The easiest way to format the drive to or is by using macOS's built-in Disk Utility or Windows' built-in Disk Management. For more information about what these limitations are please see. This is a file system limitation that affects both Mac's and PC's, and the only workaround is to format the drive to exFAT. FAT32 has several limitations, including a 4 GB per-file limit. For a hard drive to be able to be read and written to in both a PC and Mac computer, it must be formatted to or file format. Most WD Drives come formatted in the NTFS (Windows) or HFS+ (Mac) format. This is useful if a drive is being used under both to move files between the two environments. This allows the drive to be used on both Windows and macOS.*END A Western Digital external hard drive can be used on both Windows and Mac OSX. This answer explains how to format a drive in the exFAT or FAT32 file system. To use the device on macOS and Windows OS, format the drive as ExFAT. 'Mac OS Compatible' My Passport, My Book and WD easystore drives formatted. › ▀ ▀ How To Set Up Wd Easystore For Mac ▀ ▀
