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#WD DRIVE UTILITIES DRIVE ERASE FOR MAC#
#WD DRIVE UTILITIES DRIVE ERASE SOFTWARE#

Press the Enter key and your external drive will be erased completely.

Click the target disk which needs data wiping, and click Clean Disk Wipe Disk from the left action panel.

#WD DRIVE UTILITIES DRIVE ERASE SOFTWARE#

Next, type: diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ (diskname diskidentifier) And this software will auto load all drives in your computer.Now you’ll see a list of disks there, target yours through the disk identifier.Open it and enter this line: diskutil list.

#WD DRIVE UTILITIES DRIVE ERASE FOR MAC#

1, WD Drive Utilities for Mac Free Alternatives - Mac Disk Utility (free tool) 2, WD Drive Utilities for Windows - IM-Magic Partiton Resizer Free (free tool), see 5 free disk formatting tools for Windows. You can also try the Terminal app, though it’s a command-line tool that requires you to be a bit geeky. Here are some free alternatives that you may download for your computer or Macbook. If for any reason Disk Utility fails to wipe your drive. Wipe External Hard Drive on Mac via Terminal (Command Line) Read the explanation about erasing all of the data on the drive and select the I understand check box to indicate that you accept the risk and activate the Erase Drive button. It’s because SSDs don’t have to go through this process due to the way it manages files. If you want to change the volume name, type over the name in the Volume Name box. Note: If your drive is an SSD, you won’t be able to click “Security Options” as this option will be grayed out.

Here you can specify how securely you want to wipe the drive, move to Most Secure if you are paranoid because this option overwrites more times to the disk space, though the process tends to be slower.

Next, click the Security Options button at the bottom.

Choose a file system to which you want to format your external drive.

Select the disk or volume in the list on the left panel.

Click on the Erase tab (next to “First Aid”).

On your Mac, go to Applications > Utilities >Disk Utility.

DBAN (Darik’s Boot and Nuke) Platform: Bootable USB (Windows PC) I am not putting this hard drive eraser tool at the top of. Then follow the step by step tutorial below: This disk wiping tool is only available on computers running macOS. Make sure the device can be detected by the machine. First off, connect your external hard drive to your Mac.