Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo - 4 TB User Manual download pdf (Page 7)

MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO

USER MANUAL

ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 3

Operating System Compatibility

Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device and WD Drive Utilities

software are compatible with the following Mac OS X

10.6.8 or later operating systems

on Thunderbolt technology-enabled computers:

• Snow Leopard

™

• Lion

Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.

For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest software update. Go to

the Apple menu and select Software Update.

Disk Drive Formats

Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device is initially formatted with

HFS+J partitions and configured as a striped RAID disk array (RAID 0).

In the RAID configurations, both drives are formatted with a single HFS+J partition for

Mac OS X operating systems. In the JBOD configuration, each drive can be reformatted

as either:

• HFS+J for Mac computers

• exFAT for running Windows operating systems on Mac computers

Note: Older Windows operating systems might need a patch from Microsoft to recognize

the exFAT format. (See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955704.)

Physical Description

As shown in Figure 2, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device has:

• A power/activity LED indicator on the front

• The power connector, Thunderbolt ports, and a security slot on the back

Figure 2. Front and Rear Views of Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo Dual-drive Storage Device

Thunderbolt Ports

Kensington

Security Slot

Power Connector

Front View

Rear View

Power/Activity LED

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