Using Your Drive
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Using Zip
®
Disks Cross-Platform
Zip disks are available preformatted for Mac or IBM-compatible PC. If
you use your Zip drive on both PC and Mac systems, here are some
important points about disk formats:
On Mac OS Systems
• You can use PC-formatted disks on a Mac OS system that has PC
Exchange version 2.0 or higher installed. It is recommended that you
use PC-formatted Zip disks for file transfer only. You may lose file
resource information if files you use on a Mac OS system are stored
on a PC-formatted disk.
• You can change a PC-formatted disk to a Mac-formatted disk by
using the Iomega Tools application on a Mac OS system to erase
the disk.
CAUTION Formatting a disk erases all data on the disk. Do not
format any disk that contains information you want to keep! M
• Refer to the Iomega Software Manual (located inside the
IomegaWare folder on your Mac hard disk) for additional
information on using PC-formatted Zip disks with PC Exchange
(and other DOS-mounting utilities).
On PC Systems
• PC systems cannot read a Mac-formatted Zip disk unless special
software is installed on the system. If you try to use a Mac-formatted
Zip disk on a PC that does not have disk exchange software installed,
you will see a message indicating that the disk is not formatted.
• You can change a Mac-formatted disk to a PC-formatted disk by
using the Iomega Tools Format utility on a PC to erase the disk.
(Observe the
CAUTION above!)
Transferring Files Between PC and Mac
If you need to transfer files between a PC and a Mac, you can use a PC-
formatted Zip disk if PC Exchange version 2.0 or higher is loaded on
the Mac. You can use a Mac-formatted Zip disk if the PC has disk
exchange software installed.
M Note: The Zip drive does not convert file formats. When using files
cross-platform, the file format and application must work on both PC
and Mac platforms. M
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