Using The Drive With A Mac; Reformatting The Drive; Restoring The Wd Smartware Software And Disk Image; Connecting The Drive And Getting Started - Western Digital WDBAAA2500Axx - My Passport Essential User Manual

Using the Drive with a Mac

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The My Passport drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with
all updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive with Mac OS X Leopard or
Snow Leopard operating systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must first:
• Reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition
• Restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image
This chapter includes the following topics:

Reformatting the Drive

Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO
Installing the WD SmartWare Software
WD SmartWare Home Screen
Using the WD SmartWare Icon
Opening the WD SmartWare Software
Checking Drive Status
Safely Dismounting the Drive
Unlocking the Drive
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
Reformatting the Drive
CAUTION! Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already
saved files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it.
Go to support.wdc.com and refer to the appropriate Knowledge Base Answer ID for
information about reformatting a Windows drive:
• 287 or 3323 for Mac OS X
• 1364 for FAT32
See "Troubleshooting" on page 54 for more information about reformatting a drive.
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image
After you have reformatted your My Passport drive for use on Mac computers, go to
support.wdc.com
downloading and restoring the Mac version of the WD SmartWare software and disk
image on your My Passport drive.
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
After you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer and restored the Mac
version of the WD SmartWare software and disk image:
1.
Turn on your Mac computer.
2. Connect the My Passport drive to your computer using the USB cable as shown in
Figure 3 on page 5.
and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about
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