Western Digital My Book Pro Edition Quick Install Guide - Manual (Page 5)

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Installing the Drive
Macintosh
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Connect the drive’s power cord and FireWire 800, FireWire 400, or USB cable as shown. The drive mounts to the
desktop and a My Book icon appears.
3. Double-click the My Book drive icon.
4. Double-click the Mac folder, select the language of your choice from the available folders, then double-click the
WD Button Manager Software disk image that contains the installer.
5. Double-click the WD Button Manager package inside the Mac disk image to install the Button Manager and FireWire
driver.
6. If you want to install the backup software now, double-click the EMC ® Retrospect ® Express icon located in the Mac
folder and follow instructions as prompted.
Mac OS X 10.2.8
Mac OS X 10.2.8 is not compatible with FAT32 partitions greater than 128 GB. To use My Book with this operating
system, you must reformat the drive to Mac system format. See Knowledge Base Answer ID 287 at
support.wdc.com for
instructions. After reformatting My Book, you can restore the original utilities and EMC Retrospect Express software
using the CD provided. Insert the CD into the drive, double-click the My Book CD icon when it appears on the desktop,
then perform steps 4–6 above.
Important: Reformatting My Book erases all its contents. If you have already saved files on My Book, be sure to back
them up before reformatting it.
Power Adapter