How to Format an SD Card on Mac and Windows?

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Why we need to format SD cards? There are many other reasons that we need to format an SD card, such as SD card damaged or not working, compatibility issues, SD card runs slow, data security, file size restrictions, etc. So how we can format ann SD card correctly on Man and Windows?

1. How to Format SD Card on Mac?
First, make sure your SD card is connected.
(1) Open the disk utility, this can be found under LaunchPad / Other / Disk Utility
Or simply search for Disk Utility in Spotlight… The little magnifying glass in the top right.
(2) Then locate and select the SD card in Disk Utility from the left sidebar, then click Erase in the toolbar.
(3) We’re then going to give our SD card a name, then select the format as we discussed earlier.
(4) Then click Erase and let the computer do its thing.
(5) Once completed, click Done.

2. How to Format SD Card on Windows 10?
Method 1 - Use Windows Explorer
(1) Open Windows Explorer and locate the SD card in your drive list;
(2) Right-click on the drive and select Format;
(3) Select a file system according to your needs
(4) Then enter the name of the drive into the Volume Label field and start formatting.

Method 2 - Use Disk Management
(1) Right-click on Computer or This PC, and select Management/ Disk Management under the Storage section.
(2) Right-click on the SD card partition and select Format.
(3) Then set your Volume Label and your file system
(4) Tick “Perform a quick format” and select Ok.

However, there is also a scenario that you formatted your SD card without backup, and you need to recover your data from the formatted SD card, here Recoverit can help you with just 3 steps!
(1) Launch Recoverit, select your SD drive, and hit Start.
(2) Recoverit will then start scanning and finding your files
(3) Once the scanning finished, locate the files you want to recover and hit the Recover button.

Tutorial for reference:
http://recoverit.wondershare.com/memorycard-recovery/recover-files-from-formatted-sd-card.html
https://recoverit.wondershare.com/memorycard-recovery/unformat-memory-card.html
https://recoverit.wondershare.com/erase-data/how-to-format-micro-sd-card-on-windows.html
https://recoverit.wondershare.com/memorycard-recovery/sd-card-not-formatted.html

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