Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac User Manual - Manual (Page 31)

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 26
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
The procedure for unlocking your drive with the WD SmartWare software can be
automatic or manual, depending on whether the Please provide your password prompt
appears or not.
Automatically. Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and
reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays the Please
provide your password prompt:
To unlock your drive:
1. Type your password in the Password box.
2. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software.
Manually. If your computer goes into sleep mode, an unlock screen might not display
when you reactivate it. To unlock the drive, you can use either the:
• WD Unlocker VCD as described in “Unlocking Your Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software” on page 27
• WD SmartWare icon
To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon:
1. Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Select the My Passport drive and then click Unlock Drive: