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Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software

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MY BOOK FOR MAC USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive: The procedure for unlocking your drive with the WD SmartWare software can be automatic or manual, depending on whether the Please provide your password prompt appears or not. Automatically. Whenever the WD SmartWare software displays the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen: To unlock your drive: 1. Type your password in the Password box. 2. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. Manually. If the WD SmartWare software does not display the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen, you can use either the: • WD Unlocker VCD as described in "Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 28 • WD SmartWare icon LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 27

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MY BOOK FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE
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Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a
Drive is locked
message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive:
The procedure for unlocking your drive with the WD SmartWare software can be
automatic or manual, depending on whether the
Please provide your password
prompt
appears or not.
Automatically.
Whenever the WD SmartWare software displays the WD SmartWare
drive unlock screen:
To unlock your drive:
1.
Type your password in the
Password
box.
2.
Click
Unlock
to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software.
Manually.
If the WD SmartWare software does not display the WD SmartWare drive
unlock screen, you can use either the:
•
WD Unlocker VCD as described in “Unlocking the Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software” on page 28
•
WD SmartWare icon