I get a new SSD Sumsung T7. How should I format it
Stringvibrato
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User level: Level 1 (24 points)How to format a new Samsung T7 SSD
Posted on Oct 20, 2026 2:08 PM
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SinghGlobal
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User level: Level 1 (24 points)Oct 20, 2026 2:37 PM in response to Stringvibrato
If you’re only going to use the Samsung T7 with your Mac, open Disk Utility, select View → Show All Devices, choose the top-level T7 drive, and click Erase. Select APFS as the format and GUID Partition Map as the scheme.
If you also want to use it with Windows, choose exFAT instead. Just make sure you select the T7 and not your Mac’s internal drive;), since erasing will delete everything on it.
Stringvibrato
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User level: Level 1 (24 points)Oct 21, 2026 8:16 AM in response to Tesserax
Matti Haveri
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User level: Level 7 (22,314 points)Oct 22, 2026 12:28 AM in response to Stringvibrato
Stringvibrato wrote:
It there isn't APFS in Disk Utility
Select GUID Partition Map, then APFS is visible.
Stringvibrato
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User level: Level 1 (24 points)Oct 21, 2026 8:12 AM in response to SinghGlobal
Hello SinghGlobal and thanks for answer.
I clicked and saw:
Tesserax
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User level: Level 10 (162,294 points)Oct 21, 2026 8:14 AM in response to Stringvibrato
... and saw:
Sorry, but what did you see?
Stringvibrato
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User level: Level 1 (24 points)Oct 21, 2026 8:15 AM in response to Stringvibrato
It there isn't APFS in Disk Utility
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256379823