LaCie USB Key MAX User Manual - page 14
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Mac OS 9.x users must install and use LaCie Sil-
verlining Pro, which is available for download from the
LaCie website (see page 8 for details). Mac OS 10.x us-
ers will use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is
native to the Mac operating system.
Connect the drive to the computer via one of its in-
terfaces and turn on the drive by pressing the blue
button.
Go to the Menu Bar, and open Go.
From the Go menu, click on Applications.
In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder,
and then double-click Disk Utility from the Utilities
folder.
The Disk Utility window will open. In the left side
of the window will be a list of the available hard disk
drives. You should see a volume that represents your
internal hard drive, and one labeled LaCie Hard
Drive.
From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the num-
ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into by
clicking on the pull down menu starting with Cur-
rent (Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing
the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can custom-
ize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar
between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area.
In the Volume Information section, create a name
for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac
OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File Sys-
tem) and the volume size.
Once you have finalized the volume format, number
of partitions, size and options, click OK. The follow-
ing message will appear: Warning! Saving the new
volume will erase all existing volumes. This can
NOT be undone. Are you sure you want to do that?
Click Partition to continue.
Mac OS 10.x will automatically setup the disk with
the partitions and volume format you selected, and
your new drive will be available for use.
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ImpOrTANT INfO:
Following these steps will
erase anything that is on the hard drive. Therefore,
if you have information that you want to protect
or continue to use, backup this information before
performing these steps.
Disk management utility (Mac)
ImpOrTANT INfO:
Please refer to page 11,
Helpful Information
, for a more detailed compari-
son of the various file system formats.
ImpOrTANT INfO:
Apple recommends that
unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX
File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS
Extended format since it provides a more familiar
experience to Macintosh users.
Helpful Information