Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac User Manual - Manual (Page 19)

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 14
In the Content Gauges for your computer’s disk drives, the categories of files that would
be included in the backup if you click Run Backup are shown where a:
• Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive
identifies the original files that are available for backup
• Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive identifies the
potential backup copies of the original files
• Dark blue background identifies categories of files that have been backed up
In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes
all of the files shown in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not
available for backups.
In the Content Gauges and the Detailed View content box, the file categories are based
on the following folders on your computer:
• Music
• Movies
• Pictures
• Mail
• Documents
• Other
Each category includes all of the files in the represented folder except the Other
category, which includes all of the files in all other folders on your computer.
Figure 6. Backup Screen