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MY PASSPORT USER MANUAL 6 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 34 Password Protecting the Drive 34 Unlocking the Drive 35 Unlocking the Drive with WD Security or WD Drive Utilities 36 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 37 Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility 38 Changing Your Password 39 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 40 7 Managing and Customizing the Drive 41 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 41 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 41 Checking Drive Status 42 Safely Disconnecting the Drive 42 Monitoring Icon Alerts 42 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer 43 Registering the Drive 43 Checking Drive Health 44 Erasing the Drive 46 Using the Drive Erase Function 46 Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility 47 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 49 8 Managing and Customizing the Software 50 Specifying the Number of Backup Versions 50 Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle 50 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder 51 Checking for Software Updates 51 Uninstalling the WD Software 52 9 Using the Drive with a Mac 54 Reformatting the Drive 54 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 54 Installing the Drive on Mac Computers 54 10 Troubleshooting 55 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 55 Frequently Asked Questions 55 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv

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MY PASSPORT
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
– iv
6
Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Password Protecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Unlocking the Drive with WD Security or WD Drive Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7
Managing and Customizing the Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safely Disconnecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Monitoring Icon Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Erasing the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Drive Erase Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
8
Managing and Customizing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Specifying the Number of Backup Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Checking for Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Uninstalling the WD Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9
Using the Drive with a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing the Drive on Mac Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
10
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55