Reformatting on Mac
MH-2671-U3 Ultra Slim External Hard Drive
Caution! Formatting will erase ALL data on storage device. Please make sure
back up all data before performing formatting steps.
Note
：
Refer to your operating system
’s documentation for more information on reformatting and
partitioning your storage device.
Mac Users
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Use HFS+ to format the drive if you will be using the storage device on Macs only. The
performance will be enhances if comparing to FAT32. However, HFS+ is NOT able to
compatible with Windows OS.
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Use FAT32 to format the drive if you will be using the storage device with both Windows & Mac,
but maximum single file size is limited to 4GB.
1. Make sure the storage device is well connected to and mounted on your computer.
2. Launch
“Disk Utility” tool of Mac OS.
3. Open the main drive folder from the desktop.
4. Open the
“Applications” folder and then the “Utilities” folder.
5. Double click
“Disk Utility” and select the drive you wish to format.
You should see the hard drive listed in the left column. It should show the drive size with a
second indented line beneath it that shows the volume of the drive.
6. Click the
“Erase” tab.
7. Select a format from the
“Volume Format” menu.
8. Give the volume a name.
9. Click
“Erase”. You may receive a warning and will need to click “Erase” again.
10. Once formatting is complete, the drive will appear on your desktop.
