Keep in mind that you will use all Samsung proprietary stuff on the SSD (encryption stuff and so on).
#Samsung ssd format utility mac os
I did not have the issue when I used Mac OS Journaled on my external SSD. It might be an APFS issue, it might be a Samsung issue, it might be an issue because there is an APFS container with a clone backup of my iMac on it. There is a downside to going down the APFS route: If my Samsung T5 (APFS) is connected, sometimes my iMac will not show the Apple logo when starting up or the logo will come after quite a long time. an SSD) and will be used to back up 10.13 or higher. Mirroring Apple’s recommendations, we recommend that you choose APFS if your destination device is a Flash storage-based device (e.g. Starting in macOS High Sierra, both APFS and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) are acceptable formats for a backup of macOS 10.13. You can set the name to whatever you like, but set the Scheme to GUID Partition Map. (…)Ĭlick on the Erase button in Disk Utility’s toolbar, then configure the name, format, and partitioning scheme of your backup disk. Please minimize system use during this operation. Click Update to update the firmware for the selected Samsung SSD. string appears above the current installed version on the Samsung Magician main screen, and the update button appears below it. (…) Click to select the disk that you would like to use for your backup. Close all applications except Samsung Magician. Before doing anything else in Disk Utility, choose Show All Devices from the View menu, or from the View popup button in Disk Utility’s toolbar.
Unfortunately, this hides the devices that you need to select to modify the partitioning of your backup disk. Have a look at this article (instructions for Carbon Copy Cloner, but it can be used for almost every other use case):ĭisk Utility in High Sierra offers a very simplified view of your devices by default. That is necessary to have APFS available setting up a new container. Key is that disk utility hides some devices on default and you must change the partitioning of the device to GUID. But I do not have access to it right now guiding you through the process. Samsung SSD T5 2TB to format to Apple’s APFS format following this:
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