kerochan Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Hello, I have bought 2 new T7 hard drives, I need to format them for my Macbook Pro 2015, I cant find direct instructions in the manual! I know I done it a couple of years ago, now I have new drives I have totally forgot what the procedure is!? I now have a mobile system with Logic and need to get these hard drives formatted to start work! Any help greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 In the Finder's top menu choose Go > Utilities, Open Disk Utility, In the left column under External, select the drive, Toward the top right click the Erase button, Enter a name for the drive and make sure Format = APFS, Click Erase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: In the Finder's top menu choose Go > Utilities, Open Disk Utility, In the left column under External, select the drive, Toward the top right click the Erase button, Enter a name for the drive and make sure Format = APFS, Click Erase. THANK YOU ! I think I can follow that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Try it and let us know if any question arises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 12:50 PM, David Nahmani said: Try it and let us know if any question arises. Unfortunately I am not given the choice of APFS David! Any pointers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, kerochan said: Unfortunately I am not given the choice of APFS David! What version of macOS are you running on that machine? Try this: in Disk Utility choose View > Show All Devices, then select the device that contains the T7 volume, and erase and format that device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: What version of macOS are you running on that machine? Monterey 12.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Ok so I just added the instruction in my last post (while you were posting). Try that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: What version of macOS are you running on that machine? Try this: in Disk Utility choose View > Show All Devices, then select the device that contains the T7 volume, and erase and format that device. Thank you, same problem, no choice of APFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, kerochan said: Thank you, same problem, no choice of APFS Could you post a screenshot of Disk Utility, the entire window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: Could you post a screenshot of Disk Utility, the entire window? Here we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, kerochan said: Thank you, same problem, no choice of APFS Format to Mac OSX Extended first with GUID Partition Map Scheme. Once you do that, do it again and you will have the APFS option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Solution Share Posted December 4, 2022 It doesn't look like you did this? 16 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: Try this: in Disk Utility choose View > Show All Devices, then select the device that contains the T7 volume, and erase and format that device. Then you should be able to set it up like this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: It doesn't look like you did this? Then you should be able to set it up like this: Still no choice of APFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, kerochan said: Still no choice of APFS In the left column, select Samsung PSSD T7 Media, now try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: In the left column, select Samsung PSSD T7 Media, now try again. Same, no APFS choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, kerochan said: Same, no APFS choice Like I already suggested earlier, go Mac OSX Extended first with GUID Map Partition scheme. After that you should have APFS option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, kerochan said: Same, no APFS choice Is the Scheme set to GUID Partition Map? I can't see on your screenshot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: Is the Scheme set to GUID Partition Map? I can't see on your screenshot. Now it is set to GUID Partition Map, I now have the choice of 4 different APFS types 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 minute ago, kerochan said: Now it is set to GUID Partition Map, I now have the choice of 4 different APFS types Just choose APFS. Like on my screenshot earlier here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 minute ago, David Nahmani said: Just choose APFS. Like on my screenshot earlier. Phew, done! Thank you so much for your time David & Triplets. Much appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, kerochan said: Now it is set to GUID Partition Map This part is vital, don't forget that for next time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 minute ago, triplets said: This part is vital, don't forget that for next time. Yes and you can choose it only if you select the actual physical device from the left column - which is now hidden by default in Disk Utility. When you select the volume, you don't get to choose a Scheme, which is why APFS wasn't available. As you're saying kerochan: PHEW! 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 minute ago, triplets said: This part is vital, don't forget that for next time. Just about to go through it again with a back up drive, will not forget! Cheers again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, kerochan said: Cheers again Sure thing, you're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) APFS is not available on every type of hardware. I believe that it can only be used on SSD drives, not "spinning metal." If you don't have APFS being offered, "MacOS Extended (Journaled)" is the correct choice – unless you need case-sensitivity. (Where "TOM" and "Tom" would be seen as distinct file names. MacOS does not usually use this.) "MS-DOS (FAT)" is obsolete and should never be used. "ExFAT" would be used only if the drive must also be used on Microsoft Windows systems. Edited December 9, 2022 by MikeRobinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 minute ago, MikeRobinson said: APFS is not available on every type of hardware. I believe that it can only be used on SSD drives, not "spinning metal." If you don't have APFS being offered, "MacOS Extended (Journaled)" is probably the correct choice – unless you need case-sensitivity. "MS-DOS (FAT)" is obsolete and should never be used. "ExFAT" would be used only if the drive must also be used on Microsoft Windows systems. all my external drives are spinning disks, and all are formatted APFS (just mentioning). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Very well, then: I stand corrected! I have one "spinning metal" external, and APFS was not offered as an option on that drive. The other one is SSD and it was. Hence my stated understanding, which apparently is incorrect. Don't you just learn something new every day. Anyway – if APFS isn't offered as an option, use Extended unless you need to share with Windoze. When you buy a new drive, for some reason you still usually find it to be preformatted with "old-fashioned FAT." You do not want to keep it that way, not even with Windoze. Filesystems have evolved a long way since those bad old days. Edited December 9, 2022 by MikeRobinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonshu Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Sometimes it's necessary to first format as HFS+ and then you will be offered APFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamic_Notes Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 6:47 AM, wonshu said: Sometimes it's necessary to first format as HFS+ and then you will be offered APFS. Im pretty sure thats what I had to do with my T7 and 1 T5. Im still yet to reformat the other so good reminder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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