5
Formatting for Mac Use Only
Mac users get better performance when
SimpleDrive Portable is formatted as a
Mac OS Extended volume. To format
the drive in Mac OS X, do the following:
1
Open
Disk Utility
and select your
SimpleDrive Portable.
2
From the
Volume Format
list,
choose
Mac OS Extended
(Journaled)
.
3
Click the
Erase
button.
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Viewing Files in Windows
In Windows Explorer, SimpleDrive Portable appears as a
“SimpleDrive” mapped to your computer. To access data
on the drive, open
My Computer
to view the storage
devices attached to your computer. Then, click on the
SimpleDrive disk icon (the drive letter assigned to drive
depends on your computer’s hardware configuration).
Viewing Files in Mac OS
In the Finder, SimpleDrive Portable is
represented by a “SimpleDrive” drive
icon on the desktop. To access files on
SimpleDrive, double-click the drive’s
desktop icon.
As shipped, SimpleDrive Portable
provides Read-Only access to Mac
users (see
).
Mac OS Extended volumes cannot
be accessed from Windows.
