Formatting The Drive In Mac Os 10 - Acomdata External Hard Drives Quick Start Installation Manual

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4. Click Initialize. You should then get the alert message:
"Initializing will erase all information on this disk." Click
Continue. Once initializing is complete, you should see
the Drive mounted on your Desktop with the name you
assigned.
Formatting the Drive
in Mac OS X
1. Launch the Disk Utility application (Disk Utility is located
inside the Utilities folder, which is inside the Applications
folder). The Disk Utility window will open with a small sub-
window at left and a larger sub-window with a series of
tabs at the top.
2. You should see the Drive listed in the left sub-window.
Click on the drive to highlight it. Information about the Drive
will appear in the Information sub-window.
3. Click on the Erase tab. In the Erase sub-window you will
see a Volume Format pop-up menu and a Name field.
4. In the Volume Format pop-up, select the format type.
If you plan to use the Drive on Mac only, select Mac OS
Extended. If you also need the Drive to be PC compatible,
see the section titled "Formatting Your AcomData External
Hard Drive" for more information.
5. Click Erase. You should see an alert pop up with the
message: "Erasing a disk will destroy all information on all
of the volumes of the disk..." Click Erase. Once initializing
is complete, you should see the Drive listed in the left sub-
window of the Disk Utility screen with whatever name you
assigned. Quit Disk Utility. You should now see the Drive
icon on the Desktop.