3-2 2 For Macintosh Users
■Caution
•Formatting an MO disk erases all the data on the disk. Before formatting a disk, always check carefully that it contains no data that you want to retain.
For Mac OS 9.0.4 or later Users
1. Insert the MO disk into the MO drive. If you insert an MO disk that has not been formatted, an initialization dialog box appears on the desktop.
To reformat an MO disk that has already been formatted, select the MO Disk and then select [Format Disk] from the Special menu.
●Inserting a formatted disk
An MO disk icon appears on the desktop.
●Inserting a non-formatted disk
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If you wish to give the MO disk a name, enter the name in the box.
Select either [Mac OS Standard] or [Mac OS Extended] as the format to be used.
Click [Initialize] to begin formatting.
5. If formatting is completed successfully, the MO disk icon appears on the desktop.
■Caution
1)The Mac OS Standard or Mac OS Extended format should be used for Macintosh formatting. Note that the Mac OS Extended format cannot be used with Mac OS 8.0 or earlier systems.
2)1.3GB/640MB (2KB/Secter) MO disks formatted on Windows systems cannot be used on Macintosh computers.
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