Format External Hard Drive To Ntfs On Mac

be sure to Format the drive to NTFS, otherwise this will seem very slow! Right click, Format! Speed is good but depends on the computer / laptop you are using. Works better with faster computers it seems. Overall a very good product, especially for the size/price ratio.

NOTE TO PC USERS: You might need to format the drive as EXFAT instead of NTFS to copy from the iPad to the drive. I'm surprised at how small this drive is. It's smaller than my card reader. When used with USB C connection (PC), it is crazy fast at moving files. It connected to my iPad Pro flawlessly and plays HD from the drive with no lag. It looks like it was designed to match iMacs and other apple devices (looks great). I'm a PC myself. This drive does not work with my iPhone 11Pro max. I believe it only works with tablets and PC/Macs.

The drive is fast and completely quiet, but if you use it with Windows, you should format it as NTFS. It comes as an exFAT, which will work with Mac and Windows, but with Windows it is slow and annoying. The drive has it's own software for formating, but that requires you to be online. Since I use this drive with a DAW that stays offline, I used Windows 10 formating option when I clicked on Properties. Quick format was instantaneous.

I use this external hard drive to backup my photos. I need a lot of storage because I shoot in raw format and the files are very large. All my hard drives are now Western Digital. Very reliable and price you can't beat.

I was able to very quickly format this hard drive for my mac and immediately begin using it. I ordered the 12 TB version which still loads relatively fast and file transfer speeds are not bad. Overall a very reliable and fast drive that can store a lot of pics/vids.

Bought this drive recently, since it was formatted for Mac O/S, I had to look up instructions on how to reformat it in NTFS. It was a very easy process once you see how it's done. It has a USB3 interface, but I'm not able to utilize it on my PC (too old) but I will be adding an expansion card for the future. It took me many hours to transfer 2TB of data to this drive due to having to use it on USB2. I've already loaded it up with files and need another one! Thanks for the great deal, B&H. Would buy again for sure.

Excellent External hard drive.

I use it as an external hard drive for photos.

WD 5TB My Passport for Mac USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (Midnight Blue) Purchased 06/10/2020: Backed up my data and storage allows for many additional activities and tasks.

I bought this to use with my WD 4TB My Passport for Mac external hard drive.  Perfect fit.