Table of Contents
Advertisement
LaCie 2big Triple
User Manual
2.3.3. Formatting for Mac Users
■
1.
Connect the drive to the computer and turn on the
drive.
2.
Select
Utilities
menu bar.
3.
In the Utilities folder, double-click
4.
The Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume
labeled
LaCie Hard Disk
hard disks on the left side of the window.
5.
Select the
Partition
6.
From the
Volume Scheme:
number of partitions 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
7.
In the
Volume Information
for each volume (partition), choose the volume for-
mat.
8.
Once you have finalized the volume options, click
Partition. Click
message appears to continue.
9.
Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk
according to your settings, and your drive will be
ready to use.
from the
Go
menu in the Finder
Disk
Utility.
from the list of available
tab.
menu, choose the
area.
Volume Scheme:
section, enter a name
again when the alert
Partition
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase
everything from the 2big. If you have informa-
tion that you want to protect or continue to use,
back up this information before performing these
steps.
Fig. 2.3.3.
ImpOrTANT INfO:
2.3.1. File System
Formats, for a more detailed
comparison of the various file system formats.
ImpOrTANT INfO:
unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX
File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS
Extended format because it provides a more famil-
iar experience to Macintosh users.
Setup
page
Please refer to section
Apple recommends that
Advertisement
Table of Contents
