Enhancing performance with wd +turbo – Western Digital My Book Studio (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK STUDIO

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED

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a. If you want to create a password to secure your backup files, select the Encrypt

Backup Disk check box.

b. Click

Use as Backup Disk.

c. If you selected the Encrypt Backup Disk check box at step a, complete the

backup password dialog that displays:

d. Click Encrypt Disk.

8.

The My Book icon now displays as:

Your My Book drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can enhance
its performance by installing the following software that is on the drive:

• WD +TURBO utility (see “Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO” in the next

section)

• WD SmartWare software (see “Installing the WD Security Software” on page 9)

Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO

WD +TURBO is a utility on the My Book drive that you can install to improve the
performance of the drive on a Mac computer.

To install WD +TURBO:

1.

Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen
that displays:

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