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Connecting the drive and getting started, Connecting the drive – Western Digital My Passport Studio User Manual User Manual

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MY PASSPORT STUDIO

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 5

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

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This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive on
your computer. It includes the following topics:

Connecting the Drive
Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard
Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO
Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software
WD SmartWare Overview
WD SmartWare Home Screen
Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics
Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD
Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD

Connecting the Drive

1.

Turn on your computer.

2. Connect your My Passport drive using either the USB micro cable or the

FireWire 800 cable as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Connecting the My Passport Drive

Using a USB Micro Cable

Using a FireWire 800 Cable