Hi all,
I'll preface this by saying that I'm a PC user and know nothing about macs. So...my girlfriend thought she could save the Mojave update on her external HDD (which, by the way, is used to store all of her pictures, videos, work, etc.), and install it on her macbook at a later time. Unfortunately, the update installed on the external HDD, which is now functioning as a boot drive. If she boots with the HDD, she can still access those files. I think I can pull her data off that drive with an external HDD of my own (appropriately formatted, exFAT will work I think?), however where we're stuck is formatting her external HDD afterwards.
How would we go about doing this? We've tried plugging it into my PC and looking for it but didn't find it (unsurprisingly), however she can't even see the external drive if she boots off of her macbook drive. Is there a mac equivalent of a post screen and bios that I can format the external HDD from?
Cheers,
J
I'll preface this by saying that I'm a PC user and know nothing about macs. So...my girlfriend thought she could save the Mojave update on her external HDD (which, by the way, is used to store all of her pictures, videos, work, etc.), and install it on her macbook at a later time. Unfortunately, the update installed on the external HDD, which is now functioning as a boot drive. If she boots with the HDD, she can still access those files. I think I can pull her data off that drive with an external HDD of my own (appropriately formatted, exFAT will work I think?), however where we're stuck is formatting her external HDD afterwards.
How would we go about doing this? We've tried plugging it into my PC and looking for it but didn't find it (unsurprisingly), however she can't even see the external drive if she boots off of her macbook drive. Is there a mac equivalent of a post screen and bios that I can format the external HDD from?
Cheers,
J
Last edited: