How To Format Ssd For Mac
Aug 12, 2014 Use Disk Utility (ApplicationsUtilities folder) to format the SSD, erasing it and formatting as “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” with a single GUID partition. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your hard drive to the SSD. Now click the Erase tab. Set the format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and the Scheme to GUID Partition Map.If you selected the drive name instead of its description you won’t see the Scheme option. Format new SSD as OS X Extended (Journaled) from PC. Ask Question. I’ve ordered a USB to SATA cable to format the drive from another Mac, but can I format the drive, as OS X extended journaled, in Windows? Tl:dr - How do I format (or partition) a clean SSD as OS X Extended (Journaled), as opposed to exFAT etc., from a PC?
This guide uses Mac OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.5. Procedure may be different with other OS versions.
1. Connect your SanDisk® SSD to your Apple Mac system via USB adaptor, the Mac OS will pop up a message: 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer', please select Initialize
2. Disk Utility will pop up, if not, open Disk Utility and you shall see the SSD listed under External
3. Select the SSD and then select Erase button on top of disk utility
4. Input your desired name of the partition, if you plan to install Mac OS onto the partition,choose OS X Extended(Journaled) as format. Otherwise you can choose either OS X Extended or ExFAT as format. Please choose GUID Partition Map as Scheme. After you click Erase, the erase will start and the partition you created will appear under the drive on left side of Disk Utility.
5. You can also create multiple partitions in one SSD. In Disk Utility, select the SSD(not the partition under), then select Partition button on top of Disk Utility.
How To Format New Ssd
6. Input new partition name, and use '+' and '-' button on the left to determine the size of the partition. Picsart for mac. Then select ' Apply'