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"I want to know how to format a hard drive on my Mac (installed macOS 10.14 Mojave). I will give this hard drive to my friend, so I want to format the hard drive and permanently erase my data, what should I do?" - Dinna

Formatting is one of the most elementary and quick ways to eliminate all the information contained on a hard disk. But if you are going to discard, donate or sell a hard drive, it is important that all the information you have had at some point should disappear quickly and safely.

Disk Utility is an application that is included in macOS 10.14 Mojave that can format hard disks, but its effectiveness is not 100% since it can leave some traces of data that can be recovered after formatting by using data recovery software. So if you want to format a hard drive in Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave safely, we'll show you how to do it without fear and with ease.

The best way to format hard drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave

We present DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac that is a powerful and safe tool that will allow you to format hard drives safely under macOS 10.14 Mojave without leaving margin of recovery thanks to an advanced data erasure algorithm. It will not only format the disk under macOS 10.14 Mojave, it will also permanently erase all data/files on the hard disk drive so that there is no way to recover them. So it is a much safer and simpler method than Disk Utility.

DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is very simple to use. So you can format your hard drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave and permanently remove all your information contained just by following these simple steps:

Step 1: Download and install DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac on your Mac. Once installed, run it from the Launchpad of macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Step 2: In the main interface of DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac choose the second option from the menu located on the left side "Wipe Hard Drive".

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Step 3: Select the connected hard drive you want to format and click on the "Wipe Now" button. Then DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac will start formatting and erase the selected hard drive.

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Once the process gets finished, the selected hard drive will be permanently erased and formatted. It is like you get a brand new hard drive.

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DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac can help you securely format hard drive under macOS 10.14 Mojave:

  • Format/erase hard disk drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • Format/fix inaccessible or damaged hard drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • Format external hard drive, USB flash drive, memory card under macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • No damage, will never shorten the service life of the hard drive/digital device.

If you want to format hard drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave, this is the best solution. Just download DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac here:

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Written & Updated by Shirly Chen

Shirly Chen has been writing data recovery, data erasure articles for DoYourData over 4 years. She has been working as a professional website content writer & editor for quite a long time. She also writes articles about disk clone, Mac optimization, disk backup, etc.

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