How To Reformat Wd My Book For Mac
Hi there, I had just reformat my WD Passport External drive from my Mac Pro under MS Dos(FAT) to work for both my Mac and Microsoft. After connecting my WD Passport to my Surface book 2, I'm unable to locate WD Passport Drive in my driver even after I unlock my WD Passport.
Just got a MAC OS Yosemite. Prior to getting the MAC I would normally transfer my files from my old PC to a WD My Book Essential external hard drive. As of 2018, Western Digital offers no shortage of external drives for Mac computers – from the My Book Essential to the My Book Pro and the My Book Studio, nearly 30 WD drives play nicely with. Just got the WD MyBook 2TB. It's not the one specifically for Mac. It says it is compatible, needs to reformat. How easy is it to reformat?
Hello, I purchased a 1TB external drive my book for my G4 iMac and I keep having problems I am running on OS 10.4.11.I added all the things they tell you to add on to your WD my bookHD and now every time I try to do things the computer seems to not recognize certain applications. I know they are all on the WD My Book under the Memeo folder BUT I have had to re-install iTunes about 10 times saying the application may be corrupted to re-install. Which is not correct, and others. My iPhoto has totally not been working. It tells me to get an earlier version than the one I have.
For some reason now it says that my iPhoto is to new for the library????? Anyways if I do look onto the WD HD like I said I have all my music and my photos backed up but it seems like it's not allowing my computer to work and run the proper way and it is absolutely hell to have to re-install apps all the time for NO reason. Timeline tools for office mac. PLEASE HELP!!!!! I should be able to use any application as I please without the WD HD messing with what I am doing.
I know it is saving everything.but it seems like it is taking applications although all the icons are there. I don't get it and I cannot find a USER GUIDE or MANUAL anywhere.HEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!! This solution is on our forum: I had the same problem with the Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB External Drive that I bought.
It kept failing when I tried to reformat it for my Mac as Mac Extended (journaled). I was ready to return the drive because it was so frustrating! I called WD customer support and they walked me through it over the phone: This is what worked perfectly: Use the Apple Disk utility software that comes with your Mac.
PARTITION your Mac as 1 Partition and while you are in that same window, SELECT OPTIONS. THIS IS THE KEY: There are 3 radio buttons in the popup window for formatting options. 
The drive was preset as the bottom button PC formatting and you have to chose the middle button which is for Mac. Click apply and finish formatting your drive. Works perfectly.
One other thing, it is a good idea not to have any applications running when you format the drive. Hope this helps. 'PARTITION your Mac as 1 Partition and while you are in that same window.' Did you mean 'Partition your WD DRIVE.' This got me REALLLLLY CONFUSED. Why would I partition my Mac when its the WD (Essential) drive I am having problems with?
Or is there something I'm not understanding here? So anyway, I was getting this 'unreadable wd smartware drive' error after plugging my new WD Essential on my iMac and running WD Smartware from the desktop. The drive icon shows but is inaccessible. I made some google search and got to this page. I selected my WD drive (not my Mac - good lord!) on the list and followed the rest of your advice and it took me 20-30 seconds to finish it.