

To start formatting, connect your WD Passport to your Mac then open “Mac HD” and click “Applications,” “Utilities” and “Disk Utility.” From the Disk Utility window, select the Passport hard drive.
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Capacity Up to 4TB Up to 1TB Up to 8TB Auto Backup Software Works with Apple Time Machine with WD Backup for windows Your My Passport for Mac drive is formatted as a single HSF+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. Once the formatting is complete and you get a message that says “Operation successful,” click “Done.”. Your My Passport drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. Formatting your drive will erase all its data, so be sure to back it up before making the change. WD My Passport External Hard Drive Data Recovery for Mac As long as lost files on your WD My Passport drive haven't been overwritten by new data and you drive can still be recognized as a drive by your Mac, you're likely to restore all lost data with the help of a WD My Passport data recovery program such as Recoverit (IS) for Mac. When I plug in a different WD Passport it shows up fine. To Eject your WD My Passport drive from your Mac. Right click on the file icon of your WD My Passport drive there. I used the 10 day trial version of the software just now and it worked. To format Western Digital My Passport for Mac or Windows, you can rely on in-built applications of your system to format your WD My Passport in exFAT or FAT32 format. If you are having a similar issue that WD My Passport external or internal hard drive not showing up on Mac, you can try the following tips as listed here for help: (Some are similar as shown on this page) #1. Turn on your Mac computer and click the Wi-Fi icon on the menu bar.
