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<blockquote data-quote="yogi" data-source="post: 346941" data-attributes="member: 8542"><p>If you intend to use the disk with OS X exclusively, you might want to reformat it using the solid HFS+ file system. It's considered better in performance with OS X, and it's easier for Spotlight to index (I think).</p><p></p><p>To do that, you can use Disk Utility (search it in spotlight). Choose the drive in the list on the left, then click "Erase Disk..." and choose the "Mac OS Extended File Format" from th edropdown list. Name the disk and off you go. </p><p></p><p>Remember, using this file system won't let you hook it up to a windows machine anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yogi, post: 346941, member: 8542"] If you intend to use the disk with OS X exclusively, you might want to reformat it using the solid HFS+ file system. It's considered better in performance with OS X, and it's easier for Spotlight to index (I think). To do that, you can use Disk Utility (search it in spotlight). Choose the drive in the list on the left, then click "Erase Disk..." and choose the "Mac OS Extended File Format" from th edropdown list. Name the disk and off you go. Remember, using this file system won't let you hook it up to a windows machine anymore. [/QUOTE]
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