OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro USER GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................... 1 1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Apple® Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1.4 LED INDICATOR 1.5 REAR VIEW 1.5.1 Rear Features 2. SYSTEM SETUP......................................................................................... 3 2.1 QUICK START 2.2 FUNCTIONALITY NOTES 3. APPENDIX..................................................
INTRODUCTION 1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Apple® Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements • PowerPC G4 CPU, 128MB RAM • 500MHz Intel® Pentium® 3 CPU, 128MB RAM • FireWire 800: Mac OS X 10.2 or later • FireWire 800: Windows® XP or later • USB 3.0 (backwards compatible to USB 2.0): Mac OS X 10.2 or later • USB 3.0 (backwards compatible to USB 2.0): Windows XP or later 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS Mercury On-The-Go Pro USB 3.
1.5 REAR VIEW 1 1 4 2 3 3 2 1.5.1 Rear Features 1. USB 3.0 port — Attach the included USB 3.0 (Standard-A to Micro-B) cable here. 2. On/off switch — Turn on and off the Mercury On-The-Go Pro here. 3. Power input — Connect the optional 5V power adapter here (sold separately). 4. FireWire 800 ports — Attach the included 9-9 pin FireWire 800 cable to one of these ports and to your computer. Use the other FireWire 800 port to daisy-chain other FireWire 800 devices.
SYSTEM SETUP 2.1 QUICK START Before your Mercury On-The-Go Pro can be put to use, it needs to be formatted. To help with the formatting process, the OWC Drive Guide formatting utility has been installed on your Mercury On-The-Go Pro. Follow these steps to use the OWC Drive Guide to format your Mercury On-The-Go Pro for Mac OS X (10.4 and later) or Windows (XP and later). 1. Connect your drive to your computer using the proper cable, then turn on your drive.
APPENDIX 3.1 FORMATTING For formatting information, including instructions on how to format your Mercury OnThe-Go Pro for Mac or Windows, go to: http://www.macsales.com/format 3.2 UNMOUNTING DRIVES To properly unmount any connected drives from your computer, you need to follow a few simple steps. For Mac OS X systems: There are two main methods to umount disks with Mac OS X systems.
3.4 ABOUT DATA BACKUP To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent data loss, we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data: one copy on your Mercury On-The-Go Pro and a second copy on either your internal drive or another storage medium, such as an optical backup, or on another external storage unit.
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