Safely Dismounting The Drive; Using The Wd Smartware Icon; Using The My Book Icon - Western Digital My Book WDBAAH0015HCH User Manual

Safely Dismounting the Drive

CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or removing the drive.
You can safely dismount the drive from a Mac in three ways.

Using the WD SmartWare Icon

1.
Click the WD SmartWare icon
2. Select the My Book, and then on the submenu, select Unmount Volumes. If the
drive contains more than one volume, a prompt may ask you to select the volume.
3. Dismount the Virtual CD before you physically disconnect the drive. Select the My
Book, and then on the submenu, select Unmount CD.
You may hear the drive power down as the Power LED flashes.
4. Wait for the drive icon to be removed from the desktop before disconnecting the
drive from the system.

Using the My Book Icon

1.
Ctrl+click the My Book icon
Volume." ("New Volume" will be the name you assigned to the volume.)
You may hear the drive power down as the Power LED flashes
2. Wait for the drive icon to be removed from the desktop before disconnecting the
drive from the system.
to display a list of drives.
on the desktop and select Eject "New
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