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... on the desktop depending on the desktop, go to load. 2. Open Finder. For instructions on creating an alias to make the shared drive icon permanent on your computer and wait for the operating system to support.wdc.com and search the knowledge base for all other basic and...the software CD for answer ID 2541. 5. Click Network, then double-click the Mybookworld icon. In Finder, click shares to mount list, then click OK. 6. Type "admin" in the Select the volumes to display the Download and Public folders. 3. You can now drag and drop files into the shared folders using...
... on the desktop depending on the desktop, go to load. 2. Open Finder. For instructions on creating an alias to make the shared drive icon permanent on your computer and wait for the operating system to support.wdc.com and search the knowledge base for all other basic and...the software CD for answer ID 2541. 5. Click Network, then double-click the Mybookworld icon. In Finder, click shares to mount list, then click OK. 6. Type "admin" in the Select the volumes to display the Download and Public folders. 3. You can now drag and drop files into the shared folders using...
User Manual
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...Video, Music & Photos . . . . .64 Media Server Overview 64 Media Types Supported 64 Media Storage 64 Media Devices 66 7 Using iTunes with My Book World Edition 73 iTunes Media Server Overview 73 Media Types Supported 73 Storing Content 73 Streaming Audio in iTunes 73 8 Using WD Discovery (...Windows only 75 Mapping a Network Drive 75 Browse Network Shares 77 Desktop Shortcut Creation (Windows...
...Video, Music & Photos . . . . .64 Media Server Overview 64 Media Types Supported 64 Media Storage 64 Media Devices 66 7 Using iTunes with My Book World Edition 73 iTunes Media Server Overview 73 Media Types Supported 73 Storing Content 73 Streaming Audio in iTunes 73 8 Using WD Discovery (...Windows only 75 Mapping a Network Drive 75 Browse Network Shares 77 Desktop Shortcut Creation (Windows...
User Manual
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MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Customized Backup: The other drives. To start an automatic and complete backup of ... Click Continue. Note: If you do not want these messages to back up only selected types of your computer. If desired, enter the optional registration information. A message explains that initial backup will ...use moderate resources on your computer's hard drive: 1. BACKING UP COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK - 27 A registration screen appears. Click the Begin Backup button....
MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Customized Backup: The other drives. To start an automatic and complete backup of ... Click Continue. Note: If you do not want these messages to back up only selected types of your computer. If desired, enter the optional registration information. A message explains that initial backup will ...use moderate resources on your computer's hard drive: 1. BACKING UP COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK - 27 A registration screen appears. Click the Begin Backup button....
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...TV and powered on the device. 2. HOW TO PLAY/STREAM VIDEO, MUSIC & PHOTOS - 68 Select a media type (Music, Pictures, or Video) and click PVConnect on a My Book World Edition. Connect My Book World Edition to play. For a list of compatible adapters, please go to support.wdc.com and search the Knowledge Base... for access to your media content. 1. Note: Please refer to media content stored in a network drive such as the My Book World Edition. Make sure the WD TV Live is connected to your LAN network for answer 3805. Connect the WD TV Live to select...
...TV and powered on the device. 2. HOW TO PLAY/STREAM VIDEO, MUSIC & PHOTOS - 68 Select a media type (Music, Pictures, or Video) and click PVConnect on a My Book World Edition. Connect My Book World Edition to play. For a list of compatible adapters, please go to support.wdc.com and search the Knowledge Base... for access to your media content. 1. Note: Please refer to media content stored in a network drive such as the My Book World Edition. Make sure the WD TV Live is connected to your LAN network for answer 3805. Connect the WD TV Live to select...
User Manual
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...access-the device can be accessed and configured by the web-based, password protected user interface over the network. Mac OS X 1. Click Bonjour, and then double-click MyBookWorld. 5. In the Language list, click the language ...drives connected to load. 2. Open the Safari web browser. 3. My Book World Edition's Network Storage Manager Features The web-based management utility includes the following features: • LAN access-the device supports local area network access of the screen. 4. MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Configure in the administrator name and password. Type...
...access-the device can be accessed and configured by the web-based, password protected user interface over the network. Mac OS X 1. Click Bonjour, and then double-click MyBookWorld. 5. In the Language list, click the language ...drives connected to load. 2. Open the Safari web browser. 3. My Book World Edition's Network Storage Manager Features The web-based management utility includes the following features: • LAN access-the device supports local area network access of the screen. 4. MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Configure in the administrator name and password. Type...
User Manual
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... to the most common configuration options. Device Name Use this storage device. MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Basic Mode The Basic Mode home page provides access to the device, the USB hard drive displays as device name, firmware version, current date/time, system uptime, IP address, volume... usage, and volume RAID type. For more details, see "Network" on page 93. For more details, see "...
... to the most common configuration options. Device Name Use this storage device. MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Basic Mode The Basic Mode home page provides access to the device, the USB hard drive displays as device name, firmware version, current date/time, system uptime, IP address, volume... usage, and volume RAID type. For more details, see "Network" on page 93. For more details, see "...
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NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: ADVANCED MODE - 124 Volume status messages include the following: • Good-Indicates the volume is accessible and hard drive is functioning normally. • Failed-Indicates a volume cannot be started automatically, the disk may be damaged or the file system may be...Manage RAID, for a Linux operating system. MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Volumes and RAID Management The Volumes and RAID Management button on the device and provides detailed information about each volume such as volume name, volume type, disk or disks associated with the volume, usage, total size...
NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: ADVANCED MODE - 124 Volume status messages include the following: • Good-Indicates the volume is accessible and hard drive is functioning normally. • Failed-Indicates a volume cannot be started automatically, the disk may be damaged or the file system may be...Manage RAID, for a Linux operating system. MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Volumes and RAID Management The Volumes and RAID Management button on the device and provides detailed information about each volume such as volume name, volume type, disk or disks associated with the volume, usage, total size...
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Note: For My Book World Edition II, if the volume RAID type is being formatted or system. Volume status messages include the following: • Good-Indicates the volume is accessible and hard drive is functioning normally. • Failed-Indicates a volume cannot be started automatically, the disk may be damaged...in the system, the Extend icon appears on the device and provides detailed information about each, such as volume name, volume type (RAID type), disk or disks associated with the volume, usage, total size, and volume status. NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: ADVANCED MODE - 125 MY BOOK...
Note: For My Book World Edition II, if the volume RAID type is being formatted or system. Volume status messages include the following: • Good-Indicates the volume is accessible and hard drive is functioning normally. • Failed-Indicates a volume cannot be started automatically, the disk may be damaged...in the system, the Extend icon appears on the device and provides detailed information about each, such as volume name, volume type (RAID type), disk or disks associated with the volume, usage, total size, and volume status. NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: ADVANCED MODE - 125 MY BOOK...
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...Book World Edition II for which there are written toward the "end" of Disks)-In JBOD mode, two drives are provided as a single drive until the failed drive is lost . This is linear across multiple hard drives) but does not deliver fault tolerance. Note this RAID type has ... 1 (Mirrored). MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Manage RAID (My Book World Edition II) Configure RAID on the hard drives using the Manage RAID tab on two drives, which "stripes" all data bitwise to the "beginning" of Independent Drives) refers to a single drive. The default RAID configuration is provided...
...Book World Edition II for which there are written toward the "end" of Disks)-In JBOD mode, two drives are provided as a single drive until the failed drive is lost . This is linear across multiple hard drives) but does not deliver fault tolerance. Note this RAID type has ... 1 (Mirrored). MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Manage RAID (My Book World Edition II) Configure RAID on the hard drives using the Manage RAID tab on two drives, which "stripes" all data bitwise to the "beginning" of Independent Drives) refers to a single drive. The default RAID configuration is provided...
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NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: ADVANCED MODE - 127 Select a RAID configuration: • DataVolume is the default volume. • If the volume RAID type is lost when changing the RAID configuration. 1. Click the Submit button. Click the Manage RAID tab on the side of the Volume Management table. 3. To configure the Manage RAID tab: MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Warning: Be sure to back up all data before configuring RAID. All data stored in the hard drive is JBOD and there are new disks in the system, the Extend icon appears on the Volumes & Raid Management page. 2.
NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: ADVANCED MODE - 127 Select a RAID configuration: • DataVolume is the default volume. • If the volume RAID type is lost when changing the RAID configuration. 1. Click the Submit button. Click the Manage RAID tab on the side of the Volume Management table. 3. To configure the Manage RAID tab: MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Warning: Be sure to back up all data before configuring RAID. All data stored in the hard drive is JBOD and there are new disks in the system, the Extend icon appears on the Volumes & Raid Management page. 2.
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...configuration login screen displays. TROUBLESHOOTING - 175 MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL I cannot start WD Discovery to access the configure feature. If the volume that a hard drive has failed, power the device off and on obtaining a replacement drive. 2. How do I received the message "iTunes server... cannot find the path to use the iTunes server. Do not rename or delete Shared Music if you want to Shared Music." I received a banner warning message, e-mail alert, or pop-up screen indicating a failed volume. Type ...
...configuration login screen displays. TROUBLESHOOTING - 175 MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL I cannot start WD Discovery to access the configure feature. If the volume that a hard drive has failed, power the device off and on obtaining a replacement drive. 2. How do I received the message "iTunes server... cannot find the path to use the iTunes server. Do not rename or delete Shared Music if you want to Shared Music." I received a banner warning message, e-mail alert, or pop-up screen indicating a failed volume. Type ...
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Event type and ID Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Network events LAN 1 LAN 1 LAN 1 LAN 1 LAN ... 80% capacity Volume has reached 95% capacity Volume has reached full capacity Volume had NOT been mounted MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Critical Warning 9 9 9 9 9 Link Ok Link down Speed (Mbps: 1000/100/ 10) 9 ... Cannot get IP address from DHCP server, use zeroconf. IP address Copy Manager did not finish because external drive is full USB disk insertion USB disk safely removed USB disk unsafely removed USB disk format OK USB disk format...
Event type and ID Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Volume [1,2] Network events LAN 1 LAN 1 LAN 1 LAN 1 LAN ... 80% capacity Volume has reached 95% capacity Volume has reached full capacity Volume had NOT been mounted MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL Critical Warning 9 9 9 9 9 Link Ok Link down Speed (Mbps: 1000/100/ 10) 9 ... Cannot get IP address from DHCP server, use zeroconf. IP address Copy Manager did not finish because external drive is full USB disk insertion USB disk safely removed USB disk unsafely removed USB disk format OK USB disk format...
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...system 148 M Mac OS X access Network Storage Manager 87 install WD Anywhere Backup 25 Leopard/Snow Leopard, access My Book World Edition 19 Tiger, access My Book World Edition 20 manage RAID 124 manage RAID options 128 manage volume 125 mapping a drive manually 77 media devices 66, 72 digital adapters 72 ...server, iTunes 73 Media tab 138 media types supported 64 MioNet access files 57, 58 remote access 54 share files 58 share photos 58 transfer files 61 Web 57 My Book World Edition configuration 81 N network drive mapping 75 MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL LAN 116 mode 92 services 117...
...system 148 M Mac OS X access Network Storage Manager 87 install WD Anywhere Backup 25 Leopard/Snow Leopard, access My Book World Edition 19 Tiger, access My Book World Edition 20 manage RAID 124 manage RAID options 128 manage volume 125 mapping a drive manually 77 media devices 66, 72 digital adapters 72 ...server, iTunes 73 Media tab 138 media types supported 64 MioNet access files 57, 58 remote access 54 share files 58 share photos 58 transfer files 61 Web 57 My Book World Edition configuration 81 N network drive mapping 75 MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL LAN 116 mode 92 services 117...
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...124 Storage tab 122 system MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL admin password 106 advanced 112 alerts setup 103 conditions or error log 148 event type 149 events specification 177 firmware update 107 general...hardware diagnostic testing 174 problems 174 cannot connect to a network 174 cannot start WD Discovery 175 digital media adapter not working 176 iTunes not finding path 175 LEDs don't light up 174 Network ...Inc. (UL) 185 updating firmware 107 WD Discovery 80 UPnP NAT Traversal 118 USB hard drive connect and manage 163 Copy Manager 163 disconnect 133 format 132 USB share permissions 145 user ...
...124 Storage tab 122 system MY BOOK WORLD EDITION USER MANUAL admin password 106 advanced 112 alerts setup 103 conditions or error log 148 event type 149 events specification 177 firmware update 107 general...hardware diagnostic testing 174 problems 174 cannot connect to a network 174 cannot start WD Discovery 175 digital media adapter not working 176 iTunes not finding path 175 LEDs don't light up 174 Network ...Inc. (UL) 185 updating firmware 107 WD Discovery 80 UPnP NAT Traversal 118 USB hard drive connect and manage 163 Copy Manager 163 disconnect 133 format 132 USB share permissions 145 user ...