Western Digital WDBABS3200ABK User Manual - Page 8

Operating System Compatibility, Disk Drive Format, Physical Description

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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC USER MANUAL For information about optional accessories for this product, visit: US Canada Europe All others www.shopwd.com or www.wdstore.com www.shopwd.ca or www.wdstore.ca www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support contacts, visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048. Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport or My Passport SE for Mac drive and the WD SmartWare software are compatible with the following operating systems: Mac® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest software updates and service pack (SP). For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. Disk Drive Format Your My Passport or My Passport SE for Mac drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with all Mac OS X operating systems. If you want to use this drive with a Windows computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 42 and "Troubleshooting" on page 55. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport and My Passport SE for Mac drives have: • A power/activity LED indicator • A USB 2.0 interface port Power/Activity LED Figure 2. My Passport and My Passport SE for Mac Drive USB 2.0 Interface Port ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3

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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE
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For information about optional accessories for this product, visit:
Operating System Compatibility
Your My Passport or My Passport SE for Mac drive and the WD SmartWare software are
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 software updates and
service pack (SP). For Mac computers, go to the
Apple
menu and select
Software
Update
. For Windows computers, go to the
Start
menu and select
Windows Update
.
Disk Drive Format
Your My Passport or My Passport SE for Mac drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J
partition for compatibility with all Mac OS X operating systems. If you want to use this
drive with a Windows computer, see “Reformatting the Drive” on page 42 and
“Troubleshooting” on page 55.
Physical Description
As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport and My Passport SE for Mac drives have:
A power/activity LED indicator
A USB 2.0 interface port
US
www.shopwd.com
or
www.wdstore.com
Canada
www.shopwd.ca
or
www.wdstore.ca
Europe
www.shopwd.eu
or
www.wdstore.eu
All others
Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support
contacts, visit
support.wdc.com
and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048.
Mac
®
OS X
®
Windows
®
Tiger
®
Leopard
®
Snow Leopard
Windows XP
Windows Vista
®
Windows 7
Figure 2.
My Passport and My Passport SE for Mac Drive
USB 2.0 Interface Port
Power/Activity LED