Checking For Software Updates; Enabling The Backup And Retrieve Functions - Western Digital WDBBEP0010BBK User Manual

Checking for Software Updates

When enabled, the Preferences option checks for software updates each time you
reconnect your My Book or My Passport drive to your computer. This ensures that you
are always using the most-recent software version.
To enable or disable the Preferences option:
1.
Click the Settings tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings tab display or the
drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 13).
2. If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings tab display, click Set Up Software to
display the Software Settings screen.
3. On either the Software Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings
screen, click Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog:
WD SmartWare Set Preferences Dialog
4. On the Set Preferences dialog, select or clear the Automatically check for
WD SmartWare software updates check box to enable or disable the Preferences
option.
Note: See "Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions" in the next section for
information about the Enable Backup and Retrieve functions check box
on the drive management Set Preferences dialog.

Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions

If you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you like to do? prompt on the
Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the backup and retrieve
functions:
1.
Click the Settings tab to display the drive management Drive Settings screen (see
Figure 4 on page 13).
2. On the drive management Drive Settings screen, click Preferences to display the
Set Preferences dialog:
WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
Drive Management Set Preferences Dialog
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