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Installing the wd smartware software, Installing the wd smartware software” on – Western Digital My Book/My Book Essential (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK

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USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC

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6.

Type the password that you normally use to access the computer in the Password

box and click OK:

7.

As prompted, when the installation completes, click Yes to restart the computer:

8.

When the computer restarts, the

My Book icon now looks like this, where “

MY BOOK

” is

the name you assigned to the volume when you reformatted the drive for use with the Mac
computer:

Your

My Book drive is now ready to use as an enhanced-performance external storage

device.

Installing the WD SmartWare Software

1.

Double-click the My Book icon and then double-click the WD SmartWare Software
Installer for Mac application on the screen that displays: