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Formatting Serial ATA Drives Using Macintosh OS X Version 10.1.5 or Later
1. Turn on your Macintosh computer.
2. Open Apple’s
Disk Utility
which is located in the Utilities folder of the Macintosh OS X
start-up volume.
To open this application:
a) Double click the Mac OS X startup volume
b) Double click the
Applications
folder
c) Double click the
Utilities
folder
d) Double click the
Disk Utility
icon (See Figures 8 and 9 for examples)
Figure 8: Locating Apple’s
Disk Utility
Figure 9: Alternate method for locating Apple’s
Disk Utility