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The corruption chances of the external drive increases, if it is used on both Mac and PC systems regularly.

Like FAT32, ex-FAT is not a very commonly used file system, due to which its support may vary among third-party devices.

Ex-FAT supports maximum volume size up to 128 PiB, and its supported maximum file size is 128 PiB.

Therefore, it is better to choose ex-FAT instead.

Due to some limitations FAT32 format is not useful for every type of user, and also affects both Mac’s and PC’s performances.

Here is the link to the 3TB WD My Passport X page at the store.

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Today I get to upgrade my Xbox One with a 3TB My Passport External Hard Drive by Western Digital. Add extra storage to your Xbox One or Xbox 360 Take your favorite games everywhere Store Xbox. Built around a high-quality WD drive, My Passport X is performance-tweaked to meet the desires of serious gamers.

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There are specific third-party systems, like Digital Camcorders, and Sony PlayStation 3, which need the drives to be formatted in either FAT32 or ex-FAT format to perform read from and write operation. Wd-my-passport-xbox-review-2.jpg Just like other compatible external hard drives, My Passport X is a plug-n-play hard drive with USB 3.0 compatibility. Connect this portable and powerful drive to immediately add storage capacity to your system.Format your Western Digital My Passport external hard drive to FAT32 or ex-FAT format so to transfer the data between a Mac and Windows system conveniently.Tips for Effective Formatting My Passport 4tb Black Once formatting is done, you can use the drive in macOS or OS X as a regular hard drive.Now, click the ‘Erase,’ button and wait a few minutes and let the macOS erase data on the drive and reformat it by FAT32 or ex-FAT format.Now, the Erase dialogue window appears, here select the ‘Volume Format’ drop-down list and choose ‘MS-DOS (FAT)’ or ex-FAT File System.’ Note: ex-FAT is a better choice for formatting WD My Passport on Mac. Click ‘Erase’ on the Disk Utility file menu.When the Disk Utility opens, choose the Western Digital hard drive icon from the sidebar.

From the Utilities folder window, select ‘Disk Utility’ application. When the Finder window opens, on the menu bar, select ‘Go’ and then ‘Utilities.’ After that, you will be able to see /Applications/Utilities folder in Finder. Now, a new hard drive icon will appear on the desktop.

Connect your Western Digital My Passport drive to Mac computer, and let the OS detect and mount the drive for use.

After successful formatting, you can directly save or move files to it like any other external hard drive. Now, again select a ‘Quick Format’ option, then click ‘Start’ option, wait for a few minutes to get your drive reformatted with the FAT32 file system, so that you can use it. With those caveats noted, our current top picks for hard drives and SSDs are below.6. Ideally, you’ll want redundant backups either off-site or in the cloud for key data (such as family photos) in case of theft or fire. But if they don’t, you can get your own dongles for about $10.Īnd remember: A single backup doesn’t cut it. Many of them include cables or adapters to accommodate USB-C and USB-A ports.

Unless otherwise indicated, all the PC drives mentioned here are compatible with Windows but can be formatted for Macs.

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But a lot of times they’ll be designated as working with a specific platform out of the box and sometimes come with backup software that’s platform specific. Most of the drives here will work across platforms - whether you have a Windows PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 or Xbox - so long as the drives are formatted for that platform. A solid state drive doesn’t have moving parts and has up to 4x faster read speeds, but it costs a lot more per GB. When I go into settings-system-storage-manage storage it doesn’t give me the option of formatting it there either but the Xbox is. They’ve become more affordable, with even mega-capacity models tipping the scales at 5TB but costing just over $100. I have the newer My Passport Ultra 2TB external HD that I purchased to use for expanding the storage on my Xbox One but when I plug it in with the USB 3.0 cord it doesn’t give me the option of reformatting it to the Xbox One on the initial plug in with a pop-up. Thanks to faster USB 3.0 (and 3.1/3.2) and USB-C interfaces, most people can make do with a standard hard drive that uses “old” hard-drive technology (mechanical platters and a moving read-write head to access data).

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Game consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One include only up to 1TB drives (roughly 1,000GB), which fill up pretty fast if you’re not disciplined about removing games as you acquire more. Unless you’re getting a high-end model, most new computers don’t come with a ton of internal storage - usually 256GB or 512GB. Need a backup option - or just more space? Here are our top picks for external storage options.