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  1. corvaxmuzzy

    Primer on Current Apple M1 Partitioning

    Had to reformat my M1 MacBook Pro. It has a 1TB drive. It automagically creates, by default, system and data partitions. I do not believe what Disk Utility seems to be simplifying. Would someone be so kind as to explain exactly what is going on. I have a pretty good understanding of...
  2. Eagle 20

    How to reformat portable external hard drive?

    My WD 2TB My Passport was replaced and I cannot find the guide I used to reformat it with Disc Utility before. All I can recall is it had a partition with 250GB formatted to backup my Mac, and the remainder I believe was formatted differently to store my files. But I cannot remember exactly how...
  3. tscoke

    External HD shows up as multiple devices

    I have a 1TB external Toshiba HD that I want to reformat into a clean, single partition. This drive was previously used with the now defunct Transporter Sync. When I connect the drive to my Macbook Air running High Sierra it shows up as four separate volumes. I cant' figure out how to remove...
    • tscoke
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    • external hard drive partition reformatting
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    • Forum: macOS
  4. B

    Using a ex hardrive without reformating

    I am a photographer and artist. normally i use pc so my external hard drive is formatted in ntfs i wouldn't mind changing the format if i had a place for everything. my hard drive is the focal point of everything i do. i have about 1 and a quarter terabytes of info on it. i have nothing large...
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