We cover how you should format your USB drive before using it as a storage device, and which format to use - APFS, exFAT or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

While the Mac can use a hard drive formatted for Windows, some features may be limited. So it's a good idea to format a new hard drive specifically for macOS.

If you are also stuck on how to format your external hard drive on Mac, follow our step-by-step guide: Before you begin formatting an external drive on Mac, you need to make sure that you have the ...

If you want to format a drive that will be used as your Macu2019s startup disk, the procedure is a little different from formatting it for use as a secondary drive for storing data.

Next, click on Security Options… to configure how the drive will be erased: you can choose a more secure setting if there's data on the drive that you want permanently (unrecoverably) removed.

Running out of storage space, or looking for a smart way to back up your Mac? Here's how to choose the best Apple-friendly SSD or hard drive for your needs, plus our top tested picks.

Running out of storage space, or looking for a smart way to back up your Mac? Here's how to choose the best Apple-friendly SSD or hard drive for your needs, plus our top tested picks.

Want to use one external hard drive with both a Mac and Windows computer? We’ll teach you how to properly partition your HDD for each OS type.

A new SSD inside an older iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, or Mac Pro will lead to much faster OS X performance, app loading, restarting, and file accessing.