User Manual

Formatting Media using a Computer
SD cards and USB-C flash disks can also be formatted using a Mac or Windows computer.
Preparing SD Cards on a Mac computer
Use the ‘disk utility’ application included with Mac to format your media in the HFS+ or exFAT
formats. If your storage media already has files recorded on them, remember to back up your
media as all data will be lost when it is formatted.
1 Plug the SD card into your computer’s SD card slot or via an SD card reader. For
external drives, connect the drive to your computer via a USB-C cable.
2 Go to ‘applications/utilities’ and launch ‘disk utility’.
3 Click on the disk icon of your SD card or drive and then click the ‘erase’ tab.
4 Set the format to ‘Mac OS Extended (journaled)’ or “exFAT”.
5 Type a ‘name’ for the new volume and then click ‘erase’. Your SD card or drive will
quickly be formatted and made ready for use.
Use ‘disk utility’ on Mac to erase your USB-C flash disk in the
Mac OS Extended (journaled) or exFAT format.
Preparing Storage Media on a Windows computer
The ‘format’ dialog box can format an SD card in the exFAT format on a Windows PC.
Remember to back up anything important from your media as all data will be lost when
it is formatted.
1 Plug an SD card into your computer’s SD card slot or via an SD card reader. For external
drives, connect the drive to your computer via a USB-C cable.
2 Open the ‘start menu’ or ‘start screen’ and choose ‘computer’. Right-click on
your SD card.
3 From the contextual menu, choose ‘format’.
4 Set the file system to ‘exFAT’ and the allocation unit size to 128 kilobytes.
5 Type a volume label, select ‘quick format’ and click ‘start’.
6 Your SD card or external disk will quickly be formatted and made ready for use.
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