Best format for external hard drives | Formatting explained | Mac | PC

So you have your sparkly new hard drive but is it the right format for what you need it to be? Is external drive formatting a total mystery to you? In this video Amanda Littlecott The Photo Organiser talks through the different types of disk formats and what you should use where.    CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - What is disk formatting? 00:58 - Why format your hard drive? 01:31 - How to format your hard drive? 01:51 - What types of format are there? 03:22 - Which format to use where 04:02 - Some wise words 04:39 - What Next… ********************************************** Photo Cloud Storage is a great way to keep your photos safe and sound, but which one is right for you? Just answer a few questions and you will... ⭐️ Find Your Perfect Photo Cloud Storage! ⭐️ https://www.clearbubble.co.uk/find-yo... ********************************************** Are you struggling to actually start organising all your photos and videos, don't know where to start I have put together a FREE simple straight forward QUICK START GUIDE TO ORGANISING YOUR PHOTOS click through and I will see you there! https://www.clearbubble.co.uk/quickstart ********************************************** MY GO-TO PHOTO-SORTING TOOLS SORTING TOOLS Adobe Lightroom Classic https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/cat... Adobe Bridge https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/cat... DUPLICATE FINDING PhotoSweeper (Mac) https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/photosw... Duplicate Cleaner Pro (PC) https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/dcpr... FOLDER SORTING Big Mean Folder Machine (Mac) https://www.publicspace.net/BigMeanFo... Photo Move (PC) https://www.mjbpix.com/automatically-... REDATING & RENAMING A Better Finder Attributes (Mac) https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFi... Bulk Rename Utility (PC) https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/ Pixelgarde http://pixelgarde.com/ Image Date Editor (Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... KEYWORDING Excire Foto https://www.excire.com/en/ PEOPLE TAGGING Tag That Photo (PC) https://tagthatphoto.com/ DOWNLOAD FROM APPLE PHOTOS Photos Takeout https://photostakeout.com/ DVD CONTENT EXTRACTION Got a DVD that won't give up its content try out CDRoller https://www.cdroller.com/ VIDEO FORMAT CONVERSION Handbrake - https://handbrake.fr/ VLC media player - https://www.videolan.org/ EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES My favourites include LaCie Rugged SSD - https://amzn.to/3nWGtD0 WD My Passport Ultra - https://amzn.to/32qUEHU Seagate Wireless Plus - https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support... WD Passport Pro Portable - https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ca/... PictureKeeper - https://picturekeeper.com/ ScanDisk iXpand - https://www.westerndigital.com/en-gb/... EXTERNAL DVD DRIVES Asus ZenDrive - https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards-... Apple USB SuperDrive - https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product... SHARING TOOLS Smugmug https://www.smugmug.com/ Nixplay https://www.nixplay.com/ or https://www.nixplay.co.uk Flickr https://www.flickr.com/ BACKING-UP Backblaze https://www.backblaze.com/ Find a Professional Photo Organiser to help you The Photo Manager https://thephotomanagers.com/ ********************************************** CONNECT WITH ME Quick Start Guide to Organising Your Photos: https://www.clearbubble.co.uk/quickstart Website: https://www.clearbubble.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Facebook:   / clearbubble_uk   Twitter:   / clearbubbleuk