Using the device with a mac, Reformatting the device drives, Restoring the wd software and disk image – Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual User Manual
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Using the Device with a Mac
The My Book Duo device drives are formatted as single NTFS partitions for compatibility
with updated Windows operating systems. To use the device on Mac OS X operating
systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the device drives to
single HFS+J partitions.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Reformatting the Device Drives
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
Reformatting the Device Drives
Go to
refer to Knowledge Base answer ID 3865 for
information about reformatting the device drives.
See “Troubleshooting” on page 82 for more information about reformatting the device
drives.
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
After you have reformatted your device drives for use on Mac computers, go to
and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about
downloading and restoring the Mac versions of the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security
software and disk image.
The WD SmartWare software is not available for Mac computers with this device.
CAUTION!
Reformatting the device drives erases all their contents. If you have already
saved files on the device, be sure to back them up before reformatting it.
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