Verify that the format, name, and other settings are correct, and then click on the “Erase” button.Choose a name for your hard drive and select either “APFS” or “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” as the format. Click on the “Erase” button at the top of the Disk Utility window.Locate your Toshiba external hard drive in the left sidebar and select it. In the Disk Utility window, you will see a list of connected storage devices.Find and open the “Disk Utility” application.In the Finder window, navigate to the “Applications” folder and open the “Utilities” folder.
Open the “Finder” application on your Mac by clicking on the blue smiley face icon in your dock.Connect your Toshiba external hard drive to your Mac using the USB cable.To format your Toshiba external hard drive, follow these steps: However, Mac computers use the Apple File System (APFS) or the macOS Extended (Journaled) file system. By default, Toshiba external hard drives come pre-formatted in NTFS, which is designed for Windows. The first step to using your Toshiba external hard drive on your Mac is to format it in a compatible file system.
