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...Passport for Mac Premium Storage Product Features Secure and reliable Trust My Passport for Windows® OS® X operating systems LIMITED WARRANTY 3 years [Worldwide] INTERFACE USB 3.0 USB 2.0 KIT CONTENTS Portable hard drive USB cable WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software Quick install guide WD, the WD logo and My Passport are registered trademarks of Western Digital...and USB 3.0 certified cable are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Run drive diagnostics, erase and format your drive, register your hand, My Passport for Mac is needed. in the U.S. All rights ...
...Passport for Mac Premium Storage Product Features Secure and reliable Trust My Passport for Windows® OS® X operating systems LIMITED WARRANTY 3 years [Worldwide] INTERFACE USB 3.0 USB 2.0 KIT CONTENTS Portable hard drive USB cable WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software Quick install guide WD, the WD logo and My Passport are registered trademarks of Western Digital...and USB 3.0 certified cable are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Run drive diagnostics, erase and format your drive, register your hand, My Passport for Mac is needed. in the U.S. All rights ...
User Manual
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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL 6 Using the Drive with a Windows Computer 26 Reformatting the Drive 26 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 26 A Compliance and Warranty Information 27 Regulatory Compliance 27 FCC Class B Information 27 ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement 27 Safety Compliance 27 CE Compliance For Europe 28 KC Notice (Republic of Korea only 28 Environmental Compliance (China 28 Warranty Information 28 Obtaining Service 28 Limited Warranty 29 GNU General Public License ("GPL 29 Index 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv
MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL 6 Using the Drive with a Windows Computer 26 Reformatting the Drive 26 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 26 A Compliance and Warranty Information 27 Regulatory Compliance 27 FCC Class B Information 27 ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement 27 Safety Compliance 27 CE Compliance For Europe 28 KC Notice (Republic of Korea only 28 Environmental Compliance (China 28 Warranty Information 28 Obtaining Service 28 Limited Warranty 29 GNU General Public License ("GPL 29 Index 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv
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... Contents As shown in your My Passport for Mac drive kit includes the following: My Passport for Mac portable hard drive, with the following operating systems: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Windows Windows Vista® Lion Windows 7 Mountain Lion Windows 8 Mavericks Windows 8.1 Yosemite Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. My Passport for Mac Portable Hard Drive Kit Components Quick...
... Contents As shown in your My Passport for Mac drive kit includes the following: My Passport for Mac portable hard drive, with the following operating systems: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Windows Windows Vista® Lion Windows 7 Mountain Lion Windows 8 Mavericks Windows 8.1 Yosemite Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. My Passport for Mac Portable Hard Drive Kit Components Quick...
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... USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed-up to the Start menu and select Windows Update. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport for Mac drive is backward compatible with a Windows computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 26 and "Troubleshooting" on page 24. ...flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 For Windows computers, go to 480 Mb/s. My Passport for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. If you want to use the drive with USB 2.0. Power/Activity LED The power...
... USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed-up to the Start menu and select Windows Update. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport for Mac drive is backward compatible with a Windows computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 26 and "Troubleshooting" on page 24. ...flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 For Windows computers, go to 480 Mb/s. My Passport for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. If you want to use the drive with USB 2.0. Power/Activity LED The power...
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... the power/activity LED to display the Sleep Timer dialog: MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 22 Wait for Mac" option: 2. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL If you ever need to display the WD Drive Utilities screen (see Knowledge Base Answer ID 7. To do this, after a ... Drive Utilities screen and selecting the Eject Disk option: Right- Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer. Click Sleep Timer to stop flashing before shutting down or disconnecting the drive. 1.
... the power/activity LED to display the Sleep Timer dialog: MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 22 Wait for Mac" option: 2. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL If you ever need to display the WD Drive Utilities screen (see Knowledge Base Answer ID 7. To do this, after a ... Drive Utilities screen and selecting the Eject Disk option: Right- Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer. Click Sleep Timer to stop flashing before shutting down or disconnecting the drive. 1.
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...PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL 51 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequently Asked Questions Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive How to Partition, and format a WD drive on your system configuration, your computer might try to boot from your WD portable USB drive. Windows.... Q: Why won't my computer boot when I connect my USB drive to NTFS using this product, refer to use Windows or Mac OS X) Answer ID 3865 3647 1425 291 *The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB ...
...PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL 51 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequently Asked Questions Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive How to Partition, and format a WD drive on your system configuration, your computer might try to boot from your WD portable USB drive. Windows.... Q: Why won't my computer boot when I connect my USB drive to NTFS using this product, refer to use Windows or Mac OS X) Answer ID 3865 3647 1425 291 *The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB ...
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... information about reformatting a drive. Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL 16 Using the Drive with a Windows Computer The My Passport drive is formatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. To use on Windows computers, go to a single NTFS partition. Restoring the WD Software and...
... information about reformatting a drive. Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USER MANUAL 16 Using the Drive with a Windows Computer The My Passport drive is formatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. To use on Windows computers, go to a single NTFS partition. Restoring the WD Software and...