Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual - Manual (Page 69)

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE SOFTWARE – 65
Managing and Customizing the Software
This chapter includes the following topics:
Checking for Software Updates
Configuring Your Dropbox Account
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
Checking for Software Updates
When enabled, the Software Updates option automatically checks for software updates.
This ensures that you are always using the most-recent software version.
1. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen
(see Figure 4 on page 18).
Note: If the backup target device selected on the Home screen is a non-WD
device, or a WD drive that supports the WD Security and WD Drive
Utilities software, clicking the Settings tab displays the Software Settings
screen.
2. On the Software Settings screen, click Software Updates to display the Software
Updates dialog:
3. On the Software Updates dialog, select or clear the Automatically check for
WD SmartWare software updates check box to enable or disable the Software
Updates option.
4. Click Check Now if you want to check for software updates now.
Configuring Your Dropbox Account
Before you can use Dropbox as a backup source or target device, you must upgrade to
the WD SmartWare Pro software and configure your Dropbox account for access by the
software. (See “Upgrading to the WD SmartWare Pro Software” on page 32.) Then use
the account dialog to change or reconfigure the account.
1. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen
(see Figure 4 on page 18).
2. On the Software Settings screen, click Dropbox Account to display the Dropbox
Account dialog:
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