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Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Major Features of the Drive... 3 Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Indicators 3 Drive Interfaces 4 Registering Your WD Product 4 Handling Precautions 4 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 5 Connecting the Drive 5 Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard 6 Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO 7 Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software 9 WD SmartWare Overview 11 WD SmartWare Home Screen 11...
Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Major Features of the Drive... 3 Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Indicators 3 Drive Interfaces 4 Registering Your WD Product 4 Handling Precautions 4 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 5 Connecting the Drive 5 Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard 6 Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO 7 Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software 9 WD SmartWare Overview 11 WD SmartWare Home Screen 11...
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...computers that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens-Seeing is plug-and-play ready for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is believing. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 WD SmartWare™...capacity storage solution for use , automatic, continuous backup software, and drive lock security protection. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your digital life. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Major Features of the Drive Kit Contents Optional Accessories...
...computers that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens-Seeing is plug-and-play ready for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is believing. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 WD SmartWare™...capacity storage solution for use , automatic, continuous backup software, and drive lock security protection. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your digital life. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Major Features of the Drive Kit Contents Optional Accessories...
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..." on page 48 and "Troubleshooting" on the spine of space available. Compatibility Mac® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and...
..." on page 48 and "Troubleshooting" on the spine of space available. Compatibility Mac® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and...
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Turn on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the ... 1. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing on your computer. 2. Connecting the My Passport Drive Using a FireWire 800 Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Connect your computer. Using a USB Micro Cable Figure 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions...
Turn on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the ... 1. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing on your computer. 2. Connecting the My Passport Drive Using a FireWire 800 Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Connect your computer. Using a USB Micro Cable Figure 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions...
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...SmartWare software is fully compatible with Time Machine: a. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 If you do want to use the My Passport drive to use on Windows, see "Using the Drive With Windows" on page 48 or "Troubleshooting" on installing the drive for password protecting... virtual CD, and then double-click the WD SmartWare icon on the desktop: 1. The My Passport icon also displays on the screen that displays: 2. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard This section provides directions on page 56. Note: If you ...
...SmartWare software is fully compatible with Time Machine: a. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 If you do want to use the My Passport drive to use on Windows, see "Using the Drive With Windows" on page 48 or "Troubleshooting" on installing the drive for password protecting... virtual CD, and then double-click the WD SmartWare icon on the desktop: 1. The My Passport icon also displays on the screen that displays: 2. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard This section provides directions on page 56. Note: If you ...
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... Performance With WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on the desktop. 2. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon on Mac computers. Double-click the Extras folder. 3. Continue to "Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO" in the next section (optional), and... the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a Flash Player is animated. 4.
... Performance With WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on the desktop. 2. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon on Mac computers. Double-click the Extras folder. 3. Continue to "Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO" in the next section (optional), and... the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a Flash Player is animated. 4.
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...the copy/paste or drag/drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager file from support.wdc.com. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. b. Select your My Passport drive. c. Click Configure Drive to your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 7. Wait...the copy/paste or drag/drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager folder from your desktop to continue and, as prompted, for Mac from your My Passport drive to the desktop of "Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD" in the prior section.) If you did not copy the Virtual...
...the copy/paste or drag/drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager file from support.wdc.com. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. b. Select your My Passport drive. c. Click Configure Drive to your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 7. Wait...the copy/paste or drag/drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager folder from your desktop to continue and, as prompted, for Mac from your My Passport drive to the desktop of "Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD" in the prior section.) If you did not copy the Virtual...
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...might ask you to select the volume. Click the WD SmartWare icon to the drive before shutting down or removing the drive. 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Dismounting the Virtual CD To be sure all active windows and applications before you have more than one volume, a prompt might want...: • Click the WD SmartWare icon to your desktop. To clean up your desktop, you want to dismount, and then on your Mac, multiple My Passport VCD icons display on the submenu, click Unmount CD: Safely Dismounting the Drive CAUTION! Use either of drives. 2. For example, if you...
...might ask you to select the volume. Click the WD SmartWare icon to the drive before shutting down or removing the drive. 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Dismounting the Virtual CD To be sure all active windows and applications before you have more than one volume, a prompt might want...: • Click the WD SmartWare icon to your desktop. To clean up your desktop, you want to dismount, and then on your Mac, multiple My Passport VCD icons display on the submenu, click Unmount CD: Safely Dismounting the Drive CAUTION! Use either of drives. 2. For example, if you...
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.... 3633 Install, partition, and format an external hard drive in Windows Vista. 3645 Convert a Mac OSX GPT partition to an NTSF partition in Windows XP. 3647 Convert a Mac OSX GPT partition to an NTSF partition in the following topics: Reformatting the Drive Installing on Windows... Reformatting the Drive CAUTION! For information about reformatting a drive. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive With Windows Your My Passport drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. If you want, you have already saved files...
.... 3633 Install, partition, and format an external hard drive in Windows Vista. 3645 Convert a Mac OSX GPT partition to an NTSF partition in Windows XP. 3647 Convert a Mac OSX GPT partition to an NTSF partition in the following topics: Reformatting the Drive Installing on Windows... Reformatting the Drive CAUTION! For information about reformatting a drive. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive With Windows Your My Passport drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. If you want, you have already saved files...
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.... Q: Why is the data transfer rate slow? A: Your system may attempt to your WD USB 2.0 external storage product. Refer to boot from Mac GPT to a USB 1.1 port or hub, a USB 2.0 device operates at support.microsoft.com for your system's motherboard BIOS setting documentation to an...Install, partition, and format the drive to Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5+ Reformat from Mac GPT to Windows XP NTFS Reformat the drive from your region. A: USB 2.0 is plugged into a USB 1.1 port or hub? 19 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you can overcome these...
.... Q: Why is the data transfer rate slow? A: Your system may attempt to your WD USB 2.0 external storage product. Refer to boot from Mac GPT to a USB 1.1 port or hub, a USB 2.0 device operates at support.microsoft.com for your system's motherboard BIOS setting documentation to an...Install, partition, and format the drive to Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5+ Reformat from Mac GPT to Windows XP NTFS Reformat the drive from your region. A: USB 2.0 is plugged into a USB 1.1 port or hub? 19 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you can overcome these...
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... compatibility 3 U Unlocking manually Mac in sleep mode 38 WD SmartWare not available 37 Unlocking the drive 29, 37 from the virtual CD 38 with the WD SmartWare software 30 without the WD SmartWare software 30 V Virtual CD definition 6 dismounting 36 icon, showing and hiding 41, 44 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL unlocking the...
... compatibility 3 U Unlocking manually Mac in sleep mode 38 WD SmartWare not available 37 Unlocking the drive 29, 37 from the virtual CD 38 with the WD SmartWare software 30 without the WD SmartWare software 30 V Virtual CD definition 6 dismounting 36 icon, showing and hiding 41, 44 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL unlocking the...
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My Passport™ Studio™ Portable Hard Drives Pure performance for Mac® Customizable e-label Automatic, continuous backup Hardware encryption, password protection The Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive features super-fast performance, FireWire® 800 interface, a customizable e-label, visual backup software, and password protection to store and protect all your digital content.
My Passport™ Studio™ Portable Hard Drives Pure performance for Mac® Customizable e-label Automatic, continuous backup Hardware encryption, password protection The Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive features super-fast performance, FireWire® 800 interface, a customizable e-label, visual backup software, and password protection to store and protect all your digital content.
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... access data at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of the world. Designed for Mac Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-and-play ready for maximum flexibility. My...Install Guide OPERATING Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature: 5°C to minimize waste. My Passport, Studio, and WD SmartWare are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. temperature: -20°C to 65°C 1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are...
... access data at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of the world. Designed for Mac Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-and-play ready for maximum flexibility. My...Install Guide OPERATING Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature: 5°C to minimize waste. My Passport, Studio, and WD SmartWare are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. temperature: -20°C to 65°C 1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are...