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Reformatting my external hard drive so it can work with Mac

Jun 24, 2014 5:00AM PDT

I recently purchased a 3TB Seagate Expansion external hard drive for PC. My plan is too reformat it so that I can use it, but it has been acting wierd on me. It says on Disk Utility that it is 4 gbs but I have a 3TB one. Im on OSX mavericks by the way. Thanks!

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Remember, plenty of tutorials today but let's see a screen.
Jun 24, 2014 5:57AM PDT
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In case you need to find a site for the shot.
Jun 24, 2014 6:02AM PDT

Try imgur, photobucket and put a link in your post to the picture.

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how do i send the image
Jun 24, 2014 7:09AM PDT

How do I add my image here? Im used to apple forums.

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Add it to Dropbox or similar...
Jun 24, 2014 7:13AM PDT

... and post the link here.

Dafydd.

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here it is
Jun 24, 2014 7:14AM PDT

file://localhost/Users/ak/Desktop/Screen%20Shot%202014-06-24%20at%201.37.33%20PM.png

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Link is dead.
Jun 24, 2014 7:18AM PDT

See my earlier post about how to post an image here.

Dafydd.

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I feel like an idiot haha
Jun 24, 2014 7:23AM PDT

when I drag my image in it just opens a new window. haha

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go here
Jun 24, 2014 7:39AM PDT
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As Bob said...
Jun 24, 2014 7:51AM PDT

needs formatting to fat32. Did you follow the guide?

Dafydd.

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Formatting
Jun 24, 2014 7:58AM PDT

When im at the disk utility it wont let me make any changes to it. Wont let me repair or verify the disk.

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I must defer to Bob or mrmacfixit.
Jun 24, 2014 8:03AM PDT

My experience of Macs is limited. they'll be back soon.

Dafydd.

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Try using the Partition Option
Jun 24, 2014 8:31AM PDT

in Disk Utility and see if it will let you do anything there.

Format it as one (1) partition, if possible.

I note that it is Read Only, which could be a problem.

P

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Nice idea to use the erase tool.
Jun 24, 2014 9:02AM PDT

Here I guess I'm too used to partitioning (remove, create, format.)