How to Format a Transcend Flash Card in Macintosh FAT

Transcend produces different kinds of memory modules, including Random Access Memory, or RAM, chips for computer systems, USB flash drives and a variety of flash memory card formats, such as SD. Transcend's flash memory devices are usually preformatted with either FAT32 or NTFS. Macintosh systems primarily use the HFS+ file system format. You can format a Transcend flash memory card to the FAT format using the Disk Utility program on a Macintosh.

Instructions

1. Insert the Transcend flash card into a card reader connected to the Mac. Some Macintosh computers have SD card readers built in.

2. Open the Disk Utility program in the Utilities folder.

3. Click the flash card in the left column of the window.

4. Click the "Erase" tab.

5. Click "MS-DOS (FAT)" in the "Format" drop-down list.

6. Enter a name for the flash card in the "Name" box.

7. Click "Erase" to format the flash memory card to FAT.

Tips & Warnings

• This process erases all existing data from the flash card.