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CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED Launching the My Book Live Dashboard to Set Up Your Drive To access the WD My Book Live Dashboard to set up your drive: 1. Physically connect the drive to your network (see page 9). 2. Open a browser, and enter http:/// as the address. Example: http://195.168.1.10/ or http://mybooklive/ 3. Continue with "Understanding the My Book Live Dashboard" on page 56. Using Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard Using Finder to Open the Public Folder 1. In a Finder window, click MyBookLive under the shared items in the side bar. 2. If presented with an authorization screen, select Guest, and then click Connect to display the Public share: 3. Double-click the Public folder to display the media subfolders: Shared Music, Shared Pictures, and Shared Videos. You can now drag and drop files into the shared folders using Finder: Note: The Public folder icon automatically displays on the desktop. Note: The Software folder contains all the software that is on the CD. Doubleclick the folder, and then double-click the SmartWare folder to display a list of WD SmartWare and other files. Although you cannot install WD SmartWare on a Mac at this time, you may want to use the other software files. 4. If you want to make a shared drive icon permanent on your desktop, create an alias. Following are two ways to do that: Note: Before creating an alias, click Finder > Preferences and make sure Connected Servers is checked. MY BOOK LIVE 21 USER MANUAL

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CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED
21
MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
Launching the My Book Live Dashboard to Set Up Your Drive
To access the WD My Book Live Dashboard to set up your drive:
1.
Physically connect the drive to your network (see page 9).
2.
Open a browser, and enter
http://<drive name or IP address>/
as the
address. Example: http://195.168.1.10/ or http://mybooklive/
3.
Continue with “Understanding the My Book Live Dashboard” on page 56.
Using Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard
Using Finder to Open the Public Folder
1.
In a Finder window, click
MyBookLive
under the shared items in the side bar.
2.
If presented with an authorization screen, select
Guest
, and then click
Connect
to display the Public share:
3.
Double-click the Public folder to display the media subfolders: Shared Music,
Shared Pictures, and Shared Videos. You can now drag and drop files into the
shared folders using Finder:
Note:
The Public folder icon automatically displays on the desktop.
Note:
The Software folder contains all the software that is on the CD. Double-
click the folder, and then double-click the SmartWare folder to display a
list of WD SmartWare and other files. Although you cannot install WD
SmartWare on a Mac at this time, you may want to use the other software
files.
4.
If you want to make a shared drive icon permanent on your desktop, create an
alias. Following are two ways to do that:
Note:
Before creating an alias, click
Finder > Preferences
and make sure
Connected Servers
is checked.