Orion User Guide
Mac OS
Mac OS9.2 and earlier, does not support creating multiple
partitions on an external drive. To do that, you would need to
purchase additional 3
rd
party software or upgrade to OS X.
Initialising the drives can be done on all Operating Systems.
If the drive does not
appear on the
desktop, make sure
there are no
extension conflicts
and the power is
turned on!
For Mac OS X, use the Disk Utility to format and create
partitions on your external disk.
You can choose to
create several
partitions but be
aware that if you
want to change this
at a later point, it’s
required to format
the drive again.
If you are formatting
the drive using the
file system FAT32,
the maximum size
for a single file will
be restricted to 4GB.
•
Select “Disk Utility” in the utilities folder
•
Choose your external drive and format it according to your
requirement
For Mac OS X, we recommend formatting the drive using the
native Mac file system HFS+ also known as Mac OS Extended.
If you want to use your drive on a PC running Microsoft
Windows as well as on your Mac, we recommend formatting
the drive on a PC. Choose FAT32 when formatting and do not
change anything on the partition or format on your Mac,
otherwise the PC might not be able to recognise the drive
anymore.
Chapter 3 - System Set Up
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