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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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... a premium finished package. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your digital life. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to its original location whether you of the Drive WD's ultra-portable, Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive is believing. WD SmartWare&#...8482; software-See your digital life. You can also connect your drive via the USB 2.0 port on each drive. Automatic...
... a premium finished package. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your digital life. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to its original location whether you of the Drive WD's ultra-portable, Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive is believing. WD SmartWare&#...8482; software-See your digital life. You can also connect your drive via the USB 2.0 port on each drive. Automatic...
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...8482; Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 Drive Format... Your My Passport Studio drive is on the spine of the drive. The capacity gauge has ten sections...
...8482; Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 Drive Format... Your My Passport Studio drive is on the spine of the drive. The capacity gauge has ten sections...
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...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 Info/Online Help Topics Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Connecting the Drive 1. Connecting the My Passport... a USB Micro Cable Figure 1. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing on your computer. 2. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive ...
...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 Info/Online Help Topics Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Connecting the Drive 1. Connecting the My Passport... a USB Micro Cable Figure 1. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing on your computer. 2. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive ...
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... on page 48 or "Troubleshooting" on installing the drive for password protecting the drive, registering the drive, and running diagnostics. The My Passport icon now displays as Backup Disk. When using Time Machine, the WD SmartWare software can still be used for the first time. If ... software. If you do want to use the My Passport drive to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as . The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard This section provides directions...
... on page 48 or "Troubleshooting" on installing the drive for password protecting the drive, registering the drive, and running diagnostics. The My Passport icon now displays as Backup Disk. When using Time Machine, the WD SmartWare software can still be used for the first time. If ... software. If you do want to use the My Passport drive to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as . The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard This section provides directions...
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...WD SmartWare icon on Mac computers. 3. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon to "Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO" in the next section (optional), and then "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on page 9. The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a... Flash Player is installed on your computer, the screen is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on the desktop. 2.
...WD SmartWare icon on Mac computers. 3. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon to "Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO" in the next section (optional), and then "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on page 9. The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a... Flash Player is installed on your computer, the screen is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on the desktop. 2.
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Select your drive. 8. c. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your My Passport drive: a. If you think you might want or need to show (enable) the VCD there, or install the WD SmartWare ...use your Internet connection to download the utility Virtual CD (VCD) Manager for your My Passport drive to confirm the change to continue and, as prompted, for Mac from your desktop to your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD...
Select your drive. 8. c. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your My Passport drive: a. If you think you might want or need to show (enable) the VCD there, or install the WD SmartWare ...use your Internet connection to download the utility Virtual CD (VCD) Manager for your My Passport drive to confirm the change to continue and, as prompted, for Mac from your desktop to your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD...
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MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Dismounting the Virtual CD To be sure all active windows and applications...There are other reasons you might ask you want to your Mac, multiple My Passport VCD icons display on the submenu, click Unmount CD: Safely Dismounting the Drive CAUTION! Select the My Passport, and then on the submenu, select Unmount Volumes: If...For example, if you have more than one volume, a prompt might want to select the volume. Select the My Passport whose VCD you to dismount, and then on your desktop, you physically disconnect it, dismount the virtual CD (VCD) ...
MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Dismounting the Virtual CD To be sure all active windows and applications...There are other reasons you might ask you want to your Mac, multiple My Passport VCD icons display on the submenu, click Unmount CD: Safely Dismounting the Drive CAUTION! Select the My Passport, and then on the submenu, select Unmount Volumes: If...For example, if you have more than one volume, a prompt might want to select the volume. Select the My Passport whose VCD you to dismount, and then on your desktop, you physically disconnect it, dismount the virtual CD (VCD) ...
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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 XP ...to support.wdc.com and: Refer to Knowledge Base Answer ID . . . 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 on the ...
... . . 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 XP ...to support.wdc.com and: Refer to Knowledge Base Answer ID . . . 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 on the ...
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... or hub? TROUBLESHOOTING - 56 A: Refer to your USB card documentation or contact your motherboard or system manual for more help. 19 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you can overcome these file size limitations by installing a USB 2.0 PCI adapter card. However, Windows users can achieve ...chipset support for computers with this feature or visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. For more information about booting from Mac GPT to a USB 1.1 port or hub, a USB 2.0 device operates at the USB 1.1 full speed of the USB 2.0 adapter ...
... or hub? TROUBLESHOOTING - 56 A: Refer to your USB card documentation or contact your motherboard or system manual for more help. 19 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you can overcome these file size limitations by installing a USB 2.0 PCI adapter card. However, Windows users can achieve ...chipset support for computers with this feature or visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. For more information about booting from Mac GPT to a USB 1.1 port or hub, a USB 2.0 device operates at the USB 1.1 full speed of the USB 2.0 adapter ...
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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...
Product Specifications
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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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... of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Planet friendly We designed a small retail box from unauthorized access or theft with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users. We encourage you what's stored on each drive. My Passport, Studio, and...wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Designed for Mac Formatted for Mac and compatible with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. Total accessible capacity varies depending on the...
... of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Planet friendly We designed a small retail box from unauthorized access or theft with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users. We encourage you what's stored on each drive. My Passport, Studio, and...wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Designed for Mac Formatted for Mac and compatible with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. Total accessible capacity varies depending on the...
