SmartDisk FireWire 800 Preparing Your FireLite Mac OS or Windows?, Using FireLite with Mac OS

Preparing Your FireLite: Mac OS or Windows?

Your FireLite comes pre-formatted for immediate use with Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS. (It is formatted as HFS+.) If you plan to use your FireLite only with computers running Mac OS, you can leave it formatted as it comes from the factory, and follow the simple steps in Using FireLite with Mac OS to connect and use your FireLite.

If you plan to use your FireLite with computers running Windows, or with both Mac OS and Windows computers, you should reformat your FireLite so it can be recognized by Windows before saving data to it. (Mac OS can recognize hard drives formatted for Windows.) If this is your situation, proceed first to Using FireLite with Windows to prepare your FireLite. Then you can follow the guidelines in Using FireLite with Mac OS if you also wish to use your FireLite with a computer running Mac OS.

Note: Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system may report capacity as fewer gigabytes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.

Using FireLite with Mac OS

Connecting FireLite to a Macintosh Computer

Your FireLite is compatible with both the 1394a (FireWire 400) and the 1394b (FireWire 800) standards. To connect FireLite to a FireWire 400 port on your Macintosh, first locate the bilingual (9-pin to 6-pin) cable that was included in your package. Now connect the 6-pin connector of the bilingual cable to an open FireWire 400 port on your Macintosh, and connect the other end of the bilingual cable to either one of the ports on your SmartDisk hard drive. Your hard drive will appear on the desktop as a new disk.

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