Managing And Customizing The Software; Checking For Software Updates; Configuring Your Cloud Service Account - Western Digital My Passport User Manual

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Managing and Customizing the Software

This chapter includes the following topics:

Checking for Software Updates

Configuring Your Cloud Service Account
Uninstalling the WD Software
Checking for Software Updates
If an update is available, follow the on-screen download and installation
instructions:
Software
WD Drive Utilities
WD Security
WD Backup
Configuring Your Cloud Service Account
Before you can use a cloud service as a backup source or target device, you must configure
your account for access by the WD Backup software.
1. Open the Select your WD storage device or cloud service dialog by clicking
either:
▪
Add Backup Plan
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Procedure
1. Click
2. Click the
1. Click
2. Click the
When the WD Backup software determines that a
software update is available, it:
▪ Generates and displays a software update
▪ Adds the Update WD Backup selection to the
1. Click the WD logo icon in the Windows task
2. Select Update WD Backup.
on the WD Backup screen:
Managing and Customizing the Software
Start > All Programs
Digital WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
>
display the WD Drive Utilities screen.
About
icon and the
Updates
button.
Start > All Programs
Digital WD Apps > WD Security
>
display the WD Drive Security screen.
About
icon and the
Updates
button.
notification
WD Backup view menu
bar and select WD Backup to display the
WD Backup view menu.
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to
Check for
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Check for
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