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Go to the Applications folder on your Mac’s hard drive, then go to the Utilities folder, and launch Disk Utility. Select the drive you want to format. Warning: the following steps will delete any info you currently have on the drive. Click the Erase button. Click the Format menu, then choose either MS-DOS (FAT) or ExFAT. The original FAT file system (or FAT structure, as it was called initially) was designed and coded by Marc McDonald, based on a series of discussions between McDonald and Bill Gates. It was introduced with 8-bit table elements (and valid data cluster numbers up to 0xBF) in a precursor to Microsoft's Standalone Disk BASIC-80 for an 8080-based successor of the NCR 7200 model VI data-entry.

Disk Utility User Guide

Mac

In Disk Utility on your Mac, you can format an external disk for a Windows computer.

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WARNING: Formatting a disk or volume erases all the files on it. Save any files you need to another volume before formatting.

  1. In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose View > Show All Devices.

  2. In the sidebar, select the disk you want to format to use with Windows computers.

  3. Click the Erase button .

  4. Click the Scheme pop-up menu, then choose Master Boot Record.

  5. Click the Format pop-up menu, then choose one of the following:

    • MS-DOS (FAT): Choose this format if the size of the disk is 32 GB or less.

    • ExFAT: Choose this format if the size of the disk is over 32 GB.

  6. Enter a name for the volume.

    The maximum length for the volume name is 11 characters.

  7. Click Erase, then click Done.

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You can also partition a disk using the Master Boot Record partition layout, which is compatible with Windows.

See alsoFile system formats available in Disk Utility on MacPartition schemes available in Disk Utility on Mac