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Figure 2. Using an Optional My Passport Dock to Connect the My Passport Drive
1. Turn on your computer.
2. To connect directly to your computer, connect the USB cable as shown in Figure 1
on page 5.
3. To connect to your computer using a My Passport Dock, connect the USB cable of
the dock to the computer, as shown in Figure 2.
Installing the Drive
The following topics provide directions on installing the drive for the first time. Continue
with the section below that applies to your operating system:
•
"Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard" on page 6
•
"Installing on Windows XP" on page 46
•
"Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7" on page 47.
Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard
1.
Turn on your computer.
2. Connect the drive's USB cable as shown in Figure 1 or Figure 2. The WD SmartWare
CD displays on the desktop and is listed under Devices in Finder.
Note: WD SmartWare software is provided in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive
on your My Passport drive. The VCD displays on your desktop and
behaves just like a physical CD. To view the contents of the VCD, such as
the documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open.
The My Passport icon also displays on the desktop.
MY PASSPORT FOR MAC
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 6
USER MANUAL
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