Installation For Mac OS 10 Users
Important Note:
If you intend to also use the DrivePod on a computer running Windows,
STOP. DO NOT continue with the installation procedure described below.
Please first read the instructions in the section "Installation for Multiple
OS/Cross-Platform Usage" on page 21. Otherwise, continue with the hard-
ware installation procedure below.
1. Once your DrivePod has been properly connected and powered “on”, you
may or may not see an alert display with the message
“You have inserted a
disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To us the unreadable vol-
umes, click Initialize. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore”
.
If you DO NOT receive this alert message
, no formatting is required, and an
icon for the drive will appear on your Mac’s Desktop with the name “Untitled”.
To assign your DrivePod a name, click on the icon but keep the mouse button
pressed for a second or two and then release. The name field under the icon
should become highlighted and you can type in a new name.
If you DO receive the alert message
, click
Initialize
. You should then see the
Disk Utility
window shown in Figure 7 (next page).
2. You should see the DrivePod listed on the left side as “Untitled” under the
listing with the capacity that matches your DrivePod. (The example shown in
Important Note:
In order to accommodate the dif-
ferent needs of our customers,
AcomData designed the DrivePod
so it can be stacked using one of
three methods:
1. Using only the accessories included
in every DrivePod package. This is the
method described in this guide.
2. Using the optional Heavy-Duty AC Adapter, available as a separate pur-
chase from AcomData. The Heavy-Duty AC Adapter allows you to stack up
to five DrivePods with only one power connection.
To purchase the Heavy-
Duty AC Adapter, contact AcomData Customer Service via email at cus-
[email protected].
3. Using the soon-to-be released DockPod. Using the DockPod as your
RocketPod base station will have many advantages (see page 3 for details).
Check our web site, www.acomdata.com, for the latest information on the
DockPod and other up-coming RocketPod peripherals.
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