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Table of Contents MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System ...
Table of Contents MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System ...
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iv MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUALL 5 Using the Drive with Windows 28 Reformatting the Drive 28 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 28 6 Troubleshooting 29 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the ...
iv MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUALL 5 Using the Drive with Windows 28 Reformatting the Drive 28 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 28 6 Troubleshooting 29 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the ...
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...fast data transfers-Save and access files faster than ever with your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of your digital life. Sleek aluminum enclosure complements your Mac-The premium aluminum enclosure matches your drive, run diagnostics and more using the WD Drive...quality inside to our demanding requirements for videographers, photographers, video editors and other graphic professionals. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Studio™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for Mac computers. It is ...
...fast data transfers-Save and access files faster than ever with your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of your digital life. Sleek aluminum enclosure complements your Mac-The premium aluminum enclosure matches your drive, run diagnostics and more using the WD Drive...quality inside to our demanding requirements for videographers, photographers, video editors and other graphic professionals. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Studio™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for Mac computers. It is ...
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...• Quick Install Guide • WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software (included on hardware configuration and operating system. My Book Studio Drive Kit Components Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit: US Canada Europe All others http://www.shopwd....menu and select Windows Update. For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Kit Contents As shown in your My Book Studio disk drive kit includes the following operating systems: Mac OS X • Leopard • Snow Leopard ...
...• Quick Install Guide • WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software (included on hardware configuration and operating system. My Book Studio Drive Kit Components Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit: US Canada Europe All others http://www.shopwd....menu and select Windows Update. For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Kit Contents As shown in your My Book Studio disk drive kit includes the following operating systems: Mac OS X • Leopard • Snow Leopard ...
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... Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed-up to 480 Mb/s. My Book Studio Drive Security Slot ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Disk Drive Format Your My Book Studio drive is backwardcompatible with a Windows system, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 28 and "Troubleshooting... up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 Power/Activity LED Power Connector Figure 2. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Book Studio drive has: • A power/activity indicator on the front • The power connector, interface port, and a security slot on page 29.
... Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed-up to 480 Mb/s. My Book Studio Drive Security Slot ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Disk Drive Format Your My Book Studio drive is backwardcompatible with a Windows system, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 28 and "Troubleshooting... up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 Power/Activity LED Power Connector Figure 2. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Book Studio drive has: • A power/activity indicator on the front • The power connector, interface port, and a security slot on page 29.
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...information about the Kensington security slot and available products, visit www.kensington.com. Registering the Drive Always register your My Book Studio drive to register online at http:// register.wdc.com. Handling Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be damaged ... with care during activity. • Do not use this product as described in "Registering the Drive" on page 25. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Kensington® Security Slot For physical drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). Another way...
...information about the Kensington security slot and available products, visit www.kensington.com. Registering the Drive Always register your My Book Studio drive to register online at http:// register.wdc.com. Handling Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be damaged ... with care during activity. • Do not use this product as described in "Registering the Drive" on page 25. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Kensington® Security Slot For physical drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). Another way...
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Turn on your computer. 3. Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer and installing the WD... software. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as shown in Figure 3. Connect the My Book drive as follows:...
Turn on your computer. 3. Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer and installing the WD... software. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as shown in Figure 3. Connect the My Book drive as follows:...
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... Time Machine software, THEN click . . . want to use the drive with the Time Machine software, Do not Do THEN . . . Verify that the My Book drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your Finder display: Note: If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences...Don't Use and skip to your computer, a message asks if you . . . The first time you connect your My Book drive to step 8 on page 7. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. On Leopard or Snow Leopard: IF you . . . Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 8 on your ...
... Time Machine software, THEN click . . . want to use the drive with the Time Machine software, Do not Do THEN . . . Verify that the My Book drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your Finder display: Note: If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences...Don't Use and skip to your computer, a message asks if you . . . The first time you connect your My Book drive to step 8 on page 7. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. On Leopard or Snow Leopard: IF you . . . Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 8 on your ...
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... Click Use as an external storage device. The My Book icon now displays as: Your My Book drive is a utility on the My Book drive that you can install to use as Backup Disk. b. Click Encrypt Disk. 8. Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on...9) Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is now ready to improve the performance of the drive on the screen that displays: d. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL a. If you selected the Encrypt Backup Disk check box at step a, complete the backup password dialog that displays: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED...
... Click Use as an external storage device. The My Book icon now displays as: Your My Book drive is a utility on the My Book drive that you can install to use as Backup Disk. b. Click Encrypt Disk. 8. Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on...9) Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is now ready to improve the performance of the drive on the screen that displays: d. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL a. If you selected the Encrypt Backup Disk check box at step a, complete the backup password dialog that displays: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED...
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2. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 Click Install on the screen that installing the drivers requires you that displays: MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 3. A message informs you to restart your computer to make them active: Click Yes to continue. 6. Double-click the Extras folder on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: 5. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer application: 4.
2. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 Click Install on the screen that installing the drivers requires you that displays: MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 3. A message informs you to restart your computer to make them active: Click Yes to continue. 6. Double-click the Extras folder on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: 5. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer application: 4.
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 7. When the computer restarts, the My Book icon looks like this: Your My Book drive is now ready to secure your files from unauthorized access. Installing the WD Security Software The WD Security software allows you use as an ... DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 When the installation completes, click Yes to access the computer in the Password box and click OK: 8. Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen that you to set password protection and hardware encryption to use to restart the...
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 7. When the computer restarts, the My Book icon looks like this: Your My Book drive is now ready to secure your files from unauthorized access. Installing the WD Security Software The WD Security software allows you use as an ... DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 When the installation completes, click Yes to access the computer in the Password box and click OK: 8. Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen that you to set password protection and hardware encryption to use to restart the...
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See "Locking and Unlocking the Drive" on the screen that displays: 3. Read the license agreement and click Accept to the alias Applications folder on page 13. Drag the WD Security application to continue and display the WD Security screen: 5. In the alias Applications folder, double-click the WD Security application. 4. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 2.
See "Locking and Unlocking the Drive" on the screen that displays: 3. Read the license agreement and click Accept to the alias Applications folder on page 13. Drag the WD Security application to continue and display the WD Security screen: 5. In the alias Applications folder, double-click the WD Security application. 4. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 2.
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CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 11 In the alias Applications folder, double-click the WD Drive Utilities application. Drag the WD Drive Utilities application to register your drive, run diagnostics and more. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software The WD Drive Utilities software allows you to the alias Applications folder on the screen that displays: 3. Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen that displays: 2. To install the WD Drive Utilities software: 1.
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 11 In the alias Applications folder, double-click the WD Drive Utilities application. Drag the WD Drive Utilities application to register your drive, run diagnostics and more. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software The WD Drive Utilities software allows you to the alias Applications folder on the screen that displays: 3. Double-click the My Book icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen that displays: 2. To install the WD Drive Utilities software: 1.
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CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue and display the WD Drive Utilities screen: 5. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. See "Managing and Customizing the Drive" on page 19.
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue and display the WD Drive Utilities screen: 5. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. See "Managing and Customizing the Drive" on page 19.
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... drive and you can use it . The WD Security software uses your password to display the WD Security screen, Set Security dialog: 2. CAUTION! MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 13 Locking and Unlocking the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the...
... drive and you can use it . The WD Security software uses your password to display the WD Security screen, Set Security dialog: 2. CAUTION! MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 13 Locking and Unlocking the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the...
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... sleep mode You will have to remember your computer. Select the Enable auto unlock for as long as you forget your current work session. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. Read the warning about the possibility of data loss if you continue your password. 8. After creating a password, the drive remains unlocked for user: check... to save your password and enable hardware encryption for your password in the Verify password box. 5. Click Save Security Settings to help remember your My Book drive with the WD Unlocker virtual CD (VCD) icon: LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 14
... sleep mode You will have to remember your computer. Select the Enable auto unlock for as long as you forget your current work session. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. Read the warning about the possibility of data loss if you continue your password. 8. After creating a password, the drive remains unlocked for user: check... to save your password and enable hardware encryption for your password in the Verify password box. 5. Click Save Security Settings to help remember your My Book drive with the WD Unlocker virtual CD (VCD) icon: LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 14
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... drive connected to your computer, select the one supported drive connected to your password in the Password box. On the Unlock Drive dialog: a. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL The WD Unlocker VCD provides the WD Drive Unlock utility that is locked to display the Unlock Drive dialog. 3. If you can use to unlock...
... drive connected to your computer, select the one supported drive connected to your password in the Password box. On the Unlock Drive dialog: a. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL The WD Unlocker VCD provides the WD Drive Unlock utility that is locked to display the Unlock Drive dialog. 3. If you can use to unlock...
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... your password on the screen that appears on your desktop: 2. On the WD Drive Unlock utility screen: a. b. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 16 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD Security...
... your password on the screen that appears on your desktop: 2. On the WD Drive Unlock utility screen: a. b. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 16 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD Security...
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... Unlock utility screen. Type your new password in the Choose a password box, using up to your new password in the Verify password box. 7. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL c. After changing your password, the drive remains unlocked for user: check box when you want the WD Security software to help remember your password: 1. Click...
... Unlock utility screen. Type your new password in the Choose a password box, using up to your new password in the Verify password box. 7. MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL c. After changing your password, the drive remains unlocked for user: check box when you want the WD Security software to help remember your password: 1. Click...
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If you have more than one that you want to remove password protection from your drive: 1. Type your computer, select the one supported drive connected to display the WD Security screen, Change Security dialog: 2. Select the Remove security option. 5. Click Update Security Settings. Click Go > Applications > WD Security to your password in the Password box. 4. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 18 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature To remove password protection from . 3.
If you have more than one that you want to remove password protection from your drive: 1. Type your computer, select the one supported drive connected to display the WD Security screen, Change Security dialog: 2. Select the Remove security option. 5. Click Update Security Settings. Click Go > Applications > WD Security to your password in the Password box. 4. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 18 MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature To remove password protection from . 3.