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MY PASSPORT ULTRA USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Ultra drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are compatible with the following operating systems: Windows Windows Vista® Mac OS X Snow Leopard Windows 7 Lion Windows 8 Mountain Lion Windows 8.1 Mavericks Yosemite The WD Backup software is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. Disk Drive Format Your My Passport Ultra drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If you want to use the drive with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 38 and "Troubleshooting" on page 39. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2 on page 4, the My Passport Ultra drive has: A USB 3.0 interface port A power/activity LED indicator USB 3.0 Interface USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed-up to 480 Mb/s. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE
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Operating System Compatibility
Your My Passport
Ultra drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are
compatible with the following operating systems:
The WD Backup software is compatible with the following operating systems:
Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.
For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service
pack (SP). For Windows computers, go to the
Start
menu and select
Windows Update
.
For Mac computers, go to the
Apple
menu and select
Software Update
.
Disk Drive Format
Your My Passport
Ultra drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility
with all updated Windows operating systems. If you want to use the drive with a Mac
computer, see “Reformatting the Drive” on page 38 and “Troubleshooting” on page 39.
Physical Description
As shown in Figure 2 on page 4, the My Passport
Ultra drive has:
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A USB 3.0 interface port
±
A power/activity LED indicator
USB 3.0 Interface
USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s.
USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers
data at the port speed—up to 480 Mb/s.
Windows
Mac OS X
±
Windows Vista
®
±
Windows 7
±
Windows 8
±
Windows 8.1
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Snow Leopard
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Lion
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Mountain Lion
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Mavericks
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Yosemite
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Windows Vista
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Windows 7
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Windows 8
±
Windows 8.1