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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC

USER MANUAL

USING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS

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Using the WD SmartWare Icon

After you have installed the WD SmartWare software (see “Installing the Drive on
Windows Computers” on page 43),
the WD SmartWare icon displays in the Windows
task bar.

By clicking the icon you can:

• Open the WD SmartWare software

• Check the drive status

• Monitor icon alerts

• Safely disconnect the drive

The following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways to do these things.

Opening the WD SmartWare Software

If the WD SmartWare software does not start automatically, you can start it by:

Clicking Start > (All) Programs > WD SmartWare > WDSmartWare.

• Double-clicking the WD SmartWare icon

in the task bar.

Note: You can also left- or right-click the WD SmartWare icon in the task bar and

select WD SmartWare.

The WD SmartWare Home screen displays, see:

Figure 5 on page 11

Figure 17 on page 48

In the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive, all of your files that are available for
backup are shown against a blue background in six categories where:

For a complete list of all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD
Knowledge Base at

support.wdc.com

.

This file category

Includes files with these extensions

Documents

.doc, .txt, .htm, .html, .ppt, .xls, .xml, and other document
extensions

Mail

.mail, .msg, .pst., and other mail extensions

Music

.mp3, .wav, .wma, and other music extensions

Movies

.avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions

Pictures

.gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions

Other

Others that do not belong in the five main categories

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