Formatting HD to WBFS with a Mac?

Got a new hard drive - an Iomega 500GB drive of eBay (Iomega 500GB USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive | eBay) that I was told was compatible.

I've got my Wii set up with Wiiflow and Neogamma and I've got WBFS for Mac on my Mac.

Now I need to format the HD, but am unsure how to do this - any advice? Is it done from the Wii or can I do it from my Mac?

use usb loader config for wii it has options for formatting.
You may have to partition it with mac so first format a mac partition (EXT 2or3 not sure what is better as I'm a pc) than use the loader.

Do I need to format the HD to WBFS for Neogamma or USB Loader Config?

Can I just copy Wii game iso to my HD or must I go through WBFS for Mac to copy the games?

Is your new 500GB HDD formatted to ext 2/3 yet?

Now that you have formatted your new drive use wbfs manager.
You can use program to format to wbfs. Be sure to format new drive Not the old one :P

The wbfs manager program will clone the old wbfs HDD to the new one.
or you may add iso file by file, you choose :D

are you ripping your originals or are you loading your backups from another source?

I am having an almost identical problem. I am on a Mac. I've soft modded the Wii and I used USB LOADER CONFIG to format. I now have a wbfs folder on one of my two partitions. I was able to rip a game into it perfectly on the Wii. When I plug my HDD into the computer it does not recognize anything in WBFS manager. I have no clue what I'm doing wrong. I've tried to refresh a zillion times. Please help!

What are you using as a HDD?

Are games playable?