Western Digital WDBABT0010HBK User Manual - Page 37

Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software, Please provide your password, Automatically.

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MY BOOK FOR MAC USER MANUAL Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software The procedure for unlocking your drive with the WD SmartWare software can be automatic or manual, depending on whether the Please provide your password prompt appears or not. Automatically. Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays the Please provide your password prompt: To unlock your drive: 1. Type your password in the Password box. 2. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. Manually. If your computer goes into sleep mode, an unlock screen might not display when you reactivate it. To unlock the drive, you can use either the: • WD SmartWare VCD as described in "Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 33 • WD SmartWare icon To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen. 2. Select the My Book drive and then click Unlock Drive: LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE - 32

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MY BOOK FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE
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Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
The procedure for unlocking your drive with the WD SmartWare software can be
automatic or manual, depending on whether the
Please provide your password
prompt
appears or not.
Automatically.
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and
reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays the
Please
provide your password
prompt:
To unlock your drive:
1.
Type your password in the
Password
box.
2.
Click
Unlock
to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software.
Manually.
If your computer goes into sleep mode, an unlock screen might not display
when you reactivate it. To unlock the drive, you can use either the:
WD SmartWare VCD as described in “Unlocking Your Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software” on page 33
WD SmartWare icon
To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon:
1.
Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen.
2.
Select the My Book drive and then click
Unlock Drive
: