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Western Digital My Book Studio (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK STUDIO

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED

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4.

Verify that the My Book drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your

Finder display:

Note: If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences dialog, the

My Book icon displays on your desktop:

5.

The first time you connect your My Book drive to your computer, a message asks if

you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine:

Note: Currently the Encrypt Backup Disk check box only appears on computers using

the Lion or Mountain Lion operating system.

Depending on your operating system:

On Leopard or Snow Leopard, proceed to step 6.

On Lion or Mountain Lion, skip to step 7.

6.

On Leopard or Snow Leopard:

7.

On Lion or Mountain Lion:

IF you . . . want to use the drive with
the Time Machine software,


THEN click . . .

Do not

Cancel and skip to step 7.

Do

Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 8 on
page 7.

IF you . . . want to use the drive with
the Time Machine software,


THEN . . .

Do not

Click Don’t Use and skip to step 8 on
page 7.

Do

Proceed to step a on page 7.

On Leopard and Snow Leopard

On Lion and Mountain Lion