How to Format an External Hard Drive for Mac OS X

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Tip 1 - How to set up an external hard drive for use with OS X - CNET

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kalik 039s PS 3 | permalink

Many hard drives come preformatted with special utility software that largely is not needed, and may even be problematic or limiting at times.

For further reading: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-an-external-hard-drive-for-use-with-os-x/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Clean a hard drive, create an encrypted drive or Windows partition - the easy way to format storage for Mac

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Christine Maslanka | permalink

We explain how to format a storage drive for your Mac. Step by step guide to formatting storage drive for Mac.
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For further reading: http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-format-storage-drive-for-mac-3541758/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to format a startup drive for a Mac

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Popolpourlascience | permalink

If you want to format a drive that will be used as your Mac’s startup disk, the procedure is a little different from formatting it for use as a secondary drive for storing data.

For further reading: http://www.macworld.com/article/2055589/how-to-format-a-startup-drive-for-a-mac.html ^[3]