Does this mean I won't be able to ever open my EHD on a Windows device? Or that it won't be password-protected on a Windows device? Just want to be sure all my options are laid out. ExFAT formatting is a file system that both your Mac and a Windows PC can see and read and write to. I read somewhere that if I'm able to encrypt directly from the desktop, that means it's a Mac-only file. Can anyone tell me if I did the right thing, or if I did anything to it that I'll regret later? Then, when the icon was on the desktop I simply right-clicked and hit "Encrypt". At least this way I was able to save it as a GUID, even though it wasn't encrypted yet. Took a step back and clicked "Erase" under GUID Partition - this time with just "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". I first went into Disk Utility and clicked "Erase" under GUID Partition - initially tried going the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)" route, but kept getting a "failed" message when it went to perform the action. Encrypting a Seagate Slim EHD via Disk Utility I'm trying to encrypt/password-protect my new Seagate Slim EHD.
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