How to Format Portable Hard Drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra?

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• Common reasons for formatting a portable disk in macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• The best way to format a portable disk in macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• Easy steps to format/wipe portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• Conclusion:

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How to format portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra and permanently remove all data on the portable hard drive? Don't worry, DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac can help you easily format portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra and permanently wipe data from portable hard drive under macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If you want to format portable hard drive, remove data on portable hard drive before you sell/dispose/donate or give away your device, DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is your best choice.

A portable hard drive is the best way to store large amounts of valuable data information. But if at any time you (macOS 10.13 High Sierra user) need to discard, lend or sell the portable hard drive, but for this you need to clean the information that has inside safely and it turns out that Disk Utility in macOS 10.13 High Sierra can leave some traces of information after having made the format. That could leave your old information exposed to be recovered. Do not worry about that anymore, because we'll show you a pretty quick and secure way to format your portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra.

Common reasons for formatting a portable disk in macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Formatting a portable disk is a common operation for computer users. There are different reasons why you need to format the portable disk in macOS 10.13 High Sierra or other systems:

• Change the format of the disk - If you will use a portable disk in a device (like game consoles) which requires specified disk format, you have to format the portable disk if the format is not right for the device.
• Fix file system compatible issue - You may need to use a portable disk on different computers. Then you have format it with a file system which is compatible with multiple operating systems.
• Release all disk space quickly - After a long time use, there will be much data on a portable disk. If you want to free the disk space by deleting all the files manually, it may take some time. However, formatting the portable drive is faster to do the job.
• Repair portable disk issues - Some issues may cause damage to the file system of portable disk and make it inaccessible/unmounted or cause files cannot open. Formatting the drive can mostly solve the issue quickly and easily.
• Remove viruses or malware - Portable disk would be infected by viruses or malware after using it on different machines, especially in public places. Formatting the drive can clean up everything on the portable disk, including the viruses/malware.
• Prepare the disk for reselling - Before selling or donating an old portable disk, you may need to remove all data permanently and format the disk to avoid data leakages.

Also, if you get a brand new disk which is not initialized, you need to initialize and format it before you can use it to store data. If a portable disk is used for test, you may need to format it after a test and start over.

The best way to format a portable disk in macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Disk Utility is a built-in formatting tool that macOS 10.13 High Sierra brings by default. With this free tool, it's very simple and quick to format a portable disk. For some Mac users, it's an ideal solution to format a portable drive quickly.

To format a portable disk with Disk Utility, you need to connect the disk to the Mac and ensure it's recognized in Disk Utility. Then do as following steps to format it:

1. Choose the portable disk and then click the Erase button at the top of Disk Utility's window.
2. Then follow the wizard to set a new name and file system if necessary.
3. At last, you can start the disk formatting process.
4. Once it's done, the portable disk is formatted successfully and all data on the disk is removed.

Although in theory it fulfills its functionality well, this is not enough because there are various data recovery software that could recover all the information lost after formatting the portable hard drive with Disk Utility. So you'll need a better way to prevent that from happening.

DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is a powerful tool that will allow you to format your portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra without leaving the remote possibility of data recovery. With certified data erasure standards, this software will securely format the portable hard drive and permanently wipe all data on the portable hard drive. It is fully compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra. So, you can use it to format/wipe your portable hard drive on macOS 10.13 High Sierra. Once the format is completed, the portable hard drive is formatted and all data is gone forever. The wiped data can't be recovered by any data recovery method. Just like you will get a brand new portable hard drive.

Easy steps to format/wipe portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra

DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is very simple to use. So you can format your portable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra eliminated all your contained information just by following these simple steps:

Step 1: Install DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac.

Just download and install DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac on macOS 10.13 High Sierra system. Then run it from Launchpad.

Step 2: Choose mode "Wipe Hard Drive".

Now, connect the portable hard drive with your Mac computer. You can three data erasure modes on the main interface of Super Eraser for Mac. In order to format and erase portable hard drive, just click to choose this mode "Wipe Hard Drive".

Step 3: Select the portable hard drive and data erasure standard.

Select the portable hard drive and click on "Wipe Now" button. Then you need to select a data erasure standard. The data wiping algorithms are international and you can wipe data permanently with any one.

Step 4. Format/Wipe the potable hard drive in macOS 10.13 High Sierra.

After clicking on the "Continue" button, the software will start to format the portable hard drive and permanently wipe all data on the portable hard drive. It will take some time depending on the size of the portable disk you selected to wipe.

Once the process gets finished, the portable hard drive will be formatted, all the data will be gone forever. This is the best way to format/wipe portable hard drive under macOS 10.13 High Sierra. It is safe to format/wipe your portable hard drive before you dispose, give away, lend or donate it.

Note that the data wiped by the software is no longer recoverable, so it's important to back up the needed files from the portable disk to another safe place (drive, network location, cloud, etc) first. When wiping a drive with the software, check twice and ensure to select the right portable disk before you start the disk wiping process.

Conclusion:

Formatting a portable disk will rebuild a new file system on the disk and also remove all the existing files on the drive. So it's important to check and back up the important files before you format a portable disk in macOS 10.13 High Sierra or other systems.

You can then select the right portable disk to format with Disk Utility which is macOS built-in and free tool. If the formatted portable disk will be reused by yourself, it would be enough to format it quickly in Disk Utility. Otherwise, it's not safe as the formatted data can be recovered with professional data recovery software.

When you need to sell/donate the portable disk, or just want to remove some sensitive and private files permanently from the portable disk, a quick format is not enough. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac can help you format and wipe the portable disk and ensure the data will be gone for good. You can use the software to shred files or wipe hard drive in different situations.