Seagate Portable Hard Drive Portable External Hard Drive Quick Start Guide - Page 9

your Windows system to read from and write to a drive that is formatted for a Mac OS. Caution. Do not leave your drive in its pre-formatted FAT32, single partition condition if you intend to transfer data between Mac and Windows systems. Doing so will result in data loss. Macintosh OS interface drivers Macintosh OS X and OS 9 have built-in, up-to-date drivers for a USB interface. You don't need to install any drivers if you are using a Macintosh OS. Dismounting and disconnecting your drive with Mac OS Caution. Dismount the drive before disconnecting the USB cable from the drive. The drive will spin down when you dismount the drive. You can then disconnect the USB cable and move the drive. How to dismount and disconnect the drive in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 1. Close all windows and quit all running applications that are stored on the drive or that are using data that is stored on the drive. 2. In Mac OS X, drag the Seagate external-drive icon to the trash icon in your Dock area. In Mac OS 9, drag the Seagate externaldrive icon to the trash icon. 3. You can safely disconnect your hard drive when the drive icon disappears from your desktop and the drive LED is not lit. Portable External Hard Drive 9