LaCie Data Bank | 4. Using Your LaCie Drive |
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4.2. Mac Users
•Mac OS 9.x – Install and use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your drive.
•Mac OS 10.x – Use the Apple Disk Utility application, which is native to the operating system.
For instructions on installing and using Silverlining Pro, please refer to the Silverlining manual, located on your LaCie Storage Utilities CD, in PDF format.
For instructions on using the Mac OS 10.x Apple Disk Utility application, please refer to the section below.
Formatting And Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x
Caution! 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.
1)Connect the drive to the computer via the USB interface port.
2)Once the drive mounts onto the desktop, go to the Menu Bar, and open Go.
3)From the Go menu, click on Applications.
4)In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then
5)The Disc 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 that reads LaCie.
6)Select the LaCie drive, and then click on the
Partition tab.
7)From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with Current (Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area.
