5
Formatting for Mac Use Only
Mac users get better performance
when SimpleDrive 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.
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 appears as
“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 the drive
depends on your computer’s hardware configuration).
Viewing Files in Mac OS
In the Finder, SimpleDrive is
represented by a “SimpleDrive” disk
icon on the desktop. To access files on
SimpleDrive, double-click the drive’s
desktop icon.
When shipped from the factory,
SimpleDrive provides Read-Only
access to Mac users (see “Formatting
SimpleDrive” for details).
Mac OS Extended volumes cannot
be accessed from Windows.
