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How format a SDCard in OSX
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Command

diskutil list

Output command

In the output of previous command, search the sdcard and look for the identifier.

Example

If we want to to format the sdcard to the desired format (FAT32), with the name of "SDCARD", located on /dev/desk1, we should execute the following command:

sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 SDCARD MBRFormat /dev/disk1
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