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<blockquote data-quote="eric" data-source="post: 726313" data-attributes="member: 22327"><p>with the drive connected, go to applications folder > utilities > disk utility</p><p></p><p>you will see your mac's HD and the external on the left hand side. Select the left most selection for the external (this will be the drive itself, not a partition.</p><p>select the partition option, choose your number of partitions, size of partitions and file system.</p><p>Keep in mind that if you frequently use this drive with a mac and a windows pc, FAT32 may be your best option for file system unless you plan on storing HUGE files. </p><p>There are ways around this, but that requires installing apps on the pc or the mac depending on which other file system you go with (HFS+ or NTFS, the second won't be an option on your mac).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric, post: 726313, member: 22327"] with the drive connected, go to applications folder > utilities > disk utility you will see your mac's HD and the external on the left hand side. Select the left most selection for the external (this will be the drive itself, not a partition. select the partition option, choose your number of partitions, size of partitions and file system. Keep in mind that if you frequently use this drive with a mac and a windows pc, FAT32 may be your best option for file system unless you plan on storing HUGE files. There are ways around this, but that requires installing apps on the pc or the mac depending on which other file system you go with (HFS+ or NTFS, the second won't be an option on your mac). [/QUOTE]
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