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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 24 Password Protecting Your Drive 24 Unlocking Your Drive 25 Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 26 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 27 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 28 Changing Your Password 28 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 29 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 29 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 29 Checking Drive Status 30 Safely Dismounting the Drive 31 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 31 Using the My Passport Icon 31 Customizing Your Software Settings 32 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder 32 Setting the Preferences Options 33 Customizing Your Drive Settings 33 Registering Your Drive 34 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer 35 Erasing Your Drive 35 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 38 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 39 7 Checking Drive Health 40 8 Using the Drive with Windows 42 Reformatting the Drive 42 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 42 Installing the Drive on Windows Computers 43 Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software 45 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 49 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 49 Checking Drive Status 50 Monitoring Icon Alerts 50 Disconnecting the Drive Safely 50 Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions 51 Unlocking the Drive 51 Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 52 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 53 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 53 Uninstalling on Windows XP 53 Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 54 Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software 54 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv

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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS – iv
5
Locking and Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Password Protecting Your Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unlocking Your Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6
Managing and Customizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safely Dismounting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the My Passport Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Customizing Your Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Customizing Your Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Erasing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7
Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
8
Using the Drive with Windows
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42
Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing the Drive on Windows Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Monitoring Icon Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Disconnecting the Drive Safely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Unlocking Your Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Uninstalling on Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54