Mar 22, 2012  Most external hard drives (HD) are sold in a format called NTFS, which is designed to work with Windows. Macs read and write to a different format, called HFS+. Sep 26, 2018  Sometimes, you may want to try Format directly to format your external hard drive partition to exFAT for Mac and Windows. However, it is not possible to format hard drive to exFAT, the only option under the window of Format - File system is NTFS (Default). Reformatting an external hard drive for use with MAC OSX is not as difficult as it might seem. In a few simple steps you are ready to go and can save your back-up files to the external drive, keeping your information safe and giving you peace of mind. Oct 27, 2017  Now your external drive has been formatted to be fully compatible with Apple MacOS, and you can edit, read, and write files to it as you want. How to Partition an External Hard Drive on Mac. If you want to create multiple partitions on your external hard drive (in fact, you should for better file organization), here’s a step-by-step guide. Format external drive for mac use.

1. Can't Remember Password For Mac Desktop
2. Can't Remember Macbook Air Password

The passwords for all accounts on macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS Sierra, OSX 10.11 El Capitan, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, OSX 10.9 Mavericks and OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion including admin and standard user accounts can be reset and changed when booted from the Recovery Partition on macOS.

Boot into Recovery Partition

Even though you can set up your Mac to automatically log into your user account without a password, your computer is going to be more secure if you use one. Of course, there’s a slight danger. Open System Preferences and click the Users & Groups button. Find the user whose password you wish to reset. Click Reset Password. In the small popup that’s displayed, input a new password for the user or use the key button to generate one. When finished, click Reset Password and your changes will be applied. Now, enter: To reset the root password on Mountain Lion (10.8) (not tested with other OS's) follow these instructions. Shutdown your Mac, then turn it on. Immediately after pressing the power button press and hold 'Command (Apple) key + S'. This will boot you into single user mode. Click on the Apple logo in the top left of the tools bar and click Log Out. Select the alternative account and enter the password. Open System Preferences Users & Groups. Click the Lock icon in the bottom left.

Reboot into the Recovery Drive by choosing the ‘Apple‘ menu > Restart, hold down the ‘command’ + ‘r’ keys on the keyboard during the start up process, when you see the start up screen you can let go. When the machine boots eventually you will see the macOS or OS X Utilities screen.

Go to the Utilites menu and select Terminal

At the prompt type ‘resetpassword’ (hit enter)

Can't Remember Password For Mac Desktop

This launches the Reset Password screen, select the Volume Hard Drive in the top part of the window pane, then for the user that you need to reset select the user account in the lower part then add and confirm the new password and click save, you get a confirmation screen and details about the keychain account.

Go to the Apple Menu and click Restart to boot back to the normal hard drive and the new password will take effect immediately.

Can't Remember Macbook Air Password

If you are using macOS MojaveWd my passport for mac not showing up. the screen you see is a little friendlier, just select the account you want to reset the password on and follow the instructions.