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BACKING UP WITHOUT WD SMARTWARE 6. Select a share where you want the backup to be created and click the OK button. 7. Enter the username and password assigned to your user name on the My Book Live. (See page 77.) 8. Make sure the backup destination is correct and click the Next button 9. When prompted for the content you want to back up, select Let Windows choose or select desired content and then click the Next button. 10. On the Review your backup settings screen, click the Save settings and run backup button. Apple Time Machine Backing up The Apple Time Machine is a built-in feature on Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard computers that can back up everything on your computer: music, photos, documents, applications, e-mails, and system files. The My Book Live drive can store these backups, so that if your hard drive or operating system should crash, or you lose a file, you can easily restore it to your computer. Setting up Time Machine To set up Time Machine to back up files to your My Book Live drive: 1. Use one of the following methods to open Time Machine. „ Click the Time Machine icon in the Dock: „ Click the Apple menu > System Preferences and select Time Machine. „ Click Go > Applications and select Time Machine. 2. If this is your first time creating a backup, the following screen displays: MY BOOK LIVE 48 USER MANUAL

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BACKING UP WITHOUT WD SMARTWARE
48
MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
6.
Select a share where you want the backup to be created and click the
OK
button.
7.
Enter the username and password assigned to your user name on the My Book
Live. (See page 77.)
8.
Make sure the backup destination is correct and click the
Next
button
9.
When prompted for the content you want to back up, select
Let Windows
choose
or select desired content and then click the
Next
button.
10.
On the Review your backup settings screen, click the
Save settings and run
backup
button.
Apple Time Machine
Backing up
The Apple
Time Machine is a built-in feature on Mac OS X Leopard and Snow
Leopard computers that can back up everything on your computer: music, photos,
documents, applications, e-mails, and system files. The My Book Live drive can
store these backups, so that if your hard drive or operating system should crash, or
you lose a file, you can easily restore it to your computer.
Setting up Time Machine
To set up Time Machine to back up files to your My Book Live drive:
1.
Use one of the following methods to open Time Machine.
Click the Time Machine icon in the Dock:
Click the
Apple menu > System Preferences
and select
Time Machine
.
Click
Go > Applications
and select
Time Machine
.
2.
If this is your first time creating a backup, the following screen displays: