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Aegis padlock setup for mac os – Apricorn Aegis Padlock Fortress - USB 3.0 Solid State Drive User Manual

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Aegis Padlock Setup for Mac OS

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Your Aegis Padlock is preformatted in NTFS for Windows. To reformat

the drive to a Mac compatible format please read the below.

Once the drive is unlocked, open Disk Utility from Applications/Utilities/

Disk Utilities.

To format the Aegis Padlock:

1. Select the Aegis Padlock from the list of drives and volumes. Each

drive in the list will display its capacity, manufacturer, and product

name, such as 232.9 Apricorn Padlock.

2. Click the ‘Erase’ tab.

3. Enter a name for the drive. The default name is Untitled. The drive’s

name will eventually appear on the desktop.

4. Select a volume format to use. The Volume Format dropdown

menu lists the available drive formats that the Mac supports. The

recommended format type is ‘Mac OS Extended (Journaled).’

5. Click the ‘Erase’ button. Disk Utility will unmount the volume from the

desktop, erase it, and then remount it on the desktop.