
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.

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. 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. Connect your Western Digital My Passport drive to Mac computer, and let the OS detect and mount the drive for use.In macOS / OS X Platform Wd My Passport Ultra Mac Format After successful formatting, you can directly save or move files to it like any other external hard drive. Now, again select a ‘Quick Format’ option, then click ‘Start’ option, wait for a few minutes to get your drive reformatted with the FAT32 file system, so that you can use it. As shown in figure 1, your My Passport Ultra for Mac drive kit includes the following: Figure 1: My Passport Ultra for Mac Portable Hard Drive Kit Components My Passport Ultra for Mac portable hard drive, with the WD Discovery™, WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software USB 3.1 Type-C cable Type-C to A adapter Optional Accessories.6. My Passport for Mac portable hard drive, with the WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software USB 3.0 cable Quick install guide Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport for Mac drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security. This morning, WD My Passport suddenly became inaccessible, couldn't be detected by my computer. WD My Passport Ultra 1TB drive not detected on PC, how to fix it 'I have a WD My Passport Ultra 1TB portable drive for storing movies, photos, and important personal files. Once you have it in a format your Mac can read. And copy and paste files from your Mac’s internal drive to your WD My Passport Drive. Format so that you Can Save Your Mac Files on WD My Passport. “Easily Use Your WD My Passport For Mac And Windows in 7 Steps” head over and have a read.
