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    This document provides instructions for formatting an external hard drive on a Mac using the Terminal application. It outlines the steps of launching Terminal, using the 'diskutil list' command to check the drive name, and then using the 'diskutil erasedisk JHFS+ [drive name]' command to format the selected drive. Hitting enter then completes the formatting process.

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    This document provides instructions for formatting an external hard drive on a Mac using the Terminal application. It outlines the steps of launching Terminal, using the 'diskutil list' command to check the drive name, and then using the 'diskutil erasedisk JHFS+ [drive name]' command to format the selected drive. Hitting enter then completes the formatting process.

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    This document provides instructions for formatting an external hard drive on a Mac using the Terminal application. It outlines the steps of launching Terminal, using the 'diskutil list' command to check the drive name, and then using the 'diskutil erasedisk JHFS+ [drive name]' command to format the selected drive. Hitting enter then completes the formatting process.

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    how to format external hard drive on mac using TERMINAL

    1. Launch terminal

    2. distutil list

    3. Check the drive name i.e disk 1 or disk 2

    4. type: distutil erasedisk JHFS+ Untitled disk1 or disk 2

    5. hit enter to format the drive

    Thanks

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