It all depends on your operating system
How to format an external drive for Mac?
External hard drives, flash drives, and other similar forms of removable storage have made life pretty easy when it comes to moving data around. However, we live in a world where everyone probably owns multiple devices that can (theoretically) have external storage connected to them.
There are also different use cases for external storage and, more importantly, many formats to choose from. So when it comes to choosing a format for your shiny new external storage device, what is the best format for external hard drives?
What does it mean to “format” a disk? What is disk formatting anyway? It’s actually pretty simple to understand. Your SSD, hard drive, flash drive, SD card, or whatever storage medium you’re using has a certain amount of raw physical space.
