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External Hard Drive
Macintosh OS interface drivers
Macintosh OS X and OS 9 have built-in, up-to-date
drivers for both USB and FireWire interfaces. You
don’t need to install any drivers if you are using a
Macintosh OS.
Dismounting your drive with Mac OS
Mounting is the beginning and dismounting is the end
of the conversation between your computer and your
external hard drive. Mounting occurs automatically
when you connect and turn on your drive, but you
must initiate the dismounting action yourself. If you
disconnect or turn off the drive before you dismount
it, neither your drive nor your OS understands that the
conversation is finished. It’s like hanging up without
saying goodbye.
Caution.
Never turn off power to the drive or physically
disconnect any cable attached to the drive when
the disc activity LED indicates disc activity. That’s
like hanging up in mid-sentence, and it will probably
result in data loss.
How to dismount the drive in Mac OS X and
Mac OS 9
1. Close all windows and quit all running applications
that are stored on the drive or that are using data
that is stored on the drive.
2. In Mac OS X, drag the Seagate external-drive
icon to the trash icon in your Dock area.
In Mac OS 9, drag the Seagate external-drive
icon to the trash icon.
3. You can safely disconnect or turn off your hard
drive when the drive icon disappears from your
desktop and the disc-activity LED is not lit.
4. To turn off the drive, press and hold the push button
until the LED shuts off.
