Western Digital WDBAAB5000ASL User Manual - Page 46

MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with a Mac 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 and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about 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. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 41