User Manual
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Using Your Drive on Mac
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Using Your Drive on Mac
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Reformat with Partitions
‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate,
discrete sections called ‘volumes’. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can
create up to 16 dierent partitions on a hard drive in the OS and each partition can
be a dierent size and format.
With hard drives getting bigger, it is useful to partition your hard drive so sections
of its space can be used for dierent purposes. For instance, segment user data from
backup data, set up a multi-boot environment with dierent Operating Systems or create
a dedicated capture scratch disk for programs like Final Cut Pro®
and Adobe Premiere®.
The following steps will guide you through this simple process of partitioning your
drive. In this example, we will partition a 1TB G-DRIVE ev connected via USB.The steps will
be identical for your drive, only the name may be dierent.
1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under
Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your G-Technology
drive will be displayed in the left-hand column.
4. Select the G-DRIVE ev icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its
Get Info window. (below left)
5. Select the default icon in the Get Info window. (below left)
6. Press Command+V to paste the custom G-DRIVE ev icon into the Get Info window.
(below right)
The icon for your G-DRIVE ev has been restored and you can close the Get Info window.
Your drive is now fully ready for use!