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3. Depending on the size of your drive and version of OS X, your
next step will vary. Find your version of OS X in the table below
to determine your next step.
A window with the message that a FAT32 Volume has
appeared on your desktop may appear and you will have
the opportunity to format your drive with the Macintosh
file format.
This is recommended for normal Macintosh users. Users
who frequently exchange files between Macintosh and
Windows, may want to keep the drive formatted as FAT32,
since the Windows operating system can read that format.
Click Reinitialize to open the Apple Disk Utility and go to
step 5.
4. Click Initialize.
The Apple Disk Utility program opens.
(If a second window appears with the message: “A Disk
attempting to mount as Untitled has failed,” click OK)
5. Select your new drive from the list on the left.
Table 1: Capacity Under 137 GB
OS Version Message Your next step
OS X 10.1
Message appears
saying OS X is
unable to read
volume.
Go to Step 4.
OS X 10.2
Drive mounts as
“Untitled Volume.”
Open the Apple Disk Utility
located in the Utilities folder
within the Applications folder
on your Macintosh and
proceed to Step 5.
OS X 10.3
Drive mounts as
“Untitled Volume.”
Open the Apple Disk Utility
located in the Utilities folder
within the Applications folder
on your Macintosh and
proceed to Step 5.
Table 2: Capacity Over 137 GB
OS Version Message Your next step
OS X 10.1
Message appears
saying OS X is
unable to read
volume.
Go to Step 4.
OS X 10.2
Drive doesn’t
appear on the
Desktop.
Open the Apple Disk Utility
located in the Utilities folder
within the Applications folder
on your Macintosh and
proceed to Step 5.
OS X 10.3
Drive mounts as
“Untitled Volume.”
Open the Apple Disk Utility
located in the Utilities folder
within the Applications folder
on your Macintosh and
proceed to Step 5.
Table 2: Capacity Over 137 GB