Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac User Manual - Manual (Page 23)

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES – 18
Specifying the Number of Backup Versions. The WD SmartWare software can keep
up to 25 older versions of each file. If you overwrite or delete a file by mistake, or want to
see the file a couple of versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for you.
You always have the most-recent specified number of versions of each file available for
retrieves, and you can choose to keep from 1 to 25 versions.
Keeping more versions:
• Improves your ability to retrieve files from a longer back-in-time period
• Consumes more disk space
To specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file:
1. On the Software Settings screen (see Figure 8), click Set File History to display the
Set File History dialog:
2. Specify the number of file versions that you want to keep (from 1 to 25) in the Enter
the number of backup versions to keep for each file box.
3. Click Apply to save and implement the new number of backup versions.
Figure 8. Software Settings Screen