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LaCie SAFE Hard Drive	Helpful Information
User Manual	page 29

nMac Users

Mac OS 10.x – Use the Apple Disk Utility ap- plication, which is native to the operating system.

Formatting Using Mac OS 10.x

1.Connect the drive to the computer via the USB 2.0 port and swipe a registered finger over the sensor to access the data storage area of the La- Cie SAFE drive.

2.Once you have access to the drive, 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 double-click Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.

5.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 la- beled LaCie SAFE drive.

6.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.

7.In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume for- mat (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size.

8.Once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click OK. The following message will appear: Warn- ing! Saving the new volume will erase all ex- isting volumes.This can NOT be undone. Are you sure you want to do that? Click Partition to continue.

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, back- up this information before performing these steps.

Disk management utility (Mac)

Important Info: Please refer to sec- tion 7.1. File System Formats, for a more de- tailed discussion on the differences between the two systems.

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 Ma- cintosh users.