Western Digital My Book Essential User Manual - Manual (Page 59)

MY BOOK ESSENTIAL
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC – 54
Automatically. Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and
reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays the
WD SmartWare drive unlock screen:
To unlock your drive:
1. Type your password in the Password box.
2. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software.
Manually. If your computer goes into sleep mode, an unlock screen might not display
when you reactivate it. To unlock the drive, you can use either the:
• WD Unlocker VCD as described in “Unlocking the Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software” on page 55
• My Book icon
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.