How to Format a Seagate External Harddrive to Work with MacOS (and REVIEW!)
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2023
- Here is the Seagate External Harddrive and today I will be giving it a quick unboxing and then showing you how to format it to work with MacOS.
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This is amazing. Seagate should give you a link to this video when you buy their hard drives. There's NO WAY I would've figured this out without this guy's help. Thank you!
Hey my pleasure to help!
My guy!!! Continue going through those subtle motions like shutting down computer, “hold til” info, its criminal how much info I learn from RUclips and often those tutorials lack those processes. Job well done sir!
My pleasure 🙌
Why do they make these things so complicated though?? Why isn't it a simple plug in and work situation with hard drives? Thanks for the video though - I will try this!
Valid question! Hope my video helps 🙏
Exfat format is an easy way to access your hdd on both mac and win as well as almost any and every os
Thank you for making this video! I've been intimidated by this process and haven't backed up my photos in so long because of it. You made the process so easy to follow :)
Happy to help and glad u got it done 😁
Your video is extremely helpful! Straight to the point and did not ramble on! Thank you!
My pleasure 🙂
Wow!!!! You are awesome! I was able to follow you exactly and was able to resolve my concern with ease. Awesome step by step process. Thank you so much!!!
Very happy to help! Glad u figured it out 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks again. I was able to transfer my pictures from my iPhone to my Seagate External Hardrive using my MacMini after watching your video 🙏🏼🫡.
Thanks so much for this video, helped a lot! Exactly those infos that I needed, now it works.
My pleasure to help!
You are a life saver. Was almost going to rage quit and try to return the hard drive. Thank you!!!!!
Hey I’m happy to help, glad it worked out for u!
Thanks for your help! This vid was super informative & helpful!
Whoa Thanks I could not have done this without your video. Huge thnx. Nothing is simple and easy
Hey my pleasure, glad it worked for you 🙏
You are a frickin' lifesaver!!!! Thank you so much. I had no idea what to do. Appreciate this!
My pleasure!
So many steps!thank you so much
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This was incredibly helpful! Thanks!
My pleasure!
Your video helped me a lot thank you.
Happy to help 🙏
This is really helpful. Thanks for your video.
My pleasure! Appreciate u 🙏
Thank you for making this short, direct video. I was about ten seconds away from this being an amazon return.
Glad it was helpful! Idk why it has to be so complicated lol
You just saved me so much time thank you!!❤❤❤
Happy to help!
This helped me so much! Thanks!
My pleasure 🙂
I just got the Seagate, then was met with the 🚫 when trying to transfer my files…I searched Google then found your video thank god; it’s rare I have to do these things but when I do, I’m always in disbelief that it will work because of all the random (random to me anyway 😅) hoops you have to jump through…low and behold it worked thank you so much! 🙏🏻- Also do I have to switch the Mac back to the original hard drive security setting options in recovery mode? Thank you 🙏🏻
Up for this, I wanted to know about switching the Mac back to original hard drive security settings option in recovery mode?
Thanks for making this video, so help full 🔥🔥🔥
Hey my pleasure
This was EXACTLY what I needed! Thank you!
Glad to help!
Thank you for this video it was very helpful. I have a question. Once I restart my computer will the privacy and security setting go back to the original settings?
Bro thanks for this info. Great video
Happy to help! Thx
Very helpful. Thanks a ton sir
My pleasure
Hi bro Thks for ur video.
I have a desktop iMac 2013 nd I just took out the hard drive, I broke the glass a bit, the harddrive said Seagate barracuda 1000Gb. Do you know what type of adapter should I buy, cause I don’t know. Can u help me plis
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Thank you for the video. I have one question though, do I have to go back to security policy and change it to full security again, or by doing that my HD won’t work?
This is awesome!
Hey I have a MacOS Ventura 13.2.1 and Im not sure what paragon I should use. Is it even compatible?
thank you this helped alot
When I go to press and hold the power button until the loading startup options nothing happens, it makes the turning on sound but then goes black and nothing happens at all… what am I doing wrong?
BRO YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOU!!
Hey my pleasure to help 🙏👍
hi! when i continue to hold, it just shuts the laptop down again - any reason why?
Wow! Amazing!
LEGEND!!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS
Happy to help 😎
Thanks for this information!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Very happy to help! How’s it working for u now?
I had a "theres no user to recover" message on my mac.. the only option was restart .. is that normal?
It’s showing up as a back up drive even after all of these steps, and is not letting me add any files to it
Thank you so much 🙌🏽
My pleasure 🙏
Thank you sooooo much!
My pleasure!
what do i do when the startup screen doesnt show the options icon?? help!!!
When I got to the Startup Security Utility screen and attempted to click on the "reduced security" option with the 'allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers', put in my password once again, and I received an error pop up saying "the operation couldn't be completed. (SDErrorDomain error 106.). WHAT DO I DO NOW *help*.
Thank you so much!
My pleasure!
When I hold and press my mac when turning on, it doesnt appear the message and the options, it turns on only 😭 how do I go there in other wayss
@Nicholas De…does switching from full security to reduced security open/set my computer up to hackers? Your video is well planned with step-by-step easy to follow. I am just wiery of the full security to reduced security part. Please kindly respond. Thanks.
Not that I’m aware of. It just lets your computer run signed operating system software that’s previously been trusted by Apple. It seems safe enough to me and I haven’t had any problems.
I’m not an expert in what that all might mean in terms of overall security, however, so if you’re still concerned, I would approach someone with an in-depth IT background to give you a better answer 🙏 sorry I can’t be of more help
Are your WD drives formatted in NTFS too? And if so can you use them with the Mac just like the Seagate? I have WD external HDDs formatted in NTFS, but I need to buy a new drive and want to buy a Seagate (likely the "Windows" version which will be NTFS by default), I'm wondering if I'll be able to just plug and play like normal using the Paragon software? I bought a Toshiba one a while back and it didn't work.
Yeah and I Can open things from the WDs on my MacBook, but if I want to move things onto the WD external hd then since it’s programmed for my Dell I have to connect it to that
Thanks for this video,
Question: Does this process only work for new Seagate harddrive?
I have several documents on my Seagate harddrive, if I do this process that you show in the video, there is some risk that I will lose my documents after having the Paragon driver installed in the computer and connecting the Seagate?
Because these are setup for NTFS, this process reformats the hard drive so anything on it will also be deleted if you go through this process
WOW! I have a Seagate that I use for my Time Machine update running on my MacMini Server 2010/High Sierra and I didn't have to go nearly all that. I guess it's older tech.
Will this work for a Mac Sonoma?
Question! Can you delete the “start here, warranty” files on the hardrive or should i keep those on there ?
I think when you format it, it will clear everything for you already
Will this work for Sonoma 14.4.1??
Thank you!
My pleasure 🙏🙏
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was about to throw my laptop out the window this saved me hahaha
Haha my pleasure 😁
I have a MacBook Pro. I have tried shutting my computer down >> holding the power button and I never get the start up options. Is there another way?
I’m not sure of another way, sorry
I have an imac and cannot hold power down and get this Options link. Fix: shut down, Command-R, let go of after you see Apple Logo - should open up Recovery mode from there
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How come you don’t go to disk utility and just reset the driver on that?
Why did they make it so complicated??? Thank you for this video. Here's hoping it works.
It comes formatted for NTFS which operates with PC, that’s why all the nonsense here 😎
This video came in clutch, I should of just boughten the name brand
Hey thanks for stopping by 🙏 which brand did u end up getting?
When I plug the seagate hard drive into my MacBook, I don’t see the Seagate device in my finder. Does this mean my adapter might be wonky?
No, it’s fine. Just watch this video in its entirety about how to format it and it will work
I believe I formatted my external hard drive wrong for my mac, so I cannot open any of my photos or media on my external hard drive. I have not yet deleted any of my photos or media from my icloud or my mac itself, so should I just erase my external hard drive, reformat it properly, then retransfer my photos and media?
Sounds like a good plan. I’m pretty reformatting the drive will wipe it automatically and then you can load your files onto it
Probably important to note that you should check your graphics chip and if it’s an intel you can skip the whole startup settings part. You only need to do that if you have apple silicon
thank you for sharing, my macbook is relatively newer so its on Apple Silicon of course
im trying to figure out how to turn my seagate external drive into NTFS so i can capture longer game clips, is it possible to do that with seagate or will i have to get a different external drive? (i hope someone responds cuz ive been trying to figure this out for about a week now)
Also my macbook says its version Ventura 13.6.4. Will this work?
MIne then brought up a disk utility type screen but it wouldn't let me format to APFS ....amazing that all these useful videos never work for me as it doesn't work in the same way. So frustrating.
im sorry to hear that, i hope u can figure it out or find someone to give you more specific support
Is it the same process for Mac Mini M2?
I've never used a Mac Mini...but if you try it out and it works, please let us all know!
I cannot get to the point of changing the settings to allow for the external hard drive. I hold down on the power button and it just turns itself off again?
Are you following my instructions closely? If you are and it's not working, you could take it to a computer repair shop or perhaps contact a friend who has expertise in these things and they may be able to help you get it to work properly. Sorry I can't be of more help!
@@nicholasdemskiproductreviews yes I did. My power button is also finger print operated so I don’t think it works that’s way for my Mac. I contacted the company that made the hard drive and you don’t actually have to do it this way. They gave me instructions on how to re format the hardrive by changing the settings
@@TheLifeOfTT441I’m having the same problem… Can you share the solution please?
@@aylon1678 I’ll see if I can find an email of the conversation I had with the person who helped me. It was quite complicated
Hello, I just got a New Seagate external drive for my MacBook as. Christmas gift. I’m wanting to store videos on it. For the life of me I can’t get the external drive to cooperate with the MacBook. Could you please tell me what I need to do?
Hello, if you follow this video in detail and do the steps I do, it should be able to work. Is there a certain step you’re getting stuck on?
@@nicholasdemskiproductreviews I had some headway with the external drive and now I’m having trouble with the movie maker. I made an appointment at Best Buy tomorrow for troubleshooting.
okay i hope they can help you further
@@nicholasdemskiproductreviews It’s finally working again. The Best Buy employee had to have another associate help him troubleshoot my problem. They think when the computer updated itself, that caused it to not recognize the files. It was very strange but at least it’s fixed!
Would it be easier to go to disk utility and format it?
Yes. It would. Saves pointless time/watching time. Which is why there was no response to your comment ONLY from the video uploader but there was to LITERALLY every other comment. Always check information from at least 3 reliable sources and self-analyse before deciding. Or get bounced around like a clueless rag doll and/or overpaying/saying thanks for something that was the hardest possible way to fix something. No offence to the guy, but it's like you asking for directions for a place across the road, and I give you a map with 13 different turns and roundabouts. This dude turned his laptop off and back on what felt like 26 times lol. and everyones like omg thanks so much LOL. Still solves the problem I guess and I just had a lot of fun writing this😂. Just feels like a carrot got dangled in front of a crowd that's all.
So wait, how do you do that?
1. Command + Space
2. Search “Disk Utility”
3. Select your drive and press erase.
Package icons say handle with care, as hdd’s are vulnerable to shocks and sudden movements
0:20 let’s spin this thing
Do seagate external hard drive work on xbox ss?
I’ve used mine with Xbox series x
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 thanks!!
Happy to help 🙏
Quick question I just want to use my external hard drive for my Xbox X for Gaming clips… I have a MacBook as well.. if I format it on my Xbox to NFTS will my MacBook still Read and Write the data or should I just do it the way you instructed? Thank you for the video please let me know ❤
I think it will be able to read but not write if u do that
My Macbook Air 2 can’t even find the Seagate harddrive… maybe it’s too old? Can’t remember when I bought it 😅
And you went through all the steps I mentioned here?
Can I go through all the steps even if my Mac can’t find the harddrive?
Hey sorry I’m not sure what’s going on with yours ☹️
This was great! I'm usually very tech savvy but I'm unable to click and drag any files after following this video. If anyone is able to help me trouble shoot I would greatly appreciate it!!
Hello, I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to click and drag files if it's been formatted already...I only had that problem before formatting, sorry I can't be of more help! Hopefully someone else reads your comment and has a solid suggestion for you 😏
The press and hold don’t work for me. It just turns my Mac off.
do you have an older mac running on intel?
Thank you for saving my ass
The quick start guide is useless. That's why I'm watching your tutorial! On a desktop Mac you don't have to do the button holding thing but you do have to restart after allowing it access to your computer. Their support is futile as well. Not user friendly in the least. And did you look at the quick start instructions? It's a diagram showing you how to plug it in and nothing more. That said, thanks for helping!
You bet!🙏
Why they make so many steps to set up. I just gonna return it
They come formatted for PC I believe
The process is giving me migraines 😵💫
I’m still recovering from making the video 😵💫
All those HDDs I purchased the last 6 months should have been SSDs…
why do u say that?
So this is the only thing Mac did wrong. its so complicated and Microft did it better
It’s nothing they did wrong. Seagate comes standard formatted for NTFS which is compatible with PCs. So it just needs to be reformatted. It is a pain in the butt process though, and that’s why I made this video 😁😁
This is a lot.
yes indeed but not the worst haha
@@nicholasdemskiproductreviews But definitely appreciate you for breaking this down!
@@sirRI0T happy to help and wish it were easier for all of us 😬
GOOD GOD, this is horrible
Sorry to disappoint 🙏 please let me know how I could do better
I hate macbook
lol is somebody forcing you to use one?
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My pleasure to help!
I absolutely love you!!🫠
sweet! thanks!
My pleasure!
Thank god for your video I was about to throw the seagate 5 TB drive I got into the wall. Thank you!🥲
My pleasure to help!