Move the slider to review each description. You have four options for the level you’d like to use from Fastest to Most Secure. When the Erase box opens, click Security Options.
Step 3: Optionally adjust the Security Optionsīefore erasing and formatting the card, you can optionally choose the security level for cleaning the card.Ĭlick Erase in the toolbar at the top of the Disk Utility window. If you’ve never given it a name, it’s likely labeled No Name or Untitled. With Disk Utility open, select your SD card on the left side.
If you don’t have a card slot, you’ll need to connect an external device with read and write ability like the SD card reader on our list of portable tech gadgets. For a microSD card, be sure to use a microSD-to-SD card adapter. Step 1: Insert the SD card and back up the dataįor a Mac with an SD card slot, simply insert the card with the metal connector contacts facing down, sliding that side into the slot.
Here, we’ll walk through the steps and show you how to format an SD card on Mac. Step 3: Optionally adjust the Security Options.Step 2: Open Disk Utility and select the card.Step 1: Insert the SD card and back up the data.USB SD Card reader for USB2.0, USB3.0, USB3.1 & USB-CĪlways confirm that the device is compatible with the SD, SDHC or SDXC memory card before formatting.The following interface devices can be used to access SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards:
M1, you might be asked to install Rosetta in order to open the SD Card Formatter.Īdministrator Rights is required for Windows and Mac OS/macOS to execute SD Memory Card Formatter. Note: If you have a Mac with Apple silicon, e.g. Please format the SD/SDHC/SDXC Card after it has been unlocked. The SD Memory Card Formatter doesn’t support SD/SDHC/SDXC Card encrypted by the “BitLocker To Go” functionality of Windows. The protected area shall be formatted by an appropriate PC application or SD host devices that provide SD security function.
The SD Memory Card Formatter does not format the protected area in the SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards. SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards have a “Protected Area” for SD Card security purposes. In general, formatting tools provided with operating systems can format various storage media including SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards, but it may not be optimized for SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards and it may result in lower performance. It is strongly recommended to use the SD Memory Card Formatter to format SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards rather than using formatting tools provided with individual operating systems.
The SD Memory Card Formatter formats SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card (respectively SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards) complying with the SD File System Specification created by the SD Association (SDA). Watch our video on how to use the SD Memory Card Formatter SD Memory Card Formatter 5.0.2 for SD/SDHC/SDXC