Formatting your USB flash drive is the quickest way to clean up your USB flash drive, it is also a good method to fix logical errors on your USB flash drive or create a compatible file system so that it could be used on your Mac. In this article, we will introduce two methods to help you securely and quickly format USB flash drive after upgrading to macOS Monterey.
- #1 Format USB flash drive on macOS Monterey with Disk Utility.
- #2 Format and wipe USB flash drive on macOS Monterey with Data Eraser.
Now, many Mac users have upgraded their Mac OS to macOS Monterey. There are many reasons why a Mac user wants to format an USB flash drive after upgrading to macOS Monterey. For example:
- The USB flash drive is not compatible with macOS Monterey.
- The USB flash drive gets corrupted or shows not initialized.
- Quickly remove all data from the USB flash drive.
- Will sell, donate or dispose of an old USB flash drive.
Two methods to format USB flash drive on macOS Monterey
How to format an USB flash drive after upgrading to macOS Monterey? Don’t worry, here, we will introduce two easy methods to help you securely format USB flash drive on macOS Monterey. Before you format your USB flash drive, you’d better back up your important files.
#1 Format USB flash drive on macOS Monterey with Disk Utility.
Disk Utility is the best tool for you to quickly format an USB flash drive on macOS Monterey. Now, follow the steps below to format your USB flash drive.
Step 1. Insert your USB flash drive into your Mac.
Step 2. Open Disk Utility, then click to choose the USB flash drive
Step 3. Click on Erase button. You can edit the USB flash drive name and choose a file system.
Step 4. Click on Erase button again, then Disk Utility will securely erase and format your USB flash drive.
#2 Format and wipe USB flash drive on macOS Monterey with Data Eraser.
Disk Utility can help you quickly format USB flash drive on macOS Monterey. However, the formatted or erased data in the USB flash drive is not lost forever and still can be recovered by data recovery software. Before you sell, donate or dispose of an old USB flash drive, you’d better permanently erase all your sensitive data from it to prevent potential data recovery.
How to permanently erase data from USB flash drive on macOS Monterey? Don’t worry, just try data eraser - DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac. This software offers certified data erasure methods to help you format and wipe your USB flash drive. Please note that once your data on the USB flash drive is erased by DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac, the data is lost forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery method.
Now, follow the steps below to format and wipe USB flash drive on macOS Monterey:
Step 1. Download and install DoYourData Super Eraser on your Mac.
Step 2. Insert your USB flash drive into your Mac.
Step 3. Open DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac and choose data erasure mode - Wipe Hard Drive. This mode will help you format and wipe the USB flash drive. All data on the USB flash drive will be gone forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software.
Step 4. Select the USB flash drive, then click on Wipe Now button.
Once the process gets finished, all data on the USB flash drive is lost forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac also can help you wipe data from memory card, HDD, SSD, digital camera, external disk, etc.
