I just bought a 500 GB USB 2.0 Seagate Slim for Mac hard drive, and I'm trying to get it to connect with a Samsung TV.
I was told by Samsung that I need to reformat the drive to "FAT32".
In Disk Utility, when I select the drive and go to "Erase", I am presented with the following Format options:
Since I am not an expert and therefore deathly afraid of all things hard drive and scary options like "Erase", I just wanted to check and get some advice on what to do here.
How do I go about formatting this drive to FAT32?
Thanks so much in advance, and apologies if this landed in the wrong sub-forum.
I was told by Samsung that I need to reformat the drive to "FAT32".
In Disk Utility, when I select the drive and go to "Erase", I am presented with the following Format options:
- Mac OS Extended (Journaled) <-- this option is selected
- Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)
- Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
- Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)
- MS-DOS (FAT)
- ExFAT
Since I am not an expert and therefore deathly afraid of all things hard drive and scary options like "Erase", I just wanted to check and get some advice on what to do here.
How do I go about formatting this drive to FAT32?
Thanks so much in advance, and apologies if this landed in the wrong sub-forum.