Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo User Manual - Page 7

MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit: US Canada Europe All others http://www.shopwd.com or http://www.wdstore.com http://www.shopwd.ca or http://www.wdstore.ca http://www.shopwd.eu or http://www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support contacts, visit http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1048. Operating System Compatibility Your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device and WD Drive Utilities software are compatible with the following Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later operating systems on Thunderbolt technology-enabled computers: • Snow Leopard • Lion • Mountain Lion Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest software update. Go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. Disk Drive Formats Your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device is initially formatted with HFS+J partitions and configured as a striped RAID disk array (RAID 0). In the RAID configurations, both drives are formatted with a single HFS+J partition for Mac OS X operating systems. In the JBOD configuration, each drive can be reformatted as either: • HFS+J for Mac computers • exFAT for running Windows operating systems on Mac computers Note: Older Windows operating systems might need a patch from Microsoft to recognize the exFAT format. (See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955704.) ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE - 3