User guide

Accessing SimpleSafe Partitions 11
Accessing the Public Area in Mac OS
To access the Public Area in Mac OS, double-click on unsecured (Public Area)
SimpleSafe ( ) drive icon icon.
Accessing the Security Area
The Security Area can only be accessed from computers running Windows. In
Mac OS, a drive icon representing the application partition will appear on the
desktop. However, Mac users cannot this drive (partition) to run the SimpleSafe
program or unlock the Security Area.
Unlocking the Security Area in Windows
Unlocking the Security Area, closes the application partition, opens the Security
Area partition and places the SimpleSafe program icon in the System Tray.
Mac OS uses the same drive icon to represent the Public Area and the Security
Area partitions. To avoid confusion, rename the Public Area using a different
volume label.
To avoid data corruption or loss, exit all programs and close all files
running on your flash drive before logging into the Security Area.
Public Area partition
displayed as a drive
in Mac OS