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What can i do now – Western Digital My Book Live User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK LIVE

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 21

What Can I Do Now?

Your My Book Live drive is ready to use and is accessible as a drive letter, enabling
you to drag and drop files into your drive and move files from it to any computer in
your network that has been set up according to the instructions in this chapter. You
can also back up your computer files automatically, customize the drive settings,
access your files from a remote location and use the drive as a media server.

This user manual contains information and instructions for setting up and using the
My Book Live drive. Much of the information provided below is also available in the
Online Learning Center at

http://www.wd.com/setup

. The most common activities

are listed below:

How do I . . .

See . . .

Back up my computer data to the My Book Live drive

page 26

Restore my data from the My Book Live drive to my computer

page 31

Set up auto-update of WD SmartWare Software

page 37

Launch the My Book Live dashboard on the Web

page 55

Use the My Book Live dashboard to customize my drive

page 60

Open a private share

page 83

Restore the My Book Live firmware to factory defaults

page 69
page 125

Update My Book Live firmware

page 62

Back up My Book Live by storing a safepoint (snapshot) of it on another
compatible network drive or network share

page 85

Access photos and files on the My Book Live drive from my iPhone, iPad, or
Android device

page 94

Access files on the My Book Live remotely at wd2go.com

page 107

Enable or disable My Book Live applications such as iTunes

page 73

Play and stream media from the My Book Live

page 112