Why do you need to format a new micro SD card?
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Ok, so I got an sd card, and was just about to erase/reformat it to MS-DOS (FAT) using disk utility on a mac, when I looked down and saw that the card is already FAT-32, which I am pretty sure is the correct format. My question is, do I really need to format the card before putting the image on the card? Thanks
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If using something like win32diskimager it will rewrite the filesystem anyways so its not really necessary.
Some people do it just cause they want to make sure it's really clear I guess.
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@herb_fargus Thanks. But no harm would be done by doing it/ not doing it the way stated, using disk utility on a mac to erase it and format it in MS-DOS (FAT)? I also plan on using ApplePi-Baker to write the image to the card.
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I generally do it to make sure its in the right format. Tools these days have made it pretty redundant, but old habits and all that.
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