This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Robin. Select the drive in the left-hand sidebar.įrom the Scheme menu, select Master Boot Record.Ĭlick Erase and follow prompts to confirm. Launch Disk Utility (from Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility). While first ensuring you have a copy of any data on a drive you want to format as ExFAT, as formatting will erase the drive’s contents, follow these steps:
Instead, pick ExFAT, its replacement (and still quite old), best used on drives of 32GB or larger capacity. Designed for an earlier time, it can’t handle files larger than 4GB. If you’re both Mac users, swell with Mac and Windows in the mix, you might be tempted to pick FAT32 when formatting that thumb drive.īut FAT32 is distinctly out of date. This amazing iPad accessory lets you conveniently import photos and videos from your digital camera, SD memory card, and USB flash drive directly onto your iPad. But it still crops up whenever you’re trying to put files on a USB thumb drive to hand off to someone else. Click Export button, will get a file navigator box: navigate to/select the USB drive, just like any other 'Save', 'Save As' dialog.
Get a dialog box with options for export. File > Export > Export xx Photos (or Shift-Cmd-E). Select all pictures (ctrl-A, or, Edit > Select All). For those of us who rarely transfer files physically across devices, file-format capability may be a distant memory. Should be able to export directly to USB.
