Formatting Your Flash Drive - SimpleTech USB FLASH DRIVE Quick Start Manual

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ORMATTING
SimpleTech USB flash drive's are formatted as a FAT volume at the factory—allowing
you to format the drive and access files using standard Windows or Mac OS tools. For
instructions on formatting drives, refer to the documentation provided with your operating
system.
Formatting the flash drive deletes all existing data on the drive.
Formatting for Mac Use Only
Mac users can get better performance
by formatting the flash drive as a Mac
OS Standard or Mac OS Extended
volume. To format the drive in
Mac OS X, do the following:
1 Open Disk Utility and select your
flash drive.
2 From the Volume Format list,
choose Mac OS Extended
(Journaled).
3 Click the Erase button.
Mac OS Standard and Mac OS Extended volumes
cannot be accessed from Windows computers.
After formatting flash drive for Mac OS, you can customize the Finder window for quick
access to the files and folders on the drive.
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