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Formatting a My Passport Ultra for Mac

Followed the directions I found online … should this take 7 hours???  It is a brand new drive.  Thanks!!

Hello,

Formatting the drive should not take more than 5 minutes. Try this instructions:

How to partition and format a WD drive on Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP) and Mac OSX

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