Managing Wd Software; Customizing Wd Smartware - Western Digital WDBACH0030HAL User Manual

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Managing WD Software

Customizing WD SmartWare

Using WD Quick View Shortcuts
Monitoring Alerts
Customizing WD SmartWare
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its settings
for the best possible performance with your drive by:
Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file
Specifying a unique folder to store files retrieved from your drive
Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates.
Click the Settings tab to display the Software Settings screen:
IF you want to . . .
Change the number of backup
versions to keep for each file,
Enable continuous backups,
Specify a path to a different retrieve
folder,
Change the option that checks for
software updates whenever you
reconnect your My Book Live drive
to your network,
MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
THEN click . . . AND see . . .
File History "Specifying the Number of
Backup Versions" on page 32.
Backup Speed "Pausing Backups Until Your
Computer is Idle" on page 32.
Retrieve Folder "Specifying a Different Retrieve
Folder" on page 38.
Preferences "Setting the Preferences (Auto
Update) Option" on page 38.
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