How to Format and Unformat A Hard Drive on Apple M2 Chip Mac?

Do you know how to format a hard drive or memory card on new Apple silicon M2 chip Mac? Actually, there is no difference between formatting a hard drive on a M2 Mac with formatting a hard drive on a Intel-based Mac. First, of all, check if your Mac is a M2 chip Mac.

At the top left, click the Apple logo, then click About This Mac.

Then will pop up a window, you can see if your Mac is a M2 Mac.

How to format a hard drive on M2 chip Mac?

There are many ways to format a hard drive on a M2 chip Mac. In this article, we will show you how to quickly format a hard drive or SD card on a Apple silicon M2 chip-based Mac laptop or desktop.

Make sure the hard drive you want to format is connected to your M2 chip Mac. And we strongly recommend you to back up your hard drive before formatting it.

Open Disk Utility on your Mac, then you will see all drives and devices on this Mac. Click to select the target hard drive. Then click Erase button.

Select a wanted file system and edit the disk name, click Erase again.

Then Disk Utility will securely format the target hard drive. When it is completed, click on Done button.

Note: Disk Utility can help you easily format and erase a hard drive. But the erased data is not lost forever. If you want to permanently erase data on your M2 chip Mac, just try data erasure software - such as Donemax Data Eraser for Mac. It will help you securely and permanently wipe data from your M2 chip Mac or other external storage device.

How to Unformat A Hard Drive on M2 Chip Mac?

Let's be honest; we've all accidentally formatted a hard drive or had to do so as part of a troubleshooting procedure. Since it can result in the immediate deletion of our data, it's frustrating for many.

Finding a solution to unformat your Mac hard drive may be an emergency if you encounter this problem. If you have formatted your hard disk on your M2 chip Mac, you may believe it is impossible to retrieve any data. In reality, there is a good chance of success if you try.

The most critical step in retrieving data from a formatted Mac hard disk is acquiring reliable and user-friendly data recovery software designed specifically for Macs including M2 chip Macs. Fear not. This article will show you the precise procedure to follow.

Find, download and install a M2 chip Mac unformat software

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac is a powerful data recovery software which is fully compatible with Intel-based or Apple silicon-based Macs. It can help you recover all lost files from a formatted hard drive or memory card on a M2 chip Mac.

Please don't write new data to the formatted hard drive to prevent the lost data from being overwritten. Immediately open Donemax Data Recovery for Mac to unformat the hard drive.

Step 1: Select the formatted hard drive.

Launch Donemax Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac after plugging in the freshly formatted drive. Choose the drive from the list of available disks in the app's main panel.

Step 2: Start scanning for lost data.

Now, click on Scan button. Donemax Data Recovery for Mac will deeply scan the formatted hard drive and find every recoverable file.

Step 3: Preview the files you want to recover.

You can preview the files discovered during the scan and choose which ones to restore. If the software cannot recover enough metadata from naming the files it found during a Deep scan. Specifically, it may give them generic file names appended to their file extension.

To prevent further data corruption, you must designate a secure storage location that is not on the formatted disk. Re-select the Recover option to continue with the process. When done, the recovered files will be placed in the directory you designated.

Conclusion:

The Information on a hard drive is not instantaneously deleted when formatted. The area used for the formatted data is then flagged as free for future use. The area will be unavailable until new data is written and occupied it. As a result, once data has been formatted, it is gone forever. Your hard drive may have been formatted, but recovery software may be able to restore it.

FAQs

1. How to wipe hard drive on M2 chip Mac?

If you will sell or donate a hard drive, you'd better use a data eraser to wipe all data off. Follow the steps below:

Download and install Donemax Data Eraser for Mac, then open it.
Choose data erasure mode “Erase Hard Drive”, select the hard drive you want to wipe.
Click on Erase Now button to permanently wipe all data from the hard drive.

2. Can I unformat a Windows-formatted hard drive on a M2 chip Mac?

Yes, Donemax Data Recovery for Mac can scan the Windows-formatted hard drive and find all lost files. Then you can save the recoverable files to your M2 chip Mac.

3. Is it possible to recover a formatted hard drive which gets damaged?

Yes, just run Donemax Data Recovery for Mac to scan the damaged hard drive and it will find all lost files.