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Hardware and Software installation for Apple Computers.
Note:
Hard Drives are shipped pre-formatted with
Macintosh (HFS Plus) extended format, for testing
propose and should mount automatically on the desktop;
if it dose not mount for any reason, follow the instruction
according to your Operating System version.
Hardware and Software Installation for Mac OS 9.1 or
Higher
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Plug the FireWire or USB cable to the FireWire or
USB port on the drive and then plug the other end of
the FireWire or USB cable to the FireWire or USB
port at the back of the computer
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Turn On the drive; wait for this message window to
come up on the screen. “This disk is unreadable by
the computer “ and follow below
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Do you want to initialize the disk?
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Name: _________________
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Format: Mac OS Extended. ……….
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Name the hard drive and Select Mac Os Extended
Under Format Type,
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Click Initialize and Hard Drive Icon Will Appear on
the Desktop. Ready to be used.
Hardware and Software Installation for Mac OS X or later
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Plug the AC adaptor to the power port at the back of
the drive
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Plug the Fire wire (6 Pin to 6 Pin) cable to one of the
ports or USB cable to the USB port on the drive and
then plug the other end of the FireWire or USB cable
6
to the FireWire or USB port at the back of the
computer
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Turn On the drive and wait for a message window to
come up on the screen “You have inserted a disk
containing No volumes that Mac OS X can read”
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To use the unreadable volumes, Click initialize to
continue with the disk inserted click Ignore
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The Initialize Button located at the bottom of the
same window. To open disk utility
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Select the hard drive in the Volume Scheme.
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Click Erase in the Disk Utility, Select the format type
and click erase to initialize the Hard Drive
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The Hard Drive Icon will Appear on the desktop,
Ready to be used
Note:
There are several ways to un-mount your FireWire
external hard drive. You can drag the External Hard Drive
icon to the Trash, wait until the disk icon disappears
from the desktop, then disconnect or turn off the
FireWire external hard drive.
Or
you may also click on the Hard Drive icon on your
desktop and press (Apple/command) “Y” on OS 9.1 to
9.2.2, for OS X use (Apple/Command) “E” to un-mount
