Western Digital My Book for Mac (USB 3.0) User Manual

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MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 64. Verify that the My Book drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 77. On Lion or Mountain Lion:a. If you want to create a password to secure your

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 8Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBOWD +TURBO is a utility on the My Book drive

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 95. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue.6. A message info

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10Installing the WD Security SoftwareThe WD Security software allows you to set p

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 114. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue and display the WD

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 122. Drag the WD Drive Utilities application to the alias Applications folder o

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 13Locking and Unlocking the DriveThis chapter includes the following topics: Password Prot

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 144. Retype your password in the Verify password box.5. Type a hint to help remember y

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 15The WD Unlocker VCD provides the WD Drive Unlock utility that you can use to unlock the

iiWD Service and SupportShould you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning this product. Most technical su

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 16Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock UtilityWhenever you connect your password-p

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 17c. Click Unlock Drive.d. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close t

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 18Turning Off the Drive Lock FeatureTo remove password protection from your drive:1. Clic

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 19Managing and Customizing the DriveThis chapter includes the following topics: Checkin

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 20On the WD Drive Utilities screen: Checking Drive HealthThe WD Drive Utilities softwar

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 213. Click Diagnostics to display the Diagnostics dialog:4. On the Diagnostics dial

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 224. On the Sleep Timer dialog:a. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 234. On the Drive Erase dialog:a. If you want to change the name of the volume when y

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 24The WD Drive Unlock utility screen displays:3. Make five attempts to unlock the dri

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 255. Click Erase Drive to display a warning about erasing all of the data on the driv

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLTABLE OF CONTENTS – iiiTable of ContentsWD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 264. Click Registration to display the Registration dialog:5. On the Registration d

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 27Safely Dismounting the DriveYou can safely disconnect the drive from your computer by

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALMANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 282. Wait for the power/activity LED to turn off before disconnecting the drive from

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALUSING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS – 29Using the Drive with WindowsThe My Book drive is formatted as a single HFS+J partition for

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALTROUBLESHOOTING – 30TroubleshootingThis chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALTROUBLESHOOTING – 31Q: How do I determine whether or not my system supports USB 3.0 or USB 2.0?A: Refer to your USB card doc

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCOMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 32Compliance and Warranty InformationThis appendix includes the following topics:Regul

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCOMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 33GS Mark (Germany only)Machine noise - regulation 3. GPSGV: Unless declared otherwise

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCOMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 34Limited WarrantyWD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCOMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 35Obtaining ServiceWD values your business and always attempts to provide you the very

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALLTABLE OF CONTENTS – iv5 Using the Drive with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Re

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCOMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION – 36product is on the list of limited user-serviceable products and the specific alterat

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALINDEX – 37IndexAAccessories, optional 2BBox contents 2CCAUTIONabout erasing the drive 22about lost passwords 13about prevent

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALINDEX – 38TTechnical support, contacting iiUUnlocking the drive 14from the virtual CD 16with the WD Security software 15with

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MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 1About Your WD DriveWelcome to your My Book® for Mac external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity st

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 2Kit ContentsAs shown in Figure 1, your My Book for Mac disk drive kit includes the following:• My B

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 3Disk Drive FormatYour My Book for Mac drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for Mac OS X

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 4Kensington® Security SlotFor physical drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard

MY BOOK FOR MACUSER MANUALCONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 5Connecting the Drive and Getting StartedThis chapter provides instructions for c