Western Digital 2TB My Passport Mac User Manual download pdf (Page 10)

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 6

3. Verify that the My Passport drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your

Finder display:

Note: If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences dialog, the

My Passport icon displays on your desktop:

4. The first time you connect your My Passport drive to your computer, a message asks

if you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine:

Note: Currently the Encrypt Backup Disk check box only appears on computers using

the Lion or Mountain Lion operating system.

Depending on your operating system:

• On Leopard or Snow Leopard, proceed to step 5.

• On Lion or Mountain Lion, skip to step 6.

5. On Leopard or Snow Leopard:

6. On Lion or Mountain Lion:

IF you . . . want to use the drive with

the Time Machine software,

THEN click . . .

Do not Cancel and skip to step 8 on page 7.

Do Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 7 on

page 7.

IF you . . . want to use the drive with

the Time Machine software,

THEN . . .

Do not Click Don’t Use and skip to step 8 on

page 7.

Do Proceed to step a on page 7.

On Leopard and Snow Leopard

On Lion and Mountain Lion

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Western Digital 2TB My Passport Mac User Manual Page 10