HI, I have just bought an external drive LACIE 2TB, and, when I connect it to my MAC, it takes me to their website to register. I do not want to register. Do you know if I can avoid this process and just move to the Time Machine set up?
I would imagine that warranty service would require registration to be honored. Is there some reason you do not wish register your Lacie product?
Other than that you’ll need to contact Lacie product support for an answer. You could always just close the website and continue on I suppose.
Simo-1992 wrote:
HI, I have just bought an external drive LACIE 2TB, and, when I connect it to my MAC, it takes me to their website to register. I do not want to register. Do you know if I can avoid this process and just move to the Time Machine set up?
Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac
Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
It is recommend to always erase/reformat/initialize as new any purchased drive— this will remove any proprietary software installed, which typically can cause access issues in the future with subsequent macOS point-updates or upgrades.
GUID (partition map) / APFS (file format type)
This is the top most 'parent' drive; Choose View > Show All Devices
It's not required.
Avoid LaCie external drive registration
