A Mac computer with an available USB port. An external drive or flash drive that you want to format. It can be an external hard disk, SSD, flash drive or USB drive.

Despite the popularity of AirDrop, cloud services and email, the most convenient way to share files is sometimes with a thumb drive. See how to format a drive to work with Windows PCs and Macs.

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.

In order to erase and format your USB drive on a Mac computer, you will need to use Apple’s Disk Utility program. The first thing you need to do is plug the USB drive into your Mac or MacBook.

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.

Apple makes it harder to make an external boot drive for your Mac than it has in the past, but sometimes you still need to do it. Here's how to do it in macOS Sequoia.