Exiting wd smartware safely (windows only), Opening shares – Western Digital My Book Live Duo User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK LIVE DUO

USER MANUAL

MANAGING YOUR DRIVE WITH WD QUICK VIEW – 46

Exiting WD SmartWare Safely (Windows only)

Select Exit WD SmartWare on the WD Quick View menu to close the application. (This
option only appears if you are running WD SmartWare.)

Opening Shares

You can use WD Quick View to open the drive’s Public share and any private shares to
which you have access permission.

1. Select Open on the WD Quick View submenu.

2. Select Public.

Windows: The shares display in Windows Explorer:

Mac OS X: The contents of the Public share display in Finder:

Note: To view all of the shares on the drive, click the name of your

My Book Live Duo under Shared.

3. Select the share you want to view:

Windows:

For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those

associated with your user account on the My Book Live Duo dashboard (see “Creating a
User” on page 78).
If you make the user name and password for the dashboard the
same as those for logging into the computer, no user name or password are required
here.

Mac OS X:

For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those

associated with your user account on the My Book Live Duo dashboard (see “Creating a
User” on page 78).
For a Public share, if prompted for a user name and password, select
Guest.

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