Locking the Drive
To lock the key, press the
If data is still being written to the Secure Key, it will wait for this operation to be completed before the locking
operation takes place. The
Note: The Aegis Secure Key will not be recognized by any operating system in its locked state.
Unlocking the Drive
To unlock the drive, enter either a User PIN or Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button.
Adding a New User PIN
1.
Enter the Admin Mode (UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds. Enter Admin PIN and press UNLOCK).
2.
Press and hold UNLOCK + 1 until the LED turns to Solid
3.
Enter a User PIN and press UNLOCK (a minimum of 7 digits and a maximum of 16 digits).
The LED flashes
Re-enter the new User PIN and press UNLOCK. If the LED stays solid
4.
seconds and then solid BLUE, the User PIN was successfully added.
Formatting For Mac OS
Padlock DT
The Aegis
OS, you must first reformat the drive to a Mac compatible file system.
Once drive is unlocked and inserted into a USB port, open the
Mac Disk Utility from Applications/Utilities/Disk Utilities and perform the following:
1. Select the Aegis Padlock DT from the list of drives and volumes.
2. Click the 'Erase' tab.
3. Enter a name for the drive. The default name is Untitled. The drive's name will eventually appear
on the desktop.
4. Select a volume format to use. The Volume Format dropdown menu lists the available drive
formats that the Mac supports. The recommended format type is 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled).'
5. Click the 'Erase' button. Disk Utility will unmount the volume from the desktop, erase it, and then
remount it on the desktop.
Complete formatting instructions can be found online at
https://www.apricorn.com/support
Info and Technical Support
1. https://www.apricorn.com/FAQs
1-800-458-5448 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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button. When locked, the
button can also be used to exit out of the Admin mode.
GREEN
three times, then returns to Solid
comes preformatted in NTFS for Windows ® and is ready for use. For the Mac
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RED
LED will glow solidly.
BLUE
BLUE
and Blinking GREEN.
and Blinking GREEN.
GREEN
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