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Hello Rick, Please be informed that the WD Easystore Portable Hard Drive is a plug 'n' play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Moreover, the drive comes formatted NTFS for Windows 10 and 8.1 and compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system. 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 . Critical: The instructions in the article above are designed to help repartition and format a hard drive. This process is Data Destructive and cannot be undone. Once the process begins, ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE WILL BE LOST! -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information. -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.

Yes. I have MacBook pro 2016 and works great. I thought i would have to formar the WD But was not necessary .

“is this compatible with a 2017 or2018 Macbook?”

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Hello Rick, Please be informed that the WD Easystore Portable Hard Drive is a plug 'n' play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Moreover, the drive comes formatted NTFS for Windows 10 and 8.1 and compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system. 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 . Critical: The instructions in the article above are designed to help repartition and format a hard drive. This process is Data Destructive and cannot be undone. Once the process begins, ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE WILL BE LOST! -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information. -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
Answered by Western Digital Team 3 years ago
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Yes. I have MacBook pro 2016 and works great. I thought i would have to formar the WD But was not necessary .
Answered by Angelito 3 years ago
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