Cómo Formatear un USB en Mac
Si desea optimizar la capacidad de almacenamiento de su USB en un Mac, será necesario que lo formatee. El proceso solo requiere algunos sencillos pasos y se completará en un lapso de tiempo corto. Dependiendo de la forma en que elija formatear el dispositivo puede recuperar su espacio de almacenamiento de manera completa.
Recomendaciones antes de formatear su USB
- Asegúrese de que todos los archivos y carpetas que necesita desde el dispositivo external hayan sido copiados en tu computadora.
- Una vez que el dispositivo se haya formateado, todos los datos se eliminarán de él.
Pasos para Formatear un USB en Mac
- Conecte el dispositivo externo con el Puerto USB de tu computadora
- Diríjase al menú de Aplicaciones > Utilidades > Disco A continuación, seleccione el disco externo deseado.
- A continuación, en la sección de la parte superior derecha, seleccione la opción «Borrar».
- Seleccione la opción «Formato».
- Seleccione el formato que desea utilizar para su USB: Mac OS Extendido (con Journal, formato de lectura y escritura) o MS-DOS(FAT). Haga clic en «Borrar» para confirmar la selección del formato.
- Realice los cambios necesarios y finalmente haga clic en «Borrar».
- A continuación, el proceso de formateo comenzará y el disco aparecerá con el nombre que ha agregado para identificarlo en el futuro.
Ahora tu USB se ha formateado exitosamente. A partir de ahora, podrá utilizar la unidad externa para almacenar los datos que desee.
How to format a USB on a Mac?
Format USB flash drive on Mac Plug the device into your Mac, Go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility, Select the relevant device or drive in the left sidebar and click Erase, Give the device a name and choose the desired format (more on that below), Click Erase to reformat the device .
The two primary formats you can choose to format a USB flash drive on Mac are MS-DOS (FAT) and exFAT. MS-DOS (FAT) works with both Mac and Windows computers, but supports drives up to 4 GB only. exFAT works with both Mac and Windows computers and supports larger file sizes, up to 16EB.
How do I format a FAT32 USB on a Mac?
Method 1: Format FAT32 on Mac Using Disk Utility First plug in your USB drive in your mac system, Choose “Application”, Then open “Utilities”, Click “Disk Utilities”, Now in the Disk Utilities, you can see all your devices in the sidebar, Click on the USB drive you want to format to FAT32, Click “Erase” from the toolbar , Assign the name to your Volume, Choose the “File system”, Select MS-DOS (FAT) from the dropdown menu, Select “GUID Partition Map” from the dropdown of “Partition Layout”, Now “Format” button will be enabled, Click on the “Format button”, and “Erase” button, Type your password and click OK now your USB Drive will be formatted to the FAT32 file system.
Method 2: Using Terminal You can also use the Terminal to format your USB drive to the FAT32 file system. Launch terminal, Type “Diskutil list” ,When you find the name of your USB drive ex- Disk7, Execute diskutil erasedisk fat32 MBR disk7to find the disk number,Now execute diskutil list again to check the disk number,Execute diskutil unmountdisk /dev/disk#,Now enter the command “sudo newfs_msdos -F 32 /dev/disk#” ,Enter the administrator password and wait for the command to complete successfully,Now execute “diskutil mountdisk /dev/disk#”, your USB drive will now be formatted to the FAT32 file system.
How to format USB on Mac terminal?
Connect the USB drive to Mac and press CMD + Space key to run Spotlight. Type Terminal in the search bar and hit Enter. When the Terminal window opens up, type diskutil list and you’ll find out which is your USB drive. MBRFormat commands the Disk utility to use Master Boot Record to format.
Diskutil performDiskFormat /dev/
Replace “Disk_Drive” with the identifier for USB drive and replace “Volume_Name” with the name you prefer for the USB drive. Hit Enter and you will be prompted for the last time for copyright info. Type Y and press Enter to proceed with the formatting. That’s it!
How do I format a Sandisk USB to FAT32 on a Mac?
How To Format Your USB Drive to FAT32 – Mac Insert the USB to be formatted to a Mac PC, Navigate to Applications > Utilities, and click it twice to open, Select the drive you want to format and click on Erase, Rename the USB drive (optional), and choose the MS-DOS(FAT) for format , and choose Name the volume (FAT32). Select the “Erase” button and the USB will be formatted in FAT32.
To check if it is FAT32, you can type “diskutil list” in the terminal window. It will show “MS-DOS FAT32” under the Format column.
Alternatively, you can also click on the USB icon in Finder and select “Get Info” option. Under General tab, it will be mentioned as “MS-DOS FAT32”.