Format Mac Lion | How to format Mac Lion OS X 10.7

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How to remove/ uninstall or format Mac Lion disk? - A common query among users of Mac Lion. The task can be accomplished in two different ways- 1. Disk Utility 2. Mac Partition manager

How to format Lion disk with Disk utility?

Please note that in disk utility, it is not possible to format StartUp disk. So, first a user needs to attach the disk externally and start the machine. Now, follow the following steps :

Step1. Go to Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility. This window shows a list of all the drives currently mounted in your Mac.

Step2. Select the disk to be formatted from the list on the left. Please note that formatting a disk will erase data permanently. So, its suggested to backup important data before formatting the disk.

Step3. Click the "Erase" option. The next window with all the details offers options for formatting hard disk.

Step4. The drop down list shows the various file formats. Here are those:

Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Encrypted)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)
MS-DOS (FAT)
ExFAT

The most secure and frequently used file format "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and this is the default. This setting is the best option for running Mac OS X.

Step5. Change the name if it is needed. This name will always appear when the disk is mounted on a Mac machine.

Step6. Click the erase button. A window will open asking to verify the erase procedure. Click the erase button in this window to start the process of erasing the disk. Once the process is complete, the drive will appear with the name it was given on the left side of the window with the list of drives and on the desktop of the Macintosh computer.

How to Format Mac Lion disk with Stellar Partition manager?

Disk Utility is a nice tool to manage partition related operations on Mac disk. But, sometimes this could not be easy and familiar with new users of Mac. For such users, Stellar Partition Manager is the best tool to perform all the volume related operations in Mac disk. With an interactive GUI and simple language approach, follow the following steps to format Mac disk.

Stellar Partition Manager

Step1. Run Stellar Partition Manager

Step2. The left section lists all the drives mounted at your machine. Select the disk you want to format and click “Format” from options in the top of window.