Western Digital My Passport Pro User Manual - Page 6

MY PASSPORT PRO USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Pro portable RAID storage device and the 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 Mavericks 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 Passport Pro portable RAID storage device is initially formatted with HFS+J partitions and configured as a striped RAID disk array (RAID 0). In the RAID configurations, each drive is 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. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport Pro portable RAID storage device has: A power/activity LED indicator An integrated Thunderbolt cable Power/Activity LED Integrated Thunderbolt Cable Figure 2. My Passport Pro Portable RAID Storage Device Parts ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE - 3