Using the drive with a mac, Reformatting the drive, Restoring the wd smartware software and disk image – Western Digital My Book/My Book Essential (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual
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USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC
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Using the Drive with a Mac
The My Book drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all
updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive with Mac OS X operating
systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must first:
• Reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition
• Restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image
This chapter includes the following topics:
Reformatting the Drive
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO
Installing the WD SmartWare Software
The WD SmartWare Home Screen
Using the WD Quick View Icon
Opening the WD SmartWare Software
Checking Drive Status
Safely Dismounting the Drive
Unlocking the Drive
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
Reformatting the Drive
Go to
nd refer to the appropriate Knowledge Base answer ID
for information about reformatting a Windows drive:
• 287 or 3323 for MAC OS X
• 1354 for FAT32
See “Troubleshooting” on page 69 for more information about reformatting a drive.
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image
After you have reformatted your My Book drive for use on a Mac computer, go to
and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about
downloading and restoring the Mac version of the WD SmartWare software and disk
image on the drive.
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
After you have reformatted your My Book drive for use on a Mac computer and
downloaded and restored the Mac version of the WD SmartWare software and disk
image:
1.
Turn on your Mac computer.
2.
Connect the My Book drive to your computer as shown in Figure 3 on page 5.
3.
The drive automatically powers up and mounts to your computer.
CAUTION!
Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already
saved files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it.
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