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Usage with Mac and Windows Operating Systems
4.1 Usage with Mac OS X
4.1.1 Formatting a Drive
To format, use Disk Utility (pictured below), which can be found in the Applications folder.
a)
Click on the drive in the window to the left.
b)
Click the Erase tab in the window to the right.
c)
Select the format type. Most users prefer Mac OS Extended with Journaling (HFS+), which is required
for compatibility with Time Machine (OS 10.5 or newer). If you need to use your RTX with both Mac and
Windows computers, select MS-DOS File System instead.
d)
Enter a name for the new volume and then click “Erase” to start the process.
The drive in the window to the left is highlighted and
denoted with the letter A, and the Erase tab in the center
of the window is highlighted and denoted with the letter
B, corresponding to the steps above in which each item
is mentioned.
4.1.2
Mounting and Unmounting Volumes
If the hard drive installed in the RTX is already formatted, an icon
representing the drive’s volume will appear (mount) on the desktop. You
can begin using the volume right away. If the drive is unformatted, a
message will appear on the desktop saying that the disk is unreadable.
Use OS X’s Disk Utility to easily format the drive (see section above).
Unmount the volume before powering down the unit by dragging the
volume’s icon to the trash bin, or by selecting the volume then pressing
Command-E. Disconnecting the unit without first unmounting the volume
can result in data loss.
4.1.3 Creating a Boot Drive
To activate this feature, you must first install OS X on the hard drive in your carrier. The easiest way to do
this is to clone an existing system drive using a utility such as Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper. Next,
go to System Preferences
Startup Disk. A window will list the available bootable volumes. Select the
volume from which you wish to boot. Another method is to hold down the Option key during boot up. A
screen should appear that allows you to select the volume you wish to use. This is useful if you are only
sporadically booting from the RTX hard drive.