Initializing Mac Drives

The HFS+ Disk Manager gives you the ability to initialize the drive in HFS+ format.

This process will erase any data on the drive.

All formatting and maintenance of HFS+ drives for Pro Tools should be carried out when the drives are connected to a Mac, using Apple Disk Utility. If you use this command to initialize a Mac-formatted drive, the drive will be qualified only as a Transfer drive in Pro Tools.

To initialize a Mac-formatted drive:

1 Click the Start menu and choose Programs > HFS+ Disk Support > Create or Change Mac Hard Disks.

In the Modify Mac Volumes window, Mac-formatted drives appear with a small red apple icon next to them.

2 Select the Mac-formatted drive you want to initialize.

3 Click Initialize Disk.

4 When formatting is complete, click Finish.