Hydra S2 User Guide
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Mac OS
For Mac OS X, use the disk utility to format and create
partitions on your external disk.
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Select “Disk Utility” in the utilities folder
If the drive does not
rned on!
appear on the
desktop, make sure
there are no
extension conflicts
and the power is
tu
If the total capacit
exceeds 2TB a
your Operating
System does not
support single
volumes over 2TB,
set the 2
y
nd
TB switch
position B and it
ill automatically
split the volumes
(A+B / C+D).
Choose your external drive and format it according to your
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requirements
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
indows as well as on your Mac, we recommend using the
AT32 file system. On your Mac, select MS-DOS when
W
F
formatting it. Note: The file size for a single file on FAT32 is
limited to 4GB.
