MacBook External Hard Drive Not Recognized - How to Reformat Western Digital Hard Drive for Mac

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Hard drives often have to be formatted to work on MacBooks and Apple Desktops, but I definitely had some difficulty getting my Windows NTFS formatted Western Digital drive to be recognized on my MacBook. The good news is that I just figured out how to get this to work and I’ll show you how to fix this on your own computer by the end of the video!

The Western Digital drive I bought is Windows NTFS formatted and not Mac friendly so the first thing I did was try to simply format it. But that resulted in an error saying “MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation”. So I was confused on how there is not enough space? It's a one terabyte drive and I kept getting that error every time I tried to format it. I tried some other stuff and eventually got a message saying that the disk was unreadable and it needs to be initialized.

Please watch the video for the exact steps needed to reformat the drive so the Apple operating system can recognize the drive and allow you to read and write files to it.

I know computer problems can be frustrating but I hope this video will help you with your MacBook or your Apple desktop. Please hit the thumbs up button if you enjoyed this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my channel so you won’t miss any of my weekly videos!

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@user-ox9hb5wh3v - 06.12.2023 21:30

My mac utility disk does not show the 'view' option on the top bar menu. It neither shows the external drive WD my passport at all...

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@user-cs3wi1co5n - 05.12.2023 22:34

Thnx man.. You fucking helped me

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@billystrano7291 - 26.11.2023 16:55

THANK YOU! I’m useless at this stuff. I found your video having spent over an hour trying to work out why my new drive wasn’t working. Your explanation was very clear. The configuration was successful with no hitches. I’m very grateful. Enjoy your day! 😊

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@arnulfocinema92 - 22.11.2023 03:17

what if it dosent approve it?

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@yer6866 - 07.10.2023 15:39

Thank you!!! You've save my day!!!!

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@alancamez9483 - 05.09.2023 01:20

Thank You..! Much appreciated. Got my 5 terabyte free..!!!

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@norfsidedre3333 - 10.08.2023 08:52

What do we do now that the drivers aren't supported anymore?

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@edoardomarcora1456 - 30.06.2023 00:52

LIFE SAVER! For real THANK YOU. My girlfriend was about to kill me and this video LITERALLY saved my fucking ass. Thank you again brother

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@harrisonyoung6432 - 02.06.2023 09:12

WD support sucks!! would not buy any of their products again. However this video was a massive help so thankyou...

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@mohlissaaa - 29.04.2023 14:17

Dude, thank you! I’ve watched other videos and it didn’t help but yours did the job! THANK YOU!!

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@MichaelKaal-TriFisher - 27.04.2023 18:52

I can't thank you enough! I was so frustrated until I found your video. Thanks

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@sitmanhey725 - 17.04.2023 05:36

my hard drive is not even detected, can't be found.. and didn't show up anything when i connected to the MacBook.

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@aravindhanpoopathy6862 - 10.04.2023 21:05

What if the hard drive is not even shown in the disc utility?
My wd pp perfectly works with my windows 10 but not on my mac pro.
Any direction please?
TIA

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@SoIconicLondon - 04.04.2023 22:04

THANK YOU! :D

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@dzlrpacks - 07.03.2023 06:34

Thank you so much! Im a video creator using an old 2012 mac that doesn't support versions higher than 10.13.6, it was really getting frustrating trying to figure out why I couldn't move my files but this video really helped!

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@benjamindbailey - 06.03.2023 05:13

Can this then be read on Windows? Or just Mac

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@michaellobodzinski5811 - 26.02.2023 15:29

It worked!!! Thank you

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@LaRuffaProductions - 23.02.2023 19:20

Thnak you so much

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@vdjpepper - 21.02.2023 07:58

GRAAAASIAAAAAAS

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@susannoronha - 13.02.2023 12:55

I have the my passport ultra from WD, its configured to my MAC. my tech guy at the office connected it to my windows pc and i think he tried to create a drive on it and now it wont open on my mac. i have data on it so i cant format it directly! please help

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@saxtonrandall9867 - 13.02.2023 12:00

Wow thank you so much ! Worked 100%

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@evank17 - 28.01.2023 02:46

Thank youuuuuuu still works in 2023 :)

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@jormantommy4504 - 25.01.2023 06:29

You’re the best , I watched so many videos until yours 😂 thank you

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@nikkstv1937 - 03.01.2023 02:17

THANKS SO MUCH!!

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@bdmenne - 07.12.2022 20:15

You da best!!!

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@cerosrandy - 21.11.2022 06:32

Great help! Thanks so much.

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@SithembisoNkosi - 18.11.2022 12:03

I nearly sent the Hard drive back to the shop. Thank you for this.

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@julysoflystreams1773 - 03.11.2022 01:50

Hello
How about if I have important files and I don't want to erase them while formatting?

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@JeffCoby1 - 24.10.2022 17:37

WOW! SUPER HELPFUL! THANK YOU SO MUCH

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@thedelhiyeti - 23.10.2022 17:36

Thank you so much, you saved me a lot of tears.

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@piyushpatanwadia8694 - 15.10.2022 05:33

Thanks. It’s working.

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@milywap95 - 01.10.2022 23:52

THANK YOU!!!!!!

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@karinalopez4954 - 30.09.2022 06:57

mine doesnt even show up on external

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@TheAlex3061 - 27.09.2022 16:56

YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

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@jaimev.1387 - 20.09.2022 17:45

what is the external drive doesnt even appear as available at all. or grayed it out. its just not there

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@Rogermrojas - 07.09.2022 01:51

I just purchased a brand new WD "easystore" and it wasn't working.This video perfectly explained how to change that!

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@hectorl.fabian9518 - 04.09.2022 20:48

WOW! Thanks for making this video, i got it fix.

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@klassikontop - 26.08.2022 16:07

Yesssss life saver

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@bedouraburamadan7114 - 26.08.2022 12:41

Thank you !! you saved us from throwing it away and buying a new one :)

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@ashaejohnson6953 - 20.08.2022 09:58

Thank you man. Your video came in a clutch!! I literally grabbed this hard drive because they said it's for Mac. Just for you to tell me it's not compatible for Mac. Lol however I followed your steps and it's working. Thank you sir!!

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