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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION USER MANUAL 19 Using the Drive with a Mac Computer The My Passport drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive on Mac OS X operating systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition. This chapter includes the following topics: Reformatting the Drive Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image Reformatting the Drive CAUTION! Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already saved files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it. Go to http://support.wd.com and refer to Knowledge Base answer ID 3865 for information about reformatting the drive. See "Troubleshooting" on page 67 for more information about reformatting a drive. Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image After you have reformatted your My Passport drive for use on Mac computers, go to http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about downloading and restoring the Mac versions of the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software and disk image on your My Passport drive. The WD SmartWare software is not available for Mac computers with this model My Passport drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC COMPUTER - 66

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA
METAL EDITION
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC COMPUTER
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Using the Drive with a Mac Computer
The My Passport drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with
updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive on Mac OS X operating systems,
and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the drive to a single HFS+J
partition.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Reformatting the Drive
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
Reformatting the Drive
Go to
and refer to Knowledge Base answer ID 3865 for
information about reformatting the drive.
See “Troubleshooting” on page 67 for more information about reformatting a drive.
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
After you have reformatted your My Passport drive for use on Mac computers, go to
and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about
downloading and restoring the Mac versions of the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security
software and disk image on your My Passport drive.
The WD SmartWare software is not available for Mac computers with this model
My Passport drive.
CAUTION!
Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already saved
files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it.
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