LaCie SAFE Hard Drive
User Manual
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Helpful Information
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.
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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:
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.
Now open the Disk Utility application again.
You’ll see that the SAFE drive volume has been
unmounted.
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.
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Format from NTFS to HFS+
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
