ExFat - The disk is too large

[westerndigitaluser]

Hi,

I am trying to format a WD 4TB Passport to ExFat using the instructions here:

Western Digital Support | Western Digital

but I get this error “The disk is too large to be supported but he given partition scheme”

Do I need a smaller drive for ExFat ?

Thanks,
Darren

[TonyPh12345]

@westerndigitaluser

The disk is too large to be supported but he given partition scheme

4TB Passport for Mac "Disk too large for partition scheme, failed"

I just purchased a 4TB WD Passport external drive and have downloaded everything correctly, followed the instructions and it won’t let me erase and reformat the drive. I am using a 2015 MacBook Pro with the latest update (Sierra) and have followed the instructions listed on the WD community for “how to reformat for exfat or fat32 and it still hasn’t worked. When I go to erase it I rename it to “WD2017” and have it set to “exFat” and have tried both the “Master reboot” and Guid scheme”. Neither …

[westerndigitaluser]

Thanks! Formatting via Terminal worked