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Utilities, Disk Utility, Select a disk, volume, or image, Erase, About File System Formats

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Mac Users 1. Make sure the storage device is connected to and mounted on the computer. 2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar. 3. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility. Disk Utility will display the message Select a disk, volume, or image. All connected storage devices, partitions, or disk images will be displayed in this column. Storage devices in this column may have multiple listings. The top name is the name of the physical device's manufacturer, and includes the formatted capacity. 4. Select the storage device in the left-hand column. 5. Click the Erase tab. 6. Choose a format from the drop-down window. See About File System Formats for more information on choosing a file format. 7. Give the volume a name. 8. Click Erase... and confirm your selection in the popup window. LaCie 2big Quadra USB 3.0 User Manual 28

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Mac Users
Make sure the storage device is connected to and mounted on the computer.
1.
Select
Utilities
from the
Go
menu in the Finder menu bar.
2.
In the Utilities folder, double-click
Disk Utility
.
3.
Disk Utility will display the message
Select a disk, volume, or image
. All connected storage devices,
partitions, or disk images will be displayed in this column. Storage devices in this column may have multiple
listings. The top name is the name of the physical device's manufacturer, and includes the formatted
capacity.
Select the storage device in the left-hand column.
4.
Click the
Erase
tab.
5.
Choose a format from the drop-down window. See
About File System Formats
for more information on
6.
choosing a file format.
Give the volume a name.
7.
Click
Erase…
and confirm your selection in the popup window.
8.