How to Erase Seagate External Hard Drive on Mac?

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Make sure the storage device is connected to and mounted on the computer.
Select Go > Utilities in the Finder menu bar .
In the Utilities folder, doubleclick Disk Utility.
Select the Seagate drive in the left column.
Click the Erase tab.
Choose a format from the dropdown window.
Enter a name for the volume.

How do I Wipe my Seagate External Hard Drive?

Type “diskpart” and press Enter . Type “list disk” and press Enter. Type “sel disk x” and press Enter x refers to the serial number of the disk Type “clean all” to wipe the Seagate external hard drive.

How do you Reset an External Hard Drive on a Mac?

Connect the drive to the Mac.
Open Disk Utility .
Select the drive you want to format.
Click Erase.
Give the drive a descriptive name and leave the default settings: OS X Extended format and GUID partition map.
Click Erase and OS X will format the drive.

How do I Format a Seagate Hard Drive?

Select Erase.
A dialog box opens. Enter a name for the drive.
For Format, select OS X Extended Journaled.
For Scheme, select GUID Partition Map.
Click Erase.
Disk Utility formats the drive. When its finished, click Done.

How do I Reset my Seagate External Hard Drive?

Power down the Seagate Central by unplugging it from power.
Wait approximately 15 seconds.
Power up the Seagate Central again.
Wait for the device to fully boot and show a steady, nonblinking green light . This takes about three to four minutes.
Wait until the light becomes solidly illuminated.

Why is my Mac not Reading my Seagate External Hard Drive?

The Seagate external hard drive beeping and not recognized on Mac could be resulted from a damaged cable or the cable not supplying enough power. Try using another cable, an external power source, or a selfpowered USB hub to connect your Seagate drive with Mac. Also, try different ports on the Mac.