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Formatting the Drive
in Mac OS X
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running.
2. Launch the Disk Utility application (Applications
folder ––> Utilities folder ––> Disk Utility).
3. You should see the Drive, listed in the left window
as “External.” Click on the Drive listing to highlight
it. Information about the Drive will appear in the
Information window.
it. Information about the Drive will appear in the
Information window.
4. Click on the Erase tab. In the Erase window you will
see a Volume Format pop-up menu and a Name field.
5. From the Volume Format pop-up, select Mac OS
Extended. (With Mac OS 10.3 and later, you have the
option of selecting Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Journaling is a feature that helps protect the file sys-
tem against power outages or hardware failures. We
recommend using journaling, if available.)
option of selecting Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Journaling is a feature that helps protect the file sys-
tem against power outages or hardware failures. We
recommend using journaling, if available.)
6. In the Name field, type in a name for the Drive. You
should give the Drive a unique name so as to eas-
ily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage
devices connected to your computer.
ily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage
devices connected to your computer.
7. Click Erase. You should see an alert pop up with the
message: “Erasing a disk will destroy all informa-
tion…” Click Erase.
tion…” Click Erase.
8. Once initializing is complete, you should see the
Drive listed in the left window of the Disk Utility
screen with whatever name you assigned. Quit Disk
Utility. You should now see the Drive icon on the
Desktop.
screen with whatever name you assigned. Quit Disk
Utility. You should now see the Drive icon on the
Desktop.