WD passport help

[JJLT76]

i know this has probably been asked but can anybody tell me how to format the drive because it says i only have 55gb out of 80gb left eventough there is nothing saved onto it, also when i buy leopard will i be able to use this drive for time machine right away or will i have to do something first.

 

[mad jew]

Use Disk Utility to erase and then format the drive. It's in the Utilities folder.

 

[ab2650]

Use Disk Utility to erase and then format the drive. It's in the Utilities folder.

Just remember to partition it with FAT if you want to use it on OS X and Windows, and HFS if you want to use it on OS X only (say, for Time Machine).

 

[mad jew]

Good points ab2650. FAT32 is labelled as MS-DOS File System in Disk Utility.