User manual LACIE SKWARIM

[. . . ] LaCie Skwarim User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Unpacking Your LaCie SKWARIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] From the Go menu, click on Applications. In the Applications menu, open the Utilities folder, and then doubleclick Disc Utility from the Utilities folder. In the left side of the window will be a list of the available hard disk drives. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive, and one that reads LaCie. Select the LaCie drive, and then click on the Partition tab. From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of par titions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with Current (Mac OS 10. x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar be tween the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please refer to section 4. 2. File System Formats, for a more detailed discussion on the differences between the two systems. Fig. 08 IMPORTANT NOTE: Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS Extended format since it provides a more familiar experi ence to Macintosh users. LaCie Skwarim User Manual Using Your LaCie Skwarim page 14 7. In the Options section, click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers box if you plan on sharing the drive between the Mac OS 9. x and Mac OS 10. x. Once you have finalized the volume format, number of parti tions, size and options, click OK. The following message will appear: "Warning!Saving the new volume will erase all exist ing volumes. Are you sure you want to do that?" Click Partition to continue. Mac OS 10. x will automatically setup the disk with the parti tions and volume format you selected, and your new drive will be available for use. LaCie Skwarim User Manual Helpful Information page 15 4. Advice For Optimizing USB 2. 0 Connections The following technical information relates to your LaCie Drive and gives some practical advice: 4. 1. 1. What is USB 2. 0? The new USB 2. 0 standard provides higher bandwidth for high speed peripherals such as external hard drives, highspeed scanners and CDRW drives. USB 2. 0 delivers transfer rates up to 480Mbits/s, while conveniently maintaining backward compatibility with USB 1. 1 devices. USB 2. 0 can still be used to connect lowerspeed USB 1. 1 ports and devices like digital cameras, scanners, modems, keyboards, mice, joysticks and printers. In the USB 2. 0 system, existing USB periph erals do not have to be upgraded, and lowerspeed devices will not require additional performance, instead operating as USB 1. 1 devices. 4. 1. 2. [. . . ] When you choose a hub, opt for the selfpowered variety, as they have their own AC adapter. The most powerful hubs provide 0. 5A of power to each port. If you buy a hub, make sure that it supports perport switch ing. This function prevents the entire chain of peripherals from freezing up if one of them is not working properly or is down. IMPORTANT NOTE: Avoid using USB connectors found on cer tain peripherals such as keyboards. [. . . ]