Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac User Manual - Manual (Page 22)

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 17
2. In the backup files content box:
• Select the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to include in the
backup.
• Clear the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to exclude from
the backup.
3. Click Apply to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive.
4. Click Run Backup to back up the selected categories of files.
Changing the Backup Software Settings
To optimize your backup, you can:
• Specify the number of backup versions to keep for each file.
• Pause backups until your computer is idle.
To configure these backup options:
1. Click the Settings tab to display the Settings screen (see Figure 7).
2. Click Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 8 on
page 18).
3. See:
• “Specifying the Number of Backup Versions” on page 18
• “Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle” on page 19
Figure 7. Settings Screen