Western Digital My Book Live User Manual - Manual (Page 47)

MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 42
To see information such as available capacity and the date and time of the
oldest, latest, and next backup, select Open Time Machine Preferences on
the Time Machine drop-down menu:
Starting a Backup
To start a backup at any time, select Back Up Now on the drop-down menu:
Note: To delete Time Machine backups, use the My Book Live dashboard. (See
“Backing Up a My Book Live Drive With Safepoints” on page 85.)
Retrieving Backed-Up Items
You may sometimes want to retrieve files and other items backed up on the
My Book Live drive. For example, you may have lost a file, or you want to see files
from a week ago. You can retrieve individual items, multiple items, shares, or if your
system crashes, your entire hard drive.
To retrieve backed-up items to your hard drive:
1. Open the window on your computer where you want the item restored. For
example, if you are retrieved a document, open the Documents folder. (If you
are restoring an item on your desktop, you do not need to open a window.)