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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC USER MANUAL 5. Type your e-mail address in the E-mail address box. 6. Select your language in the Preferred language box. 7. Select or clear the Yes, I want to receive communication... check box to specify whether or not you want to receive e-mail notifications about software updates, product enhancements, and price discount opportunities. 8. Click Register Drive to register your drive. Setting the Drive Sleep Timer The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive. To specify the inactivity period for the drive: 1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 25), click Sleep Timer to display the Set Sleep Timer dialog: 2. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn off the drive. 3. Click Set Timer to save and implement your sleep timer setting. Erasing Your Drive CAUTION! Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on your drive. Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before erasing the drive. Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. You can download these to restore your My Passport to its original configuration after erasing the drive. The WD SmartWare software provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your My Passport drive is locked or not: IF your drive is . . . AND you . . . Not locked, Want to erase the drive, Locked, Have forgotten or lost your password and must erase the drive, THEN see . . . "Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function" in the following section. "Using the Drive Unlock Utility" on page 37. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 35

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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE
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5.
Type your e-mail address in the
E-mail address
box.
6.
Select your language in the
Preferred language
box.
7.
Select or clear the
Yes, I want to receive communication...
check box to specify
whether or not you want to receive e-mail notifications about software updates,
product enhancements, and price discount opportunities.
8.
Click
Register Drive
to register your drive.
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer
The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity
to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.
To specify the inactivity period for the drive:
1.
On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 25), click
Sleep Timer
to display
the Set Sleep Timer dialog:
2.
In the
Sleep Timer
box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn
off the drive.
3.
Click
Set Timer
to save and implement your sleep timer setting.
Erasing Your Drive
Note:
Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the
support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. You can download
these to restore your My Passport to its original configuration after erasing
the drive.
The
WD SmartWare software provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your
My Passport drive is locked or not:
CAUTION!
Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on your drive.
Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before
erasing the drive.
IF your drive is . . .
AND you . . .
THEN see . . .
Not locked,
Wan
t to erase the drive,
“Using the Drive Settings Drive
Erase Function” in the following
section.
Locked,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and
must
erase the
drive,
“Using the Drive Unlock Utility”
on page 37.