Western Digital My Book/My Book Essential (USB 3.0) User Manual - Manual (Page 60)

MY BOOK
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC – 55
4. Verify that the My Book drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your
Finder display:
5. If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences dialog, the My Book
icon appears on your desktop :
6. 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.
The WD SmartWare software is fully compatible with Apple's Time Machine
software. When using Time Machine, you can still use the WD SmartWare software
for password protecting the drive, registering the drive, and running drive
diagnostics.
• If you do not want to use the Time Machine backup software, click:
- Don’t Use on Lion or Mountain Lion
- Cancel on Leopard or Snow Leopard
Skip to step 9 on page 56.
• If you do want to use the Time Machine backup software, then proceed to step 7
on page 56.
On Leopard and Snow Leopard
Computers
On Lion and Mountain Lion
Computers