Renaming external hard drive

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BillMatt7


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I'm in Sierra iOS 10.12.2, need to know how to rename a WD Passport 2TB external hard drive, connected through USB port.
 
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Right click on the drive, then click on Get Info and you can change the name in the resulting information box. Also you can click once on the drive, then CMD-I will get the same box. Or you right click on the drive, then pick Rename and rename the drive. Lots of ways to get things done!
 
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You may have to reformat the drive if it is formatted as NTFS, Mac can not write to that format natively.
 
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You can also click on the icon on the Desktop to highlight it, press the enter/return key and proceed typing to change the name - press the enter/return key when done.
 

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