Go back to TransMac; the drive should now be "unallocated" and ready for formatting. 4. Disable Windows Defender or Antivirus Temporarily
Type list disk to see all connected drives. Identify your USB (usually based on the size). transmac drive has been locked by another program hot
Occasionally, TransMac struggles to lock a drive that is currently formatted in a way it doesn't recognize. Right-click your USB in . Select Format... and choose FAT32 . Perform a "Quick Format." Go back to TransMac; the drive should now
Go to . Toggle Real-time protection to OFF temporarily. Try the imaging process again in TransMac. 5. Format the Drive to FAT32 First Identify your USB (usually based on the size)
Sometimes, real-time protection sees TransMac's attempt to write a macOS file system as "suspicious activity" and locks the drive to prevent what it perceives as a boot sector attack.
If the drive is "locked" because it has an existing partition or file system Windows doesn't like, you can force it to reset using the command line.