Dismounting The Virtual Cd From A Mac; Safely Dismounting The Drive From A Mac - Western Digital My Passport WDBACX0010B User Manual

Dismounting the Virtual CD from a Mac

Dismount the Virtual CD as well as the drive or volume to be sure all data has been
written to the drive before you physically disconnect it.
Note: There are other reasons you may want to dismount a VCD. For example, if
you have more than one My Passport drive with the same software
connected to your Mac, multiple My Passport VCD icons display on your
desktop. To clean up your desktop, you can dismount duplicate VCDs.
1.
Click the WD SmartWare icon
2. Select the My Passport whose VCD you want to dismount, and then on the
submenu, click Unmount CD.

Safely Dismounting the Drive from a Mac

CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or removing the drive.
1.
You can safely dismount the drive from a Mac in two ways:
• Click the WD SmartWare icon
Passport, 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.
to display a list of drives.
to display a list of drives. Select the My
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