how to reformat my passport for mac and pc

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So could someone walk me through of how I could reformat it so that it would be usable (read and write) on both my PC and my MAC.

If its in NTFS, NOTHING but 32 Bit Windows will Write to an NTFS drive, but OSX will read the drive.

The problem is if you are in XP is XP will not format drives FAT32 over 30 GB.

I have since reformatted it on my PC just to get all the info off of it.

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I want to format it to work on my Macbook Pro for Time Machine, so I looked into how to do that.

It told me to open the Disk Utility, and to choose the drive and then choose Erase.

However, the Erase button is greyed out and it will not let me erase it.

Again, the drive has already been formatted on my PC, so it is blank.

You can try WDs utility software ( WD security ) to unlock the WD drive.

From OSX Terminal, post the output of diskutil list with the WD connected.

But I also got a Mac so I want to format it for that as well.

Plugged it back into my Mac, Time Machine doesnt recognize it, and the Mac only shows the WD Unlocker on the desktop instead of it being a separate HD or disc.

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I forgot my password which is why I need to reformat it, but like I said, I got a Mac so now I want it for this too.

I used it to do a quick erase of a HD with corrupted HD info.

Boots up on my Mac just fine with the Apple USB SuperDrive.

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How To Reformat My Passport For Mac And Pc