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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with a Mac The My Passport Essential drive that you have purchased is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If desired, you can reformat it to HFS+J for Mac OS X operating systems. This chapter includes the following topics: Reformatting the Drive Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO Using the WD SmartWare Icon Opening WD SmartWare Software Dismounting the Virtual CD Safely Dismounting the Drive Displaying the Status, Serial Number, and Temperature Unlocking the Drive Manually Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software Reformatting the Drive CAUTION! Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already saved files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it. Go to support.wdc.com. Refer to Knowledge Base Answer ID 3323 for reformatting the drive to Mac OS X format. (See ID 3645 for formatting a Mac to the NTFS file system for use on Windows XP and ID 3647 for formatting it for Windows Vista). See "Troubleshooting" on page 54 for more information about reformatting a drive. If you reformat your drive for use with a Mac, follow the procedures below. Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Connect the drive's USB cable as shown in Figure 1 on page 5 or Figure 2 on page 6. The WD SmartWare CD displays on the desktop and is listed under Devices in Finder: The My Passport icon also displays on the desktop: USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 43

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MY PASSPORT ELITE
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC – 43
Using the Drive with a Mac
8
The My Passport Essential drive that you have purchased is preformatted as a single
NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If desired,
you can reformat it to HFS+J for Mac OS X operating systems.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Reformatting the Drive
Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard
Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO
Using the WD SmartWare Icon
Opening WD SmartWare Software
Dismounting the Virtual CD
Safely Dismounting the Drive
Displaying the Status, Serial Number, and Temperature
Unlocking the Drive Manually
Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software
Reformatting the Drive
Go to
support.wdc.com
. Refer to Knowledge Base Answer ID 3323 for reformatting the
drive to Mac OS X format. (See ID 3645 for formatting a Mac to the NTFS file system for
use on Windows XP and ID 3647 for formatting it for Windows Vista). See
“Troubleshooting” on page 54 for more information about reformatting a drive.
If you reformat your drive for use with a Mac, follow the procedures below.
Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard
1.
Turn on your computer.
2.
Connect the drive’s USB cable as shown in Figure 1 on page 5 or Figure 2 on page 6.
The WD SmartWare CD displays on the desktop and is listed under
Devices
in
Finder:
The My Passport icon also displays on the desktop:
CAUTION!
Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already
saved files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it.