Managing And Customizing The Software; Checking For Software Updates; Configuring Your Cloud Service Account - Western Digital My Book 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 WD Backup software:
▪ From the Installation Complete dialog, click
▪ Click the
2. On the Select your WD storage device or cloud service dialog, select to
highlight the Dropbox icon:
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desktop icon.
WD Backup
Procedure
1. Click
Start > All Programs
Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
display the WD Drive Utilities screen.
2. Click the About
icon and the
Updates button.
1. Click
Start > All Programs
Digital WD Apps > WD Security
>
display the WD Drive Security screen.
2. Click the About
icon and the
Updates button.
When the WD Backup software determines that a
software update is available, it:
▪ Generates and displays a software update
notification
▪ Adds the Update WD Backup selection to the
WD Backup view menu
1. Click the WD logo icon in the Windows task
bar and select WD Backup to display the
WD Backup view menu.
2. Select Update WD Backup.
Back up files with WD Backup
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