Format WD Elements Drive for Mac
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MarieMacLife
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MarieMacLife -
MarieMacLife -
Hello,
I'm desperate; after reading tons of advice, I can't format my new hard drive to use on my Mac: it's a 1TB WD Elements model, and my Mac is currently running OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). When I try to partition it, I get the following error message:
Executing operation 1 of 5...
Unmounting the disk
Mediakit reports that there is not enough space on the device for the required operation
The operation failed...
Thank you for your help...
Marie
Configuration: Macintosh / Safari 11.1.2
I'm desperate; after reading tons of advice, I can't format my new hard drive to use on my Mac: it's a 1TB WD Elements model, and my Mac is currently running OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). When I try to partition it, I get the following error message:
Executing operation 1 of 5...
Unmounting the disk
Mediakit reports that there is not enough space on the device for the required operation
The operation failed...
Thank you for your help...
Marie
Configuration: Macintosh / Safari 11.1.2
2 answers
Hello,
To format a disk for a Mac, you need to do the following:
1- Open "Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility"
2- Select the hard drive by clicking on the first icon, which indicates the size of the disk (if you’re unsure, take a photo or a screenshot and share it in this discussion - see the end of my message)
3- Choose the "Partition" tab
Here’s the important step:
4- Select "One Partition" (or two or more) for the "Volume Configuration" field. If you leave this field as "Current," all other fields will remain grayed out, preventing you from completing the formatting.
5- Give a name to your future hard drive ("MacIntosh HD" for example)
6- Choose "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" for the "Format" field
7- Click on "Options" and choose:
8- Start the formatting process by clicking on "Apply"
If you encounter a problem during these 8 steps, let us know which one you encounter
In case you need help with:
- Taking a screenshot on Mac
- How to insert an image into a discussion
Note: Select the interesting part and not the entire screen, otherwise the image will be too large and the text will be unreadable.
Ritchi
To format a disk for a Mac, you need to do the following:
1- Open "Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility"
2- Select the hard drive by clicking on the first icon, which indicates the size of the disk (if you’re unsure, take a photo or a screenshot and share it in this discussion - see the end of my message)
3- Choose the "Partition" tab
Here’s the important step:
4- Select "One Partition" (or two or more) for the "Volume Configuration" field. If you leave this field as "Current," all other fields will remain grayed out, preventing you from completing the formatting.
5- Give a name to your future hard drive ("MacIntosh HD" for example)
6- Choose "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" for the "Format" field
7- Click on "Options" and choose:
- "GUID" for an Intel Mac
- "Apple Partition Map" for a PowerPC Mac
8- Start the formatting process by clicking on "Apply"
If you encounter a problem during these 8 steps, let us know which one you encounter
In case you need help with:
- Taking a screenshot on Mac
- How to insert an image into a discussion
Note: Select the interesting part and not the entire screen, otherwise the image will be too large and the text will be unreadable.
Ritchi
I deleted my message, which was similar to yours but I was asking which Mac it was and if it was a laptop, to specify whether it was self-powered or only powered by USB, you know the rest ;-)