LaCie Unmount drive in Mac Disc Utility application, LaCie SAFE Hard Drive, User Manual, page

LaCie SAFE Hard Drive	Helpful Information
User Manual	page 30

9.Mac OS 10.x will automatically setup the disk with the partitions and volume format you se- lected, and your new drive will be available for use.

Format from NTFS to HFS+

If you have formatted the LaCie SAFE drive as NTFS, but you would like to reformat it in HFS+ for a Mac, follow these steps:

1.Go to the Applications > Utilities folder on your Mac and open the Disk Utility applica- tion. Select the SAFE drive icon and then click Unmount to unmount the SAFE drive. Now close the Disk Utility application.

2.Now open the Disk Utility application again. You’ll see that the SAFE drive volume has been unmounted.

3.Select the LaCie SAFE drive icon and choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the pop- down menu. Name the drive whatever you like and click Erase to reformat the drive.

CAUTION: Following these steps will erase anything that is on the hard drive. Therefore, if you have information that you want to pro- tect or continue to use, backup this informa- tion before performing these steps.

Unmount drive in Mac Disc Utility application

Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system format