To format the hard drive in a Mac laptop or a Mac desktop computer, you use software called Disk Utility. This software ships with all Mac computers, so it’s ready to use for the formatting process.

To format the hard drive in a Mac laptop or a Mac desktop computer, you use software called Disk Utility. This software ships with all Mac computers, so it’s ready to use for the formatting process.

Step by step tutorial on how to format a Hard Drive or Disk. Use built-in tools such as Diskpart, CMD, Disk Management, etc, to format.

To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

If you have to use a flash drive on both Macs and Windows PCs, make sure both systems can read it. Here's how to format the drive correctly.