Here you will find the USB stick in the "Devices with removable media" area. Click on "Computer" in the start menu.Connect the USB stick to your Windows computer and then close the "Automatic playback" window.
Now all you have to do is wait for the USB stick to be formatted.īecause a Mac can read every Windows partition format, but cannot write to each, you have to choose the right file system, even if you format your USB stick on a Windows computer: Click on "Apply" and confirm the security question by clicking on "Partition".Only this file system is compatible with both OS X and Windows. Select "MS-DOS file system (FAT)" from the dropdown menu under "Format".In the "Volume information" area you can enter a name for your USB stick.This is the schema that both Windows computers and Macs can read and write. Click the "Options" button and select the "Master Boot Record" partition scheme in the dialog window.In the drop-down menu under "Volume scheme" you can select the desired number of partitions, i.e.Make sure that it is really the right one, because all data on the stick will be deleted when formatting. Select the USB stick you want to format.Here you can see all connected drives - including the USB stick.
#FORMAT MAC USB STICK FOR WINDOWS MAC OS#
Format USB stick under Mac OS X.īecause Windows cannot read a native Mac partition format, you must format your USB stick on a Mac compatible with Windows. You can find out what you need to consider here. To be able to use a USB stick with both a Mac and a Windows computer, you have to format it so that both systems can read and write on it.
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