If you need to back up any information on the drive, first connect your drive to a computer that does recognize the drive and transfer the data to a new storage device. It does not matter what kind of USB flash drive you are using, you are able to convert its file system from FAT32 to NTFS by reformatting. Press Command+Space to open the Spotlight search dialog, type Disk Utility, and press Enter to launch the app. Choose 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' to use the default Mac file system format. Click the 'Format' drop-down menu and select the format you want to use.

Select your hard drive from the list and click the 'Erase' tab. Click 'OK' to allow NTFS for Mac to access and open NTFS drive on Mac computer. Connect your NTFS drive to Mac, EaseUS NTFS for Mac will automatically detect and display the device. Restart 'Disk Utility' if you had to restart your computer to perform a repair and you still don't see your drive. Launch EaseUS NTFS for Mac and click 'I already have a license' to activate it. You may need to restart your computer and follow the prompts to complete the repair.Ĭlick the 'Finder' icon in the Dock and look for your drive in the sidebar. If the operating system already mounted the drive, an 'Unmount' button displays instead.Ĭlick the 'First Aid' tab and select 'Repair Disk,' if available. Select your hard drive, optical drive or other attached drive in the sidebar. How to format your drive ExFAT on macOS 11 (Big Sur) and later Open Disk Utility Click View in the upper left and select Show All Devices Select the non.

Click 'Go' and select 'Utilities' from the drop-down list. Click the background to bring up the Finder menu in the the top bar.

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