[X4U] Format a 4TB Seagate drive

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Sun Jan 6 17:10:19 PST 2013


On 1/6/13,  Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
>
> A friend on visit in the US bought a 4TB Seagate drive
><http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_4tb_barracuda_xt_first_thoughts_review>
> On his Power Mac (10.5.8) it will only format or show 1.64 TB.  On his
>Powerbook (10.7) it will show 1.8 TB.
> Does this mean he can't use the full 4TB?

Most likely need an ICBM (Intel-chip based Mac) running Lion or Mtn Lion. Power
Mac running Leopard won't cut it.


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