one for Windows and one for Mac. Connected the new WD Passport to one of the two USB-A ports on my USB-C to USB-A adapter.Did I do anything wrong at the beginning? What should I do now? My late 2020 Apple Silicon MacBook Air, running the latest macOS 12, has only USB-C ports.īelow are the steps I did.
Thinking that a drive could be flaky after 5 years, yesterday I bought from Best Buy a new WD 2 TB My Passport to replace it. For the last week or so, Apple’s Time Machine has been failing to back up to my five year old WD 1 TB My Passport.