Unlocking your drive without the w – Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac User Manual User Manual

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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC

USER MANUAL

LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE

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3.

Type your password in the Password box and click Unlock on the WD SmartWare

Drive Unlock screen:

4.

At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare

Drive Unlock screen.

Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software

Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock
utility on a “virtual” CD drive (VCD) that appears on your desktop:

To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:

1.

Double-click the WD Unlocker VCD icon and double-click the Drive Unlock icon on
the screen that appears:

2.

Type your password in the Password box:

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