Western Digital My Book for Mac User Manual - Manual (Page 33)

MY BOOK FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 28
To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon:
1. Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Select the My Book drive and then click Unlock Drive:
3. Type your password in the Password box and click Unlock on the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility screen:
4. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility screen.
Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock
utility on a “virtual” CD drive (VCD) that appears on your desktop:
To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:
1. Double-click the WD Unlocker VCD icon and double-click the Drive Unlock icon on
the screen that appears: