“Can this drive be formatted to get files from an older mac (OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6) and then transferred to a new windows 11 computer?”

Asked by justice2001 3 years ago

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You can format it to FAT 32 or another legacy File Sys. The files must be under 4 gigs.
Answered by Manteal 3 years ago
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Hello justice2001, Please be informed that the WD Easystore External drive comes preformatted in NTFS format for Windows OS, However, in order to use the drive for macOS you can reformat the drive with macOS supported HFS+J file system by using this link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3879 .In order to use the drive with both Windows and MacOS you need to reformat the drive to exFAT file format by referring to the link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20821 .Please be informed that reformatting is a data destructive process, please backup the data from the drive before reformatting it.-Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
Answered by Western Digital Team 3 years ago
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