How to Format SD Cards on a Mac

In this video we are demonstrating how to format SD cards for your trail cameras on a Mac. Cameron is using a 2019 MacBook Pro.

The first thing you will need to know when trying to format an SD card on your Mac is that the newer style MacBooks do not have SD card readers, so you will need a dongle.

Once you have the SD card read by the computer, at the top right of the desktop display is a magnifying glass or a search icon. Select that icon and type in "Disk Utility."

Disk utility will show you your internal and external drives. On the external drive you will see your SD card. Select your SD card and from here we can go ahead and format it.

To format the SD card you will select the erase icon. If using a 32gb card or smaller, leave the file structure as MS-DOS (FAT) which is FAT32. (This is the desired file structure to allow for the best use in trail cameras. Especially cell cameras like the Exodus Render.). You will have two options on this screen: cancel, erase. Select erase and your SD card will enter the format process. It usually will only take a few seconds and your SD card will now be formatted and ready for use!

If you are using a 64gb card and wish to use it in a cellular camera, you will want to change the file structure from the default ExFat to FAT32. To do this, its the same process, however you will select MS-DOS (FAT) instead of ExFat. Then select erase and your 64gb card will be fine to use in cell cameras!

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