G-Technology G DRIVE Product Manual

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with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Table of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions....................................................4 Backup Your Data.....................................................5 About Your G-DRIVE mobile Introduction...............................................................7 What’s in the Box .....................................................8 System Requirements............................... ...

• Safety Precautions ......................................... p.4 • Backup Your Data ........................................... p.5 ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Safety Precautions The warranty on G-DRIVE® mobile with Thunderbolt™ may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Technical Support department. If the product is returned with damage caused by improper handling, the warranty will be void and liability will rest with the user. Please read our Limited Warranty. ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Backup Your Data The disk drive contained in your G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to excessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will G-Technology® be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data. Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a G-Technology drive is the sole responsibility of the user. ...

with Thunderbolt • Introduction .................................................... p.7 • What’s in the Box .......................................... p.8 • System Requirements ................................. p.8 • Overview of the Drive ................................. p.9 • Easy Installation for Mac ............................ p.9 • Disconnect the Drive ......................... ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Introduction Thank you for purchasing G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt from G-Technology. It’s the ultra-stylish portable storage solution for laptop users, featuring ultra-fast Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces. The ideal—and indispensable—compliment to your Mac® laptop and other portable computers, G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt combines 1TB capacity and a 7200RPM hard drive, t ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE What’s in the Box The following items are included in the box—if any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at g-technology.com/support. • G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt • (1) Thunderbolt cable • (1) USB 3.0 cable (2.0 compatible) • Quick Start Guide System Requirements The drive is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS® systems, formatted as ‘HFS+ with Journa ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Overview of the Drive Your G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt is designed for ultimate simplicity. The Power & Activity LED on the front of the unit will glow when power is applied via the Thunderbolt or USB port. The light will flash more brightly as data is transferred to or from the hard drive. One Thunderbolt and one USB port are located on the rear panel of the drive’s aluminum housi ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Disconnecting the Drive A great feature of G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your computer is running. However, to prevent failures and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘unmounting’ the drive from your computer.  1. Before disconnecting the drive, unmount the system by simply draggin ...

• Use with Time Machine ............................. p.12 • Initialize Drive for Mac ............................... p.14 • Restore the Drive Icon ............................... p.17 • Reformat with Partitions ........................... p.19 ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Use with Time Machine G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt works seamlessly with Time Machine, the easy-to-use application that ships with your Mac and provides automatic backup for your files. The following steps will quickly set up your drive for use with Time Machine. 1. When you connect your drive for the first time, the Time Machine dialog box should automatically appear. Click the ‘Use as ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE 3. In the dialog box that appears, select your G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt, then click the Use for Backup button. 4. Make sure the Time Machine switch is set to ON, then click the Options button to choose volumes, folders or files you do NOT want to backup. G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt will now use Time Machine to back up your important files automatically. It’s that easy! ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Initialize Drive for Mac G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt has been factory-formatted, or ‘initialized’, for use with Mac OS. Should you wish to reinitialize the drive—and quickly erase all contents of the drive—here are the steps: 1. First, open the Disk Utility program, located on your hard drive under Applications/ Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear, and your G-DRIV ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE 4. Click the Format pop-up and choose the Format option that you prefer: • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Select this format if you intend to use the drive for Time Machine or to create a separate, bootable installation of the OS. • Mac OS Extended: Use this format for best performance and media storage. 5. Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Erase button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 7. After the drive is reinitialized, you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box. • Click the ‘Use as Backup Disk’ button if you want to use the drive with Time ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Restore the Drive Icon If the drive icon for your G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt was erased during the reinitialization process (see previous section), you can restore the icon by following these easy steps: NOTE: This process is not required for the operation of G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt. However, it will make your drive’s appearance on the computer desktop look cleaner and more accu ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE 4. Select the icon for G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window. (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get Info window. (below left) 6. Press Command+V to paste the custom G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt icon into the Get Info window. (below right) The icon for your G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt has been restored and you c ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE Reformat with Partitions ‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate, discrete sections called ‘volumes’. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can create up to 16 different partitions on a hard drive in the OS and each partition can be a different size and format. With hard drives getting bigger, it can be useful to partition your hard drive ...

with Thunderbolt™ G DRIVE 2. Select the Thunderbolt or USB icon—not the G-Technology drive icon—by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click on the Partition button in the main window. 4. Select the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu. Below, we have selected ‘2 Partitions’ to create two partitions. ...