User Manual

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Using Your Drive on Mac

4. Choose the Format option that you prefer.

• Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use this format if you intend to use the drive for

Time Machine or to create a separate bootable installation of the OS.

• Mac OS Extended: Use this format for best performance and media storage.

To select, click the Format pop-up and its option to Mac OS Extended.

5. Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will

appear asking if you want to erase the G-DRIVE ev partition.

Initialize Drive for Mac

G-DRIVE ev was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS. You can reinitialize if

you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. Here are the steps.

1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your local hard drive

under Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your G-DRIVE

ev will be displayed in the left-hand column.

2. Select the G-DRIVE ev by clicking its drive icon in the left-side column. Information

about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window.

3. Select the Erase tab to view the formatting options. By default, the Format pop-up

menu is set to the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) option.