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iii Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ... 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... Home Screen 11 Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics 12 Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD 12 Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD 14 3 Backing Up Your Computer Files 17 About Backing Up Your...
iii Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ... 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... Home Screen 11 Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics 12 Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD 12 Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD 14 3 Backing Up Your Computer Files 17 About Backing Up Your...
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... and shows the progress of your digital life. The display also includes available capacity and security status. FireWire® 800-Save and access data at top speeds with innovative features to remind you of the Drive WD's ultra-portable, Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive ...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 Mac computers-Formatted for Mac computer users. WD's best-selling My Passport Studio FireWire external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ ...
... and shows the progress of your digital life. The display also includes available capacity and security status. FireWire® 800-Save and access data at top speeds with innovative features to remind you of the Drive WD's ultra-portable, Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive ...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 Mac computers-Formatted for Mac computer users. WD's best-selling My Passport Studio FireWire external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ ...
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... see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 48 and "Troubleshooting" on page 56. Drive Format Your My Passport Studio drive is on state. The numerical display shows the amount of drive capacity. Each section represents approximately 10 percent of space available. For Windows, go to... Start menu and select Windows Update. 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 ...
... see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 48 and "Troubleshooting" on page 56. Drive Format Your My Passport Studio drive is on state. The numerical display shows the amount of drive capacity. Each section represents approximately 10 percent of space available. For Windows, go to... Start menu and select Windows Update. 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 ...
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...the FireWire 800 cable as shown in Figure 1. 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 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 Info/Online Help Topics Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Connecting the Drive 1. Connecting the My Passport...
...the FireWire 800 cable as shown in Figure 1. 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 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 Info/Online Help Topics Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Connecting the Drive 1. Connecting the My Passport...
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... 44). Wait ten seconds. Select your desktop display to confirm the change to take effect, you must power cycle your My Passport drive to another computer, show the VCD: 1. Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your desktop to download the utility Virtual CD (VCD)... and, as prompted, for Mac from support.wdc.com. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 Use the copy/paste or drag/drop function to show (enable) the VCD there, or install the WD SmartWare software, then use your Internet connection to your drive. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6.
... 44). Wait ten seconds. Select your desktop display to confirm the change to take effect, you must power cycle your My Passport drive to another computer, show the VCD: 1. Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your desktop to download the utility Virtual CD (VCD)... and, as prompted, for Mac from support.wdc.com. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 Use the copy/paste or drag/drop function to show (enable) the VCD there, or install the WD SmartWare software, then use your Internet connection to your drive. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6.
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... System 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...
... System 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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...Mac Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is protected from actual products. Product Specifications Interface FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Dimensions Height: 0.73 in (18.5 mm) Depth: 4.88 in (124 mm) Width: 3.27 in categories and shows the progress of Western Digital...theft with the high-performance FireWire 800 interface. Also includes USB 2.0 interface for a list of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Studio Portable Hard Drives Product Features See your own personalized drive label to remind you to other companies.
...Mac Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is protected from actual products. Product Specifications Interface FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Dimensions Height: 0.73 in (18.5 mm) Depth: 4.88 in (124 mm) Width: 3.27 in categories and shows the progress of Western Digital...theft with the high-performance FireWire 800 interface. Also includes USB 2.0 interface for a list of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Studio Portable Hard Drives Product Features See your own personalized drive label to remind you to other companies.
