Initialize Drive For Mac - G-Technology G Drive mini Product Manual

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Initialize Drive for Mac

G-DRIVE mini was factory-formatted for use or 'initialized' for Mac OS. You can reinitialize if
you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. Here are the steps.
1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under
Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your G-DRIVE mini will
be displayed in the left-hand column.
2. Select the G-DRIVE mini by clicking its drive icon in the left-side column. Information
about the drive willl be displayed at the bottom of the window.
3. Select the Erase tab to view the formatting options. By default, the Format pop-up
menu is set to the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) option.
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