4.2 Tips
Identifying the LED indicators on your drive
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro has a blue LED at the front of the hard drive enclosure.
They will illuminate blue when powered on, and flash on drive activity (both reading and
writing).
To properly unmount any connected hard drives from your computer,
you need to follow a few simple steps:
• For Macintosh systems:
There are multiple methods to umount disks with Macintosh systems. Either drag the
icon for the hard disk you wish to dismount to the trash can, or you can click the eject
icon next to the hard disk name in under the “DEVICES” tab in the sidebar in any finder
window, and finally another method is to right click on the hard drive icon on your
desktop and select “Eject”.
• For Windows systems:
1. Go to the System Tray (located in the lower right corner of your screen). Click on the
Eject icon (a small green arrow over a hardware image).
2. A message will appear, detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls. i.e. “Safely
remove...” Click on this prompt.
3. You will then be given the following message. “Safe to Remove Hardware”. It is now safe
to unhook the OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro.
Optional AC Adapter
While the OWC Mercury On-The-Go series is designed to be bus powered, there are some
special situations where customers require a power adapter.
If you want to purchase an AC adapter , they are available from our Web site:
http://eshop.macsales.com/otgpower
NOTE:
OWC does not recommend bus powering more than one external storage device.
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro
Chapter 4 -Troubleshooting & Tips
