“Will this work on my MacBook pro 10.8.5? I see it says reformatting required but I'm not sure what that means. Please help.”

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• The drive ships as NTFS which a Mac can read but not write to. Launch Disk Utility, select the drive, and erase it as macOS Extended (Journaled) **not case-sensitive!!** with GUID (not MBR). It will then be a "Mac" disk suitable for data storage or TimeMachine use.

  Answered by Rumplestiltskin 5 years ago

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• Yes it will. The formatting just means that it will have to delete what's on the hard drive, but since its new, nothing to delete.

  Answered by Rudy 5 years ago

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• Hi Andy, The WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device which comes preformatted in NTFS file system for Windows computer. It is best your WD Easystore to be re-formatted in macOS Extended (Journaled) file format, to be compatible with Time Machine or exFAT to be read/write ready on both Windows and macOS. How to Format a WD Drive on Windows and macOS":  https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8200 Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.

  Answered by Western Digital Team 5 years ago

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