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<h3 id="required-reading">Required Reading</h3>
<p>This is an add-on section for formatting an SD card to work with the 3DS.</p>
<p>If the 3DS already recognizes the SD card, this guide is not required.</p>
<p>This page is for Mac users only. If you are not on Mac, check out the <a href="formatting-sd-(windows)">Formatting SD (Windows)</a> or <a href="formatting-sd-(linux)">Formatting SD (Linux)</a> pages.</p>
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<h4 id="os-x-el-capitan-1011-and-later">OS X El Capitan (10.11) and later</h4>
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<li>Insert your SD card into your computer</li>
<li>If the SD card has any files and folders on it, copy everything to a folder on your computer</li>
<li>Run the Disk Utility app</li>
<li>In the top-left “View” menu, choose “Show All Devices”</li>
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<p>Select your SD card in the left panel</p>
<p class="notice--danger">Make sure you choose the correct device, otherwise you might accidentally erase the wrong drive!</p>
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<li>Click “Erase” at the top</li>
<li>Enter anything for “Name”</li>
<li>Ensure that “Format” is set to “MS-DOS (FAT)”</li>
<li>Ensure that “Scheme” is set to “Master Boot Record”
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<li>If “Scheme” does not appear, click “Cancel” and make sure to choose the device instead of a volume</li>
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<li>Click “Erase”</li>
<li>Wait for the format to finish</li>
<li>Click “Close”</li>
<li>If the SD card had any files and folders on it before the format, copy everything back from your computer</li>
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<li>Insert your SD card into your computer</li>
<li>If the SD card has any files and folders on it, copy everything to a folder on your computer</li>
<li>Run the Disk Utility app</li>
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<p>Select your SD card in the left panel</p>
<p class="notice--danger">Make sure you choose the correct device, otherwise you might accidentally erase the wrong drive!</p>
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<li>Click “Partition” at the top
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<li>If “Partition” does not appear, make sure to choose the device instead of a volume</li>
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<li>Ensure that “Partition Layout” is set to “1 Partition”</li>
<li>Enter anything for “Name”</li>
<li>Ensure that “Format” is set to “MS-DOS (FAT)”</li>
<li>Click “Options” below the partition table</li>
<li>Choose “Master Boot Record”</li>
<li>Click “OK”</li>
<li>Click “Apply”</li>
<li>Click “Partition”</li>
<li>Wait for the format to finish</li>
<li>Close Disk Utility</li>
<li>If the SD card had any files and folders on it before the format, copy everything back from your computer</li>
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