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...Requirements 7 Preinstallation Instructions 7 Handling Precautions 8 Specifications 8 Product View 9 3 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 10 Getting Started Using the Online Setup Software 10 Getting Started Without the Online Setup Software (Windows & Mac OS 17 What Can I Do Now 21 4 Backing Up and Retrieving Files 22 Using WD ...(Mac OS Only 43 Accessing WD Quick View Shortcut Options 44 Checking Drive Status 45 Launching WD SmartWare (Windows only 45 Exiting WD SmartWare Safely (Windows only 46 Opening Shares 46 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS - iii
...Requirements 7 Preinstallation Instructions 7 Handling Precautions 8 Specifications 8 Product View 9 3 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 10 Getting Started Using the Online Setup Software 10 Getting Started Without the Online Setup Software (Windows & Mac OS 17 What Can I Do Now 21 4 Backing Up and Retrieving Files 22 Using WD ...(Mac OS Only 43 Accessing WD Quick View Shortcut Options 44 Checking Drive Status 45 Launching WD SmartWare (Windows only 45 Exiting WD SmartWare Safely (Windows only 46 Opening Shares 46 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS - iii
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Deleting a Share 84 Opening a Share 84 10 Managing Safepoints 86 Backing Up a My Book Live Duo Drive With Safepoints 86 11 Accessing Your My Book Live Duo Remotely 94 WD 2go: The Pathway to Your Personal Cloud 94 Enabling Remote Access 96 Setting Up Mobile Access... Overview 123 Connecting A USB Drive 123 Mapping A USB Drive (Windows Only 124 Creating a Shortcut to the USB Drive (Windows only 124 14 Replacing a Drive 125 15 Troubleshooting 128 First Steps Checklist 128 Resetting the My Book Live Duo Device 128 Specific Problems and Corrective Actions 129 16 Regulatory and Warranty...
Deleting a Share 84 Opening a Share 84 10 Managing Safepoints 86 Backing Up a My Book Live Duo Drive With Safepoints 86 11 Accessing Your My Book Live Duo Remotely 94 WD 2go: The Pathway to Your Personal Cloud 94 Enabling Remote Access 96 Setting Up Mobile Access... Overview 123 Connecting A USB Drive 123 Mapping A USB Drive (Windows Only 124 Creating a Shortcut to the USB Drive (Windows only 124 14 Replacing a Drive 125 15 Troubleshooting 128 First Steps Checklist 128 Resetting the My Book Live Duo Device 128 Specific Problems and Corrective Actions 129 16 Regulatory and Warranty...
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System Requirements MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Operating System Windows® • Windows 8 • Windows 7 • Windows Vista® • Windows XP (32 bit) SP3 or later Note: For Windows OS, you will need to install Java runtime client Mac OS X® • Mountain Lion® * • Lion® * • ... to the Start or menu and select Windows Update. • For a Mac, go to install the Java runtime client. For additional information, visit http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1421 ** Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) is only supported when running on the top and bottom of the drive...
System Requirements MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Operating System Windows® • Windows 8 • Windows 7 • Windows Vista® • Windows XP (32 bit) SP3 or later Note: For Windows OS, you will need to install Java runtime client Mac OS X® • Mountain Lion® * • Lion® * • ... to the Start or menu and select Windows Update. • For a Mac, go to install the Java runtime client. For additional information, visit http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1421 ** Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) is only supported when running on the top and bottom of the drive...
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...button. 5. Note: The Learning Center automatically detects your downloaded files, then double-click Setup.exe (Windows) or My Book Live Duo Setup.dmg (Mac). CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 Use the following steps to download the software necessary to do is available from the pull-down ...Without the Online Setup Software (Windows & Mac OS) What Can I Do Now? In the address field, type http://www.wd.com/setup. 3. It is easy to your device. Downloading and Installing the Online Setup Software Before plugging in your My Book Live Duo device, use the following ...
...button. 5. Note: The Learning Center automatically detects your downloaded files, then double-click Setup.exe (Windows) or My Book Live Duo Setup.dmg (Mac). CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 Use the following steps to download the software necessary to do is available from the pull-down ...Without the Online Setup Software (Windows & Mac OS) What Can I Do Now? In the address field, type http://www.wd.com/setup. 3. It is easy to your device. Downloading and Installing the Online Setup Software Before plugging in your My Book Live Duo device, use the following ...
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... your drive (see page 11). 2. Your Public drive is now mapped. Example: http://192.168.1.10/ or http://mybookliveduo/ Note: If you don't know the IP address for quick access in the future: • In Windows Explorer, under Network, click MyBookLiveDuo. • Right-click the Public folder and select Map Network Drive... Finish. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 18 WD Quick View installation software can now drag and drop files into the shared media folders using Windows Explorer: 4. MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL 3. Double-click the Public folder to set up your drive: 1.
... your drive (see page 11). 2. Your Public drive is now mapped. Example: http://192.168.1.10/ or http://mybookliveduo/ Note: If you don't know the IP address for quick access in the future: • In Windows Explorer, under Network, click MyBookLiveDuo. • Right-click the Public folder and select Map Network Drive... Finish. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 18 WD Quick View installation software can now drag and drop files into the shared media folders using Windows Explorer: 4. MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL 3. Double-click the Public folder to set up your drive: 1.
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...Premium, and Enterprise) and Windows 7 (Professional and Ultimate versions) enable you can easily restore the files to back up , select Let Windows choose or select desired content and then click the Next button. 10. Click the Browse button and select the My Book Live Duo drive. 5. Select a share... where you want to your backup, click Save on Windows Backup, consult Microsoft's documentation. Click...
...Premium, and Enterprise) and Windows 7 (Professional and Ultimate versions) enable you can easily restore the files to back up , select Let Windows choose or select desired content and then click the Next button. 10. Click the Browse button and select the My Book Live Duo drive. 5. Select a share... where you want to your backup, click Save on Windows Backup, consult Microsoft's documentation. Click...
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..., or Windows 8/Windows 7/Vista backups, and associated device configuration details. Creating a Safepoint To create a safepoint for all of your My Book Live Duo data to a factory-fresh My Book Live Duo device. What is a Safepoint? In the unlikely event that your My Book Live Duo device fails...network-attached device such as another My Book Live Duo device, an available network share, or a USB drive. 10 Managing Safepoints Backing Up a My Book Live Duo Drive With Safepoints MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Backing Up a My Book Live Duo Drive With Safepoints With the included safepoint...
..., or Windows 8/Windows 7/Vista backups, and associated device configuration details. Creating a Safepoint To create a safepoint for all of your My Book Live Duo data to a factory-fresh My Book Live Duo device. What is a Safepoint? In the unlikely event that your My Book Live Duo device fails...network-attached device such as another My Book Live Duo device, an available network share, or a USB drive. 10 Managing Safepoints Backing Up a My Book Live Duo Drive With Safepoints MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Backing Up a My Book Live Duo Drive With Safepoints With the included safepoint...
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On a Mac, click the + Open in Explorer button next to the share you to Allow or Deny the connection, click the Allow button. 12. In Windows, click the + Open in Finder button next to the share you want to access. 11. Depending on your operating system settings, your files. Note: For Windows XP, if a reboot message displays, click the Reboot Now button. You can now access your share may not appear automatically. ACCESSING YOUR MY BOOK LIVE DUO REMOTELY - 110 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL 10. If a Java message asks you want to access.
On a Mac, click the + Open in Explorer button next to the share you to Allow or Deny the connection, click the Allow button. 12. In Windows, click the + Open in Finder button next to the share you want to access. 11. Depending on your operating system settings, your files. Note: For Windows XP, if a reboot message displays, click the Reboot Now button. You can now access your share may not appear automatically. ACCESSING YOUR MY BOOK LIVE DUO REMOTELY - 110 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL 10. If a Java message asks you want to access.
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...music files from the My Book Live Duo device to Windows or Mac computers running iTunes. On the Navigation panel of drivers. 3. Accessing My Book Live Duo Using iTunes iTunes Overview You or anyone connected to your My Book Live Duo device is connected to the My Book Live Duo device can access content ...by default. To enable iTunes: 1. Depending on your My Book Live Duo device on the player you have, you can use iTunes to proceed through any shares that your My Book Live Duo device. Note: ITunes 10.4 or later only supports music files. Using the navigation feature...
...music files from the My Book Live Duo device to Windows or Mac computers running iTunes. On the Navigation panel of drivers. 3. Accessing My Book Live Duo Using iTunes iTunes Overview You or anyone connected to your My Book Live Duo device is connected to the My Book Live Duo device can access content ...by default. To enable iTunes: 1. Depending on your My Book Live Duo device on the player you have, you can use iTunes to proceed through any shares that your My Book Live Duo device. Note: ITunes 10.4 or later only supports music files. Using the navigation feature...
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... 55 monitoring with WD Quick View 49 B Backing up all file categories 27 Apple Time Machine 38 files 25 selected files or folders 28 Windows 7/Windows Vista 37 Backup function 25 Backups listing 86 retrieving 30 starting 41 Bonjour, finding and setting up drive 20 Box contents 5 C China RoHS... 10 without Online Setup Software 17 H Hard Disk Sleep disabling 63 enabling 63 How do I? 21, 58 I ICES/NMB-003 compliance 132 Installing WD 2go mobile app 103 WD Photos 101 WD SmartWare software 23 iTunes 122 overview 121 streaming media 122 L LAN configuration 64 requirements 7 Launching My Book Live Duo ...
... 55 monitoring with WD Quick View 49 B Backing up all file categories 27 Apple Time Machine 38 files 25 selected files or folders 28 Windows 7/Windows Vista 37 Backup function 25 Backups listing 86 retrieving 30 starting 41 Bonjour, finding and setting up drive 20 Box contents 5 C China RoHS... 10 without Online Setup Software 17 H Hard Disk Sleep disabling 63 enabling 63 How do I? 21, 58 I ICES/NMB-003 compliance 132 Installing WD 2go mobile app 103 WD Photos 101 WD SmartWare software 23 iTunes 122 overview 121 streaming media 122 L LAN configuration 64 requirements 7 Launching My Book Live Duo ...
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... files 24 Managing shares 81 users 77 using Quick View 43 Mapping USB drive (Windows Only) 124 using WD Quick View 47 Media Players media types 114 Media players accessing My Book Live Duo 115 Media servers overview 112 settings 70, 112 Media storage 114 Media streaming in ... launching 18, 47, 53 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL screen components 55 Welcome screen 16 N Network settings 64 O Online Help for WD SmartWare 22 Online Learning Center 23, 43 about 5 Online Setup Software downloading and installing 10 Opening Shares 46 Operating system requirements 7 P Package contents 5 Password changing ...
... files 24 Managing shares 81 users 77 using Quick View 43 Mapping USB drive (Windows Only) 124 using WD Quick View 47 Media Players media types 114 Media players accessing My Book Live Duo 115 Media servers overview 112 settings 70, 112 Media storage 114 Media streaming in ... launching 18, 47, 53 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL screen components 55 Welcome screen 16 N Network settings 64 O Online Help for WD SmartWare 22 Online Learning Center 23, 43 about 5 Online Setup Software downloading and installing 10 Opening Shares 46 Operating system requirements 7 P Package contents 5 Password changing ...
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... system files 25 WD's Online Learning Center 10 Web browser compatibility 7 Windows 8 36, 85 getting started without 17 getting started without Online Setup Software 17 public share 17 Windows Media Player version 11 116 version 12 118 Windows Vista/Windows 7 85 backups 37 public share 17 Workgroups 65 X Xbox 360 120 MY BOOK LIVE DUO 139 USER MANUAL
... system files 25 WD's Online Learning Center 10 Web browser compatibility 7 Windows 8 36, 85 getting started without 17 getting started without Online Setup Software 17 public share 17 Windows Media Player version 11 116 version 12 118 Windows Vista/Windows 7 85 backups 37 public share 17 Workgroups 65 X Xbox 360 120 MY BOOK LIVE DUO 139 USER MANUAL