To format external hard drive for Mac and PC: Step 1. Connect the external hard drive to PC, launch EaseUS free partition tool, right-click the disk and choose 'Format partition'. Partition Your Mac's Hard Drive With Disk Utility Disk Utility is the application of choice for dividing a hard drive into multiple partitions. Screenshot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc. Consumer reports.
Video editors will often find that they need to share files between a PC and a Mac. Use these steps to format external hard drives for both operating systems. Top Image via As a video editor or, you will often need to share files with others. Eventually you will find out that you may not be working on the same operating system (OS) as others. If you work solely on a Mac, but need to send files to someone working on a PC, your external hard drive needs to be set up for both operating systems. Let’s take a look at the different types of formats, and which are best for video production. Formatting the Hard Drive A vast majority of video production will be done on a Mac or Windows operating system, so we aren’t going to cover Linux.

Hard drives set up for use on Windows machines only will often use, while Macs will use. That said, if you are using both a PC and Mac in the workflow, you’ll need to use a different format.
Image from You may be using only Macs or PCs in your own office, but you will also need to take into account what type of machines your client is using. If you need to send them RAW files or an edited sequence, you will need to make sure the external hard drive is set up for both operating systems.