Attach the WD My Passport hard drive to your Mac computer.
Click the magnifying glass icon (Spotlight) and type Disk Utility. Select the Disk Utility program from the search result list.
The Mac Disk Utility window appears.
Make sure that the WD My Passport Ultra is selected on the left-hand side panel.
Click the Erase tab. Select 'ExFAT' from the drop-down list. (Using this format lets you connect this WD drive to a Windows or Mac computer.)Click Erase.
The 'Untitled' drive should appear on the desktop. If not, click the Finder icon on the dock, and the Untitled drive will be displayed in the 'Devices' section. Rename it and use it just like you would use a USB stick.
If you need to use this WD My Passport drive on your Mac computer extensively, follow these steps.
Go to Disk Utility and click the Erase tab. Choose the 'Mac OS' option from the 'Format' drop-down list. Click the Partition tab and click the + icon to partition the drive. Clicking it multiple times creates many partitions.
Click on - to delete a partition. Click a partition and type the size of the partition in the 'Size' field to set the partition size manually. Type a partition name that you can understand easily. (For example, type photos for the partition where you want to store photos.)
Set the format type as 'Mac OS(Journaled)' and then, click Apply Partition. Wait until the partition operation is completed. The partitions now appear on the desktop.
Western Digital My Passport For Mac
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