LaCie Rugged Hard Disk

I have Lion 10.7.1. I am trying to install the LaCie setup Assistant. I an getting the following error "You can't open the application LaCie Setup Assistant because PowerPC applications are no longer supported"
What do I do?
Thank you for any help provided.
MG

I was thinking of that very failure a few minutes ago ...
Finder > Applicaions > Utilitites > Disk Utility
Also follow https://discussions.apple.com/message/16249731#16249731to find another thread where "Stress Test" attached a pretty picture ...
This is easy enough to to, but ALWAYS remeber that until "Apply" is pressed, the RED bubble in the window will cancel the disk changes.
Walk through it slowly as you need, but save "Apply" until you are comfortable.
When you have accomplished that, re-post and "PowerPC" explanation wlll be provided.

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I have been backing up my Mac on a LaCie Rugged for a couple of years. I got so used to it working that I stopped checking to make sure it was backing up, and today I found out that my Mac has not been backed up for 105 days. When I opened Time Machine preferences to make sure the LaCie was selected as the backup disk, it doesn't even show up. In fact, Time Machine only gives me the choice of backing up over AirPlay, which I have never used. Here's my questions:
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I was thinking of that very failure a few minutes ago ...
Finder > Applicaions > Utilitites > Disk Utility
Also follow https://discussions.apple.com/message/16249731#16249731to find another thread where "Stress Test" attached a pretty picture ...
This is easy enough to to, but ALWAYS remeber that until "Apply" is pressed, the RED bubble in the window will cancel the disk changes.
Walk through it slowly as you need, but save "Apply" until you are comfortable.
When you have accomplished that, re-post and "PowerPC" explanation wlll be provided.

I am a OS10.7.4 user. yesterday i bought a Lacie external hard disk but error message appear said " You cant open the applicant LaCie setup assistant because PowerPC applicants are no longer support". please help me how to connect my mac with Lacie??

i am a OS10.7.4 user. yesterday i bought a Lacie external hard disk but error message appear said " You cant open the applicant LaCie setup assistant because PowerPC applicants are no longer support". please help me how to connect my mac with Lacie??

You do not need the Setup Assistant; in fact, you do not need any software on an external hard drive. I have two LaCie's; I erased the drive as soon as I plugged it in. You will need to format it anyway because most hard drives come Windows formatted. So, if you only want to use it with the Mac, highlight it in Disk Utility and choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format and the GUID Partition scheme under Options. While doing that, it will erase the drive (and get rid of the LaCie software) - once finished, your drive is ready to use for Time Machine or any other backup plans you have for it.

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The iMac discussion section does not seem open to me asking this question. It's geared to the Intel Macs or other categories which do not allow for me to type in the following question:
Bottom Line Question:
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Background:
I clicked Go > Computer
At that point there the usual set of icons in the far left hand column, including one for my LaCie external hard disk. Near that icon there was a dark upturned truncated/shortened arrow. I absent-mindedly clicked on that dark arrow, and at that moment I could hear my LaCie external hard drive power down; I heard the sound of hardware powering down.
The LaCie external hard drive is sitting right next to my iMac and its blue light is ON so I know that at very least I didn't turn it off.
But where is it?
And how can I get it to reappear on my desktop?
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Lorna in Southern California

James, yes. I put the question in the iMac section and did get some solutions. My LaCie external hard drive is back now. I was aware that the arrow is connected to Eject actions, but was concerned when I went to Finder Preferences and selected the LaCie to show up on the Desktop, and its icon did not show up on the desktop. I hope you and your family are enjoying the weekend, James. But how could you not: You have little Kate there with you. Lorna in Southern California

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I went into Disk Utility and into Erase and selected Mac OS Journaled and hit "Erase" (I hope that wasn't a big mistake.)
... it was only a mistake if the LaCie drive has multiple partitions on it. Sometimes they have a utiliy partition that I like to remove.
Then when asked whether I wanted to use Time Machine to back up everything on my Mac, I hit "yes". (I hope that wasn't a big mistake.)
... it was only a mistake if you didn't want TimeMachine to use it.
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1.) What does "You can't open the application LaCie Setup Assisstant because PowerPC applications are no longer supported." mean?
2.) How do I fix it?
3.) Will fixing it effect my 500GB drive?
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1. and 2. Power PC is the type of processor used on Macs prior to Intels. PPC apps are not supported on Lion. Apparently LaCie included an old PPC application on the HD. Reformatting the HD in Disk Utility should get rid of it (and anything else on the HD). When I start using a HD, I like to zero it, but that would take a very long time on a 2TB HD (I'm thinking like overnight and then some).
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KenWong wrote:
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You're slightly mixing terminology.
The *+Partition Map Scheme+* applies to the whole disk, whether it has one or multiple partitions. That's what needs to be GUID or +Apple Partition Map+.
The Format applies to each partition, and may be different for each one. Your TM partition needs to be +Mac OS Extended (Journaled),+ the other one can be +MS-DOS (FAT)+ for use with Windoze.
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See the instructions in item #5 of the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
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