Format Flash Drive Mac Mojave
Mac Os Mojave was just released in 24th September 2018. This is the major release by an Apple because the UI of Mojave is completely dark. You can install this OS in any laptop running Intel processor and assuming you've at least 8 GB of RAM. 4 GB RAM can also install it but may be little slow and laggy while working with heavy programs. Below are the necessary requirements for this guide :
- Intel based processor laptop/desktop
[*]USB stick 8 GB or higher
[*]A working mac or hackintosh
[*]Internet Connection
Step 1 Connect the external hard drive you want to format to your Mac, then start the Disk Utility app that you can find under Applications - Utilities. Step 2 On the left side of the Utilities screen, find the name of the external hard drive you want to format and select it. Step 1: Shut down your Mac and press the Power key to turn on the Mac; then immediately press Command and R keys. Step 2: You will be directed to the macOS utility section and here you need to select 'Disk Utility' to format the USB drive. From the Disk Utility app, select Mac drive name under Internal section and then click on the 'Erase. The creation of the macOS Mojave boot drive can take a little while, but the Terminal window will update the status as it goes through erasing the USB flash drive, then copying the files to the flash drive and making the disk bootable. Finally it will report when the install media has completed and where it is located with a volume name. Show All Devices and Erase the Parent Drive. By default, Disk Utility only shows the Volumes on your.
Preparation:Download macOS Mojave
Description:
To get a working Mojave installer onto a USB flash drive it must first be formatted into a scheme that allows for an EFI Partition. Afterwards the the Mojave Installer is ready to be placed on the USB drive using is Terminal.
Step 1: Formatting the USB Drive.
You can format the usb flash drive using two way:
- Disk Utility
- Terminal
**Insert Flash Drive
**Open Disk Utility
**Select the Flash Drive on the left column
**Click Erase
Set the following settings:
- Name: Your Choice
- Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- Scheme: GUID Partition Map
**Click Done upon finish.
2.Terminal
**Insert Flash Drive
**Open Terminal
And Type Following Command
Then...
Note:- In my case,my sub flash drive is /dev/disk1, You can check for available drive using command diskutil list.
Step 2: Transferring the Mojave Installer to usb flash drive via terminal.
If you using Disk Utility method to Formatting the USB Drive,then using this command.
In Terminal....
First edit and replace Your USB Drive Name.**If you using Terminal method to Formatting the USB Drive,then using this command.
In Terminal....
After finishing the process.In Terminal
Step 3: Mount EFI Partition
Step 4: Download Clover EFI Bootloader<<<<<
Step 5: Install Clover EFI Bootloader to usb flash drive.
- Change Install Location and select your usb flash drive
- select 'Customize'
- Check 'Install for UEFI booting only', 'Install Clover in the ESP' will automatically select
- Check Themes
- Select Drivers64UEFI
- Check ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi
- AptioMemoryFix-64.efi
- DataHubDxe-64.efi
- FSInject-64.efi
- SMCHelper-64.efi
- Use HFSPlus.efi
- install rc scripts on target volume
- Check Clover preference pane
Step 6:
Download Laptop config Clover.
**Then choose your config and paste or replace it here
/EFI/EFI/Clover **Go to
/EFI/EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other/ then paste this following kextFakeSMC.kext:
VoodooPS2Controller.kext:
USBInjectAll.kext:
Lilu.kext:
WhateverGreen.kext:
**Go to
/EFI/EFI/Clover/Acpi/Pached and paste it hereSSDT-DiscreteSpoof.aml
Note:If your laptop build in dedicated GPU then need this.
**Go to
/EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI then past itHFSPlus.efi:
Now you ready to boot and install macOS Mojave.
Format Flash Drive Mac Mojave Dmg
About APFS:You can not stop avoiding APFS conversation when installing Mojave. Because APFS is forced on Mojave.After you install Mojave, you'll be using APFS.
Example:Here is my HDD System osX disk partition.
by Shirly Chen, updated on 2018-10-08 to Mac Data Wipe
'Hi, is there any way to format an external hard drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave? I will sell an old external hard drive, I want to format the external hard drive on my Mac and remove all data.' – Maris
Many Mac users send us emails and ask how to format external hard drive, USB flash drive on Mac after they install macOS Mojave in the Mac. If you are also looking for a solution to format external hard drive/USB flash drive in macOS 10.14 Mojave, you just come to the right place. In this article, we will show you two solutions to help you easily and securely format external hard drive/USB flash drive under macOS Mojave.
Two solutions to format external hard drive/USB flash drive in macOS Mojave
There are two solutions to help you format external hard drive/USB flash drive in macOS Mojave. Two tools: Disk Utility and DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac can help you securely format external hard drive/USB flash drive under macOS Mojave. Here, you can choose one of the solutions to help you format external hard drive/USB flash drive under macOS Mojave 10.14.
Solution 1: format external hard drive/USB flash drive in macOS Mojave with Disk Utility
Disk Utility is a traditional Mac disk tool. It can help you format external hard drive/USB flash drive after you upgrade your Mac OS to macOS 10.14 Mojave. Just run this app from Launchpad and use it to erase the external hard drive/USB flash drive. It will format the external hard drive/USB flash drive and remove all data on the external hard drive/USB flash drive.
But, please note that the formatted data on the external hard drive/USB flash drive can be recovered by data recovery software after you format it with disk utility. If you want to format external hard drive/USB flash drive in macOS Mojave and permanently erase the data on the external hard drive/USB flash drive, just try solution 2.
Solution 2: format external hard drive/USB flash drive with DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac
DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is powerful data erasure software for macOS 10.14 Mojave. This is the secure tool to format external hard drive/USB flash drive and permanently erase data in macOS Mojave. Here, you can follow these steps to format external hard drive/USB flash drive in macOS Mojave with DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac.
Step 1: Download and install DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac.
Download and install this software on your Mac. It is fully compatible with macOS Mojave. Then run it from Launchpad.
Step 2: Choose mode 'Wipe Hard Drive'.
Run DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac on your Mac. Connect your external hard drive/USB flash drive with your Mac. Then choose this data erasure mode – 'Wipe Hard Drive'.
Step 3: Wipe and format external hard drive/USB flash drive.
Select the external hard drive/USB flash drive and click on 'Wipe Now' button. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac will format and erase the external hard drive/USB flash drive.
Format Flash Drive Mac Mojave Drive
Please note that once the external hard drive/USB flash drive is formatted by DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac, all data information on the external hard drive/USB flash drive will be permanently erased, can’t be recovered by data recovery software.
The two tools above can help you easily and securely format external hard drive/USB flash drive on macOS Mojave. If you are going to sell, donate or abandon your external hard drive/USB flash drive, we strongly recommend you to use the solution 2 to format your external hard drive/USB flash drive.
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