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Using the My Book Live Dashboard, Launching the My Book Live Dashboard

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USING THE MY BOOK LIVE DASHBOARD 6 Using the My Book Live Dashboard Launching the My Book Live Dashboard Starting the My Book Live Dashboard Understanding Dashboard Components Obtaining Customer Support What Can I Do Now? Use the My Book Live dashboard to configure settings to manage the My Book Live as you prefer. For example, you can set up user accounts and restrict access to the files on your My Book Live drive, set up folders for storing files, and customize the drive to suit your needs. This chapter introduces you to the My Book Live dashboard and gets you started. Launching the My Book Live Dashboard Use one of the following methods to launch the dashboard: IF you want to launch from . . . THEN . . . My Book Live CD, 1. Discover the drive. (See "Discovering and Connecting to Your Drive" on page 12.) 2. Click Next Steps and then the Start setup button. WD Quick View icon, 1. Left- or right-click the WD Quick View icon. 2. Select your My Book Live and then Launch Dashboard. Windows XP, 1. Click Start > My Network Places. 2. Locate your My Book Live drive. 3. Double-click the drive or right-click and select Invoke. Windows 7/Vista/XP, 1. Click > Computer > Network. 2. Locate your My Book Live drive 3. Double-click the drive, or right-click and select View device webpage from the resulting menu. A browser or Windows Explorer, 1. Use the name or IP address of your My Book Live as the address (or URL): Mac OS X, 2. Click Go. 1. Click the Safari icon > bookmark icon > Bonjour. 2. Double-click the My Book Live drive on the network. MY BOOK LIVE 58 USER MANUAL

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6
USING THE MY BOOK LIVE DASHBOARD
58
MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
Using the My Book Live Dashboard
Launching the My Book Live Dashboard
Starting the My Book Live Dashboard
Understanding Dashboard Components
Obtaining Customer Support
What Can I Do Now?
Use the My Book Live dashboard to configure settings to manage the My Book Live
as you prefer. For example, you can set up user accounts and restrict access to the
files on your My Book Live drive, set up folders for storing files, and customize the
drive to suit your needs.
This chapter introduces you to the My Book Live dashboard and gets you started.
Launching the My Book Live Dashboard
Use one of the following methods to launch the dashboard:
IF you want to launch from . . .
THEN . . .
My Book Live CD,
1.
Discover the drive. (See “Discovering and Connecting
to Your Drive” on page 12.)
2.
Click
Next Steps
and then the
Start setup
button.
WD Quick View icon,
1.
Left- or right-click the WD Quick View icon.
2.
Select your My Book Live and then
Launch
Dashboard
.
Windows XP,
1.
Click
Start
>
My Network Places
.
2.
Locate your My Book Live drive.
3.
Double-click the drive or right-click and select
Invoke
.
Windows 7/Vista/XP,
1.
Click
> Computer > Network.
2.
Locate your My Book Live drive
3.
Double-click the drive, or right-click and select
View
device webpage
from the resulting menu.
A browser or Windows Explorer,
1.
Use the name or IP address of your My Book Live as
the address (or URL):
2.
Click
Go
.
Mac OS X,
1.
Click the Safari icon
>
bookmark icon
>
Bonjour
.
2.
Double-click the My Book Live drive on the network.