G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile USB User Manual - page 8
After the drive is reinitialized, you should see the following
dialog box. Click the Use as Backup Disk button.
If the dialog box did not launch, go to the Apple Menu >
System Preferences and click on the Time Machine icon.
The Time Machine pane of System Preferences will then
launch and be automatically switched to on.
You are now free to set options by
clicking the Options button. This
chooses files you do not want to
backup.
The G-DRIVE mobile is now
backing up your important files
automatically with Time Machine.
Cross Platform Use
To setup your G-DRIVE mobile for use
on both Windows and Macintosh systems, use Apple Disk
Utility and format G-DRIVE mobile to MS-DOS (FAT), also
known as “FAT32”.
Open Apple Disk Utility. Apple Disk Utility is in the Utilities
Folder located in the Applications Folder on the Macintosh
HD (or press Shift + Command + U to open the Utilities
folder).
A window like the one below will appear.
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