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The WD SmartWare Home Screen, Backup, Retrieve, Music, Movies, Pictures, Documents, Other

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17. WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you can change the drive being categorized by using the dropdown selection box under the name of your computer. If you select a different drive, the WD SmartWare software identifies the categories of files on that drive. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other than your computer's main hard drive. In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in categories that are based on the following folders on your computer: • Music • Movies • Pictures • Mail • Documents • Other Each category includes all of the files in the represented folder except the Other category, which includes all of the files in all other folders on your computer. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC
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The WD SmartWare Home Screen
On the Home screen, you can change the drive being categorized by using the drop-
down selection box under the name of your computer. If you select a different drive, the
WD SmartWare software identifies the categories of files on that drive. Then click the
Backup
or
Retrieve
tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other than
your computer’s main hard drive.
In the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive, all of your files that are available for
backup are shown against a blue background in categories that are based on the
following folders on your computer:
•
Music
•
Movies
•
Pictures
•
Mail
•
Documents
•
Other
Each category includes all of the files in the represented folder except the
Other
category, which includes all of the files in all other folders on your computer.
Figure 17.
WD SmartWare Home Screen