Seagate Personal Storage 3000DV Style A Installation Guide (Mac)
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Guide for Macintosh 1394 Interface 1 Pre Installation Thank You Thank you for selecting a Maxtor Personal Storage product. Please follow these instructions to take full advantage of its features. Handling Precautions If these handling precautions are not followed, damage to the Personal Storage - Seagate Personal Storage 3000DV | Style A Installation Guide (Mac) - Page 2
period, with transportation charges prepaid, to Maxtor in Ireland, Singapore or the USA. Personal Storage products must be properly packaged in Maxtor packaging or Maxtor approved packaging to obtain warranty service. Before returning a Maxtor product, please contact Maxtor at: +353 1 204 1111 (in
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Hardware
Installation
Personal Storage Installation
To connect your new Maxtor Personal Storage product
to your computer, please follow these simple steps.
If these steps are not performed in order, your product
may not function properly.
Power Cord Connections
1.
Ensure that your computer is on and running one
of the required operating systems.
2.
Plug the four-pin male connector with the flat
side facing up into the back of the product’s DC
power-in connector (Figure 1).
3.
Connect the female end of the electric cord into
the power adapter (Figure 2).
4.
Plug the male connector from the power adapter
into power outlet.
1394 Data Cable Connections
1.
Plug one end of the translucent 1394 cable into
any available 1394 port on your computer.
2.
Plug the other end of the translucent 1394 cable
into either of the 1394 connections on the
product (Figure 3).
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Pre
Installation
Thank You
Thank you for selecting a Maxtor Personal Storage
product. Please follow these instructions to take full
advantage of its features.
Handling Precautions
If these handling precautions are not followed,
damage to the Personal Storage product may result –
which may void your product warranty. Please see
the Warranty section for additional information.
• DO NOT open the product. Opening the product
will void the warranty.
• DO NOT bump, jar or drop this device as it may
result in loss of data.
• DO NOT stack this product more than three
units high.
• DO NOT set or operate the product on its side
without an approved cradle from Maxtor. It may
fall over and damage the internal hard drive.
• DO NOT disconnect any cables or power while
copying files without properly unplugging or
unmounting the device via your operating system –
as this can result in data loss and possible damage
to the internal hard drive.
• DO NOT set any liquids or drinks on the product -
as they will damage the internal electronics.
• NOT intended as a portable product.
Hardware and Operating System Requirements
for Macintosh
• Power PC with on-board FireWire ports
(iMac DV, G3 or higher)
• Full version of Mac OS 8.6 or higher
• Apple FireWire extension 2.3.3 or higher
• At least 32 MB of RAM
• An Internet connection for
contacting Maxtor
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Macintosh
Software Setup
Note:
Software setup does not apply to Mac OS X.
1.
Please close all open programs before you begin
the software installation.
2.
Check your system’s FireWire version. Go to the
Apple icon, open the Apple System Profiler pro-
gram and click on the Devices and Volumes tab.
See sample screen:
Note:
You will need Apple FireWire extension 2.3.3
or higher.
3.
Insert the Maxtor Personal Storage CD into your
CD-ROM drive. The following window will appear:
4.
Double-click on the Maxtor Software Installer
icon. The license agreement screen will display.
Click I Agree.
5.
In the save dialog box, click Save to create a fold-
er on your desktop called Maxtor 1394 Storage.
6.
Restart your system.
Note:
Once your system restarts, you will see a
PC-DOS drive. This is your new Maxtor Firewire
storage. You can either use it “as is” or use the
Maxtor utility to re-initialize the drive (recommended).
7.
Double click on the Maxtor Software icon on your
desktop. You will see the following window:
Personal Storage Installation Guide for Macintosh
1394 Interface
Figure 3
1394 Cable Hook-up
Figure 2
Power Adapter Connection
Figure 1
Power Connection
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Kit
Components
The Maxtor Personal Storage product comes
complete with the components shown here.
Please familiarize yourself with each of these
items prior to installation.
Personal Storage
Power Adapter
1394 Cable
CD-ROM
1394 External Storage
Installation Software for Mac OS and Windows
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Please see reverse side for operating tips, notes
on multiple system use, product registration and
warranty information.
Urgent Notice for 160GB Products
The 160GB Personal Storage product cannot be used
to transport data between Windows-based PC’s and
Macintosh computer systems. Do not connect it to a
Mac running OS X if the personal storage product
has previously been installed on a PC. Connecting the
product to a Mac running OS X after it has been used
on a PC will result immediately in lost data.
To use Maxtor Personal Storage products with
160GB capacity or higher on your Macintosh
running OS X, you must first reformat the drive.
The Mac OS Disk Utility will guide you through
the process.
REFORMATTING THE DRIVE WILL DESTROY
DATA STORED ON THAT DRIVE
Additional Note
The 160GB Maxtor Personal Storage model is not
supported as a boot drive for Macintosh systems.