User Manual

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Using Your Drive on Mac
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Disconnecting the Drive
A great feature of G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt is its ability to be connected and
disconnected while your computer is running. To prevent failures and/or data loss, it
is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘unmounting’ the drive
from your computer.
1. Before powering down and disconnecting your G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt,
unmount the drive by simply dragging the G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt icon to
the trash located in the dock.
Keyboard shortcut: Select the drive icon and hit Command+E.
2. It is safe to remove the drive from your system when the drive icon is no longer
present on your desktop.
Helpful links
• To use G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt on Windows, go to Windows Use.
• To use G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt on Mac and Windows together,
go to Cross Platform Use.