High Sierra 10.13: Format External Hard Drives

How to Format External Hard Drives on a Mac Running High Sierra OS 10.13 or later

Do you use LaCie or SeaGate Hard Drives on a Mac running High Sierra 10.13 or later? This tip is for you

There is a new setting in High Sierra that allows you to Hide Devices (not a good feature), but it is on by default. Go to View and select Show All Devices:

The fix is really easy, you just have to know it exists.

Open Disk Utility on a Mac:
1. Go to Applications...Utility...Disk Utility or,
2. Open Finder...Click Go...Utilities

In Disk Utility:
1. In View Menu...Check 'Show All Devices' (Cmd+2) or,
2. In Dropdown Menu, View...'Show All Devices'


In Sidebar:
Select Top Entry of Hard Drive you want to Format
Press Erase in Top Center
Name Hard Drive
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
GUID Partition Map
Erase
Done

Hard Drive should show Green Check and mount on your Desktop

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