Formatting For Mac Os - Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3z Quick Start Manual

Adding a New User PIN (cont'd)
CREATING FORCED ENROLLMENT STATE ALLOWING USER TO GENERATE USER PIN
Note: This can only be done if there isn't already a User PIN established on the key using the method above.
1. Enter the Admin Mode by holding UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds; With
Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button. The
2. Press 0 + 1 and the
glowing solidly. Press the LOCK button to return the key to its locked state. The key is now in User
Forced Enrollment State, allowing a User to establish his own User PIN.
USER-GENERATED USER PIN IN FORCED ENROLLMENT STATE
1. Press UNLOCK and ensure that the
2. Press UNLOCK + 1 and ensure that the
LED blinks. Enter the new User PIN and press the UNLOCK button. The
three times by itself and then will be joined by the
3. Within 30 seconds, enter that same User PIN once more, and press the UNLOCK button again. This
time, the GREEN
state, indicated by the
the User PIN or the Admin PIN.
Locking the Key
To lock the key, simply press the
If data is still being written to the Secure Key, it will wait for this operation to be completed before the locking
operation takes place. The
Note: The Aegis Secure Key will not be recognized by any operating system in its locked state.
Unlocking the Key
1. Beginning in standby mode, press the
2. Enter either an Admin PIN or User PIN and press the
(If the PIN is accepted, the
it's plugged into a USB port, after which will then glow solidly;
If the PIN is incorrect, the
3. Upon correct PIN entry, the key will be unlocked and ready for use. If it is not plugged into a USB port
within 30 seconds, the key will return to sleep mode and automatically lock itself.

Formatting For Mac OS

The Aegis Secure Key comes preformatted in NTFS for Windows ® and is ready for use. For the Mac
OS, you must first reformat the drive to a Mac compatible file system. Once drive is unlocked and
inserted into a USB port, open the Mac Disk Utility from Applications/Utilities/Disk Utilities and
perform the following:
1. Select the Aegis Secure Key from the list of drives and volumes.
2. Click the 'Erase' tab.
3. Enter a name for the drive. The default name is Untitled. The drive's name will eventually appear
on the desktop.
4. Select a volume format to use. The Volume
Format dropdown menu lists the available
drive formats that the Mac supports. The
recommended format type is 'Mac OS
Extended (Journaled).'
5. Click the 'Erase' button. Disk Utility will
unmount the volume from the desktop,
erase it, and then remount it on the desktop.
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GREEN LED will blink three times, then will be replaced by
BLUE
LED will glow solidly for a few seconds, then the drive will return to its locked
RED LED glowing solidly. The key's data can now be accessed using either
button. When locked, the
button can also be used to exit out of the Admin mode.
button to wake the drive. (The
GREEN LED will quickly blink four times, then continue to blink slowly until
RED LED will blink three times and then glow solidly.)
BLUE LED will glow solidly.
and the GREEN LEDs are glowing solidly.
BLUE LED continues glowing solidly while the
BLUE LED glowing solidly.
RED
button.
Technical Support
Apricorn provides the following helpful resources:
1. Apricorn's Website (http://www.apricorn.com)
2. E-mail us at support@apricorn.com
3. Call Technical Support at 1-800-458-5448 from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST, M - F
RED LED blinking, enter the
BLUE
GREEN LED will blink
LED will glow solidly.
RED
LED will glow solidly.)
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LED
GREEN