Mac Users - LaCie d2 User Manual

LaCie d2 USB 3.0
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2.5.4.

Mac Users

CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the d2,
including encrypted data. If you have information that you want to
protect or continue to use, back up this information before perform-
ing these steps.
1. Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer via
the interface port.
2. Select Utilities from the Go
3. In the Utilities folder, double-click
4. The Disk Utility window will open
labeled LaCie Hard Disk
the left side of the window.
5. Select the Partition tab.
6. From the Volume Scheme:
tions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS X gives you the
option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You can
adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between the
partitions in the Volume Scheme:
7. In the Volume Information
ume (partition), choose the volume file system format.
IMPORTANT INFO: Please refer to section
tem Formats, for a more detailed comparison of the various file
system formats.
8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition.
Click Partition again when the alert message appears to con-
tinue.
9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to
your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.
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menu in the Finder menu bar.
Disk Utility.
(Fig. 25). Select the volume
from the list of available hard disks on
menu, choose the number of parti-
area.
section, enter a name for each vol-
2.5.1. About File Sys-
Fig. 25
Getting Connected
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