Students, faculty, and staff can format or completely erase the contents of a USB Flash Drive.
You can use macOS' Disk Utility app to format the drive.
- Ensure that your USB flash drive is connected to your computer.
- Use Spotlight (i.e., the magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner) to search for Disk Utility.
- Open Disk Utility.
- The drive will be listed on the sidebar under External. Select the flash drive.
- Click Erase.
- Enter a new name for your flash drive partition.
- Select ExFAT.
- Click Erase.
- When the process is complete, click Done. You will then be able to use your flash drive.
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DO NOT disconnect the Flash Drive from the computer until this process is complete. Always EJECT the drive before removing it. Failure to do so may lead to data corruption and/or render the drive unusable. |
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