Seagate's Slick New Storage For Mac

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Delivering on the specialized requirements of the Mac community, Seagate today introduced an advanced line-up of mobile and desktop FreeAgent for Mac storage solutions and accessories: the FreeAgent Go™ for Mac USB, FreeAgent Go Pro™ for Mac, the 2TB FreeAgent Desk™ for Mac and FreeAgent Go Dock+™, a powered USB hub and dock for the FreeAgent Go drive. Providing a complete storage toolkit for today's creative professionals, such as web designers, musicians and graphic artists, as well as multimedia enthusiasts, these enhanced FreeAgent for Mac external hard drives each include performance and capacity improvements to help store, record, protect and share creative inspirations. “Performance is all that counts when I record,” said Rami Jaffee, award-winning keyboard player for the Wallflowers and Foo Fighters. “I can depend on Seagate hard drives for quality and convenience. When recording, a song could take up to a few gigabytes, but the fact that I can have a whole record ready for me to attack and record on a slim external hard drive is so convenient that its value is immeasurable.” Higher performance means faster workflow, and that equals greater productivity for creative professionals who work with digital video, music, photography and graphic arts. The FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac drive clocks in at 7200RPMs to deliver lightening fast performance and throughput with FireWire 800 and a step down cable to FireWire 400 for those that need higher-data transfer, making production and editing of large multi-media files a breeze. Along with the new FreeAgent for Mac product offerings, Seagate also unveiled a new docking accessory for the FreeAgent Go portable storage solution.

The new FreeAgent Go Dock+ connects directly to your Mac OS X or Windows computer, allowing access to all the content stored on a FreeAgent Go or FreeAgent Go for Mac USB external hard drives without having to fumble for cables or find an available USB port each time the drive is connected. When docked, the FreeAgent Go drive is held upright to optimize desk space while editing, syncing or backing-up files. This new dock also provides the benefit of a powered USB hub with three additional USB ports to connect digital cameras and other USB peripherals to one’s system. “Whether your passion is music, photography, film or design, creative professionals and enthusiasts alike need high-quality storage solutions to keep their inspired creations safe and secure,” says Terry Cunningham, senior vice president, Seagate Branded Solutions. “These latest FreeAgent® for Mac offerings provide the perfect instrument to store, back up and protect your creations.” All Seagate FreeAgent for Mac solutions come formatted as HSF+ for Mac OS X and are Time Machine ready.

FreeAgent Go™ Drive for Mac USB The new Seagate FreeAgent Go for Mac USB storage solution is a USB 2.0. Seagate FreeAgent Go Drive for Mac is available this month for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $99.99 USD for 250GB, $119.99 USD for 320GB and $149.99 for 500GB. FreeAgent Go Pro™ for Mac Drive The Seagate FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac storage solution is slim, compact and offers fast throughput with FireWire 800 or FireWire 400 connections and includes the required cables and dock. The Seagate FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac is available this month for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $129.99 USD for 250GB, $149.99 USD for 320GB and $189.99 for 500GB. FreeAgent Go Dock+™ The Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock+ includes three available USB ports to act as a USB hub. The included protective case helps to keep the FreeAgent Go drive safe while on the road. The FreeAgent Go Dock+ accessory is available immediately for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $39.99 USD.

FreeAgent Desk™ Drive for Mac 2TB The high-capacity FreeAgent Desk drive for Mac 2TB features a brushed aluminum arctic silver finish that is a perfect match for the current iMac Desktop. With a FireWire 800/400 connection, the FreeAgent Desk for Mac 2TB is scheduled to be available in July for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $339.99 USD for 2TB.

How to format your hard drive Seagate branded external drives come preformatted, some for PCs, some for Macs, and some of them have special utilities allowing them to work between both without formatting. Seagate internal drives must be formatted before use. Drives that will be bootable are formatted during the process of installing the operating system (ie, Windows or MacOS). Drives that will be used for storage can be formatted according to the instructions below.

Or, if you have a drive that is formatted for a different type of computer or a drive that is not preformatted, you will need to format the drive before you can use it. Formatting erases all data on the drive. So if you are formatting a drive that has already been used, be sure to copy any files you will ever want to see again onto a computer or backup drive.

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For instructions on how to format your hard drive on a Mac, please reference the following links: Formatting your drive in Windows. To open the Disk Management press and hold the Windows key ( ) + ( R ).

Type compmgmt.msc. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

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In the pane on the left, under Storage, click Disk Management. If the drive is secondary storage and hasn't been initialized previously you may be prompted to initialize the disk first. Note: MBR for drives under 2TB and GPT for drives over 2TB. The drive should say unallocated Note: If it does not you will need to right-click and delete the volume first. If the external hard drive is pre formatted for Mac, Disk Management will list 3 partitions and you will not be able to delete the 'Health (EFI System Partition)' because it's a protected partition. To delete this partition you have to use Microsoft Diskpart Erase utility.

Seagate's Slick New Storage For Mac

Please see the instructions. Right-click and select new simple volume. Click next 3 times. Type the name of the drive in “Volume Label”. Make sure quick format is selected. Click next then finished See more information at the.