In the Format Your WD External Drive window, click the Format Drive button. Now, you can see the progress of Western Digital hard drive format on the screen. Once the process completes, click the Exit button to close the WD Quick Drive Format window. Else, click the Format Another Drive button to format another Western Digital hard drive. Download either of these files and extract in desktop. Copy everything in to your drive. If Windows, it is 465MB. Unlock tools are in the folders.
As long as you are using macOS to manage the drive then yes the WD drive is compatible. If you are using the WD software, then you need to contact WD to see if their software is compatible as I'm sure the WD website may contain misleading information.
FYI, it is much safer to just have macOS manage the WD drive. To do so just move everything on the WD drive to another drive temporarily. Then use the WD software to disable any security features on the WD drive. Then uninstall the WD software by following the manufacturer's instructions. Now use Disk Utility to erase the WD drive as GUID partition and MacOS Extended (Journaled) if you are only using it on a Mac or as GUID partition and ExFAT if you will share it with a Windows computer. Now move all your files back to the WD drive.
Once everything is working you can upgrade to Catalina. Just make sure to have good verified working bootable backups before upgrading in case something goes wrong or you decide you don't like Catalina and want to revert back to the current macOS.
Nov 9, 2019 5:25 PM
Western Digital Drive Format Utility For 4TB
Wd Drive Unlock Application Download
To format the Western Digital hard drive using the WD Quick Formatter software, proceed with the step-by-step instructions mentioned here.
Wd Drive Unlock Download Mac Os
- Download the WD Quick Formatter software from the official website of the Western Digital product.
- Unzip the downloaded file and then install it by following the on-screen guidelines.
- Launch the main interface of the WD Quick Formatter software.
- When you see the Welcome to WD Quick Drive Format window, click the Continue button.
- Read the End User License Agreement of the Western Digital drive software and then click the Accept button to agree with these terms and conditions.
- Now, the software begins to scan the hard drive that you need to format.
- Once you finish the scanning process, select the name of the Western Digital hard drive from the Drive to Format drop-down menu.
- In the Format Your WD External Drive window, click the Format Drive button.
- Now, you can see the progress of Western Digital hard drive format on the screen.
- Once the process completes, click the Exit button to close the WD Quick Drive Format window. Else, click the Format Another Drive button to format another Western Digital hard drive.