Western Digital My Book Essential User Manual - Manual (Page 39)

MY BOOK ESSENTIAL
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 34
Customizing Your Software Settings
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its own
software settings for the best possible performance with your drive by:
• Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file
• Inhibiting backups until your computer is idle
• Specifying a unique folder to store files retrieved from your drive
• Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates
To customize your WD SmartWare software settings for the best possible performance
with your drive, on the Software Settings screen (see Figure 12 on page 21):
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder
When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether you want to store the retrieved files in
either:
• Their original locations on your computer
• A Retrieved Content folder
By default, the WD SmartWare software creates and uses a Retrieved Content subfolder
in your My Documents folder. To specify a different folder:
1. Either create a new folder or determine which existing folder you want to use.
2. On the Software Settings screen (see Figure 12 on page 21), click Retrieve Folder to
display the Set Retrieve Folder dialog:
3. Click Browse and use the browse function to identify the new retrieve folder.
4. Click Apply to save and implement the new retrieve folder.
IF you want to . . . THEN click . . . AND see . . .
Change the number of backup
versions to keep for each file, File History “Specifying the Number of
Backup Versions” on page 21.
Enable anytime backups or inhibit
them until your computer is idle, Backup Speed “Pausing Backups Until Your
Computer is Idle” on page 22.
Specify a path to a different retrieve
folder, Retrieve Folder “Specifying a Different Retrieve
Folder” on page 34.
Change the option that checks for
software updates
whenever you
reconnect your My Book drive to
your computer,
Preferences “Setting the Preferences
Option” on page 35.