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Checking for Software Updates, Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions, Settings, Set Up Software

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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Checking for Software Updates When enabled, the Preferences option checks for software updates each time you reconnect your My Book or My Passport drive to your computer. This ensures that you are always using the most-recent software version. To enable or disable the Preferences option: 1. Click the Settings tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings tab display or the drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 13). 2. If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings tab display, click Set Up Software to display the Software Settings screen. 3. On either the Software Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings screen, click Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog: WD SmartWare Set Preferences Dialog Drive Management Set Preferences Dialog 4. On the Set Preferences dialog, select or clear the Automatically check for WD SmartWare software updates check box to enable or disable the Preferences option. Note: See "Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions" in the next section for information about the Enable Backup and Retrieve functions check box on the drive management Set Preferences dialog. Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions If you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you like to do? prompt on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the backup and retrieve functions: 1. Click the Settings tab to display the drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 13). 2. On the drive management Drive Settings screen, click Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog: MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE SOFTWARE - 49

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USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE SOFTWARE
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Checking for Software Updates
When enabled, the Preferences option checks for software updates each time you
reconnect your My Book or My Passport drive to your computer. This ensures that you
are always using the most-recent software version.
To enable or disable the Preferences option:
1.
Click the
Settings
tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings tab display or the
drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 13).
2.
If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings tab display, click
Set Up Software
to
display the Software Settings screen.
3.
On either the Software Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings
screen, click
Preferences
to display the Set Preferences dialog:
4.
On the Set Preferences dialog, select or clear the
Automatically check for
WD SmartWare software updates
check box to enable or disable the Preferences
option.
Note:
See “Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions” in the next section for
information about the
Enable Backup and Retrieve functions
check box
on the drive management Set Preferences dialog.
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions
If you selected
Install Drive Settings
at the
What would you like to do?
prompt on the
Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the backup and retrieve
functions:
1.
Click the
Settings
tab to display the drive management Drive Settings screen (see
Figure 4 on page 13).
2.
On the drive management Drive Settings screen, click
Preferences
to display the
Set Preferences dialog:
WD SmartWare Set Preferences Dialog
Drive Management Set Preferences Dialog