Installation For Mac Os 10 Users - Acomdata DRIVEPOD Quick Start Installation Manual

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Installation For Mac OS 10 Users

Important Note:
If you intend to also use the DrivePod on a computer running Windows,
STOP. DO NOT continue with the installation procedure described below.
Please first read the instructions in the section "Installation for Multiple
OS/Cross-Platform Usage" on page 21. Otherwise, continue with the hard-
ware installation procedure below.
1. Once your DrivePod has been properly connected and powered "on", you
may or may not see an alert display with the message "You have inserted a
disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To us the unreadable vol-
umes, click Initialize. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore".
If you DO NOT receive this alert message, no formatting is required, and an
icon for the drive will appear on your Mac's Desktop with the name "Untitled".
To assign your DrivePod a name, click on the icon but keep the mouse button
pressed for a second or two and then release. The name field under the icon
should become highlighted and you can type in a new name.
If you DO receive the alert message, click Initialize. You should then see the
Disk Utility window shown in Figure 7 (next page).
2. You should see the DrivePod listed on the left side as "Untitled" under the
listing with the capacity that matches your DrivePod. (The example shown in

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