Using mac os x – Western Digital My Book Live User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK LIVE

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 19

Using Mac OS X

Using Finder to Open the Public Folder

1. In a Finder window, click MyBookLive under the shared items in the side bar.

2. If presented with an authorization screen, select Guest and then click Connect

to display the Public share:

3. Double-click the Public folder to display the media subfolders: Shared Music,

Shared Pictures, and Shared Videos. You can now drag and drop files into the
shared folders using Finder:

Note: The Public folder icon automatically displays on the desktop.

4. If you want to make a shared drive icon permanent on your desktop, create an

alias. Following are two ways to do that:

Note: Before creating an alias, click Finder > Preferences and make sure

Connected Servers is checked.

Click the item you wish to alias (e.g., Shared Music), hold down the mouse
button, hold down the Cmd and Option keys simultaneously and drag the
item to where you want the alias to appear. Instead of moving the original
item, this creates an alias at the new location.

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