About your wd drive, Features – Western Digital My Book for Mac (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual
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MY BOOK FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE
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About Your WD Drive
Welcome to your My Book
®
for Mac external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity
storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering the Drive
Handling Precautions
Features
Designed for the expert Mac user, this drive offers ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity,
compatibility with Apple Time Machine, and password protection with hardware
encryption.
Ultra-fast data transfers—Save and access files faster than ever with the ultra-fast
USB 3.0 interface. Transfer a full-length HD movie in under 5 minutes.
USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility—With this single drive you get compatibility with
your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0 when you are ready to
step up to the next generation.
Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design—We've made these award-winning drives
even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, the book-like shape takes up less
space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like
volumes on a shelf.
Designed for the Mac professional—Formatted HFS+ journaled, My Book for Mac is
plug-and-play ready for Mac computers. It is ideal for videographers, photographers,
video editors and other graphic professionals.
WD Security
TM
—The WD Security software allows you to set password protection and
hardware encryption to secure your files from unauthorized access.
WD Drive Utilities
TM
—
Register your drive, run diagnostics and more using the WD Drive
Utilities software.
WD quality inside and out—We know your data is important to you. So we build the
drive inside to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance and long-term
reliability. Then we place the drive in a robust enclosure designed for beauty and
protection.
Important:
For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at
. For the latest software, firmware, and product
documentation and information, go to
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