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In this blog post, we will walk you through the formatting process and share instructions to format an external drive on macOS & Windows.īut before you proceed, understand that formatting carries a risk of hard drive corruption and data loss. Summary: Let’s figure out how to format your WD Passport on macOS & Windows. Plug in your WD My Passport’s USB cable into its Micro USB B port. The system requirements can be formatted NTFS for Windows 7,8,10 and Mac OS X: 10.6.5 (requires a reformatting). The Data Transfer rate is USB 3.0:5 Gb/s. The WD 2TB external hard drive setup is lightweight, compact, where you can store movies, music, pictures, office documents and take it with you wherever you go.