Western Digital My Book Mac Edition Bedienungsanleitung

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My Book®

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User Manual

My Book for Mac User Manual

WD Service and Support

Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning

this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base

or email support service at http://support.wdc.com. If the answer is not available or if you prefer,

please contact WD®at the best telephone number shown below.

Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. This 30-

day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. Email

support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/

7. To help us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your

product online at http://register.wdc.com.

Accessing Online Support

Visit our product support website at http://support.wdc.com and choose from these topics:

• Downloads—Download drivers, software, and updates for your WD product.

• Registration—Register your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers.

• Warranty & RMA Services—Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, and

data recovery information.

• Knowledge Base—Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID.

• Installation—Get online installation help for your WD product or software.

• WD Community—Share your thoughts and connect with other WD users.

Contacting WD Technical Support

When contacting WD for support, have your WD product serial number, system hardware, and

system software versions available.

North America Asia Pacific

English 800.ASK.4WDC Australia 1 800 42 9861

(800.275.4932) China 800 820 6682/+65 62430496

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Taiwan +800 6008 6008/+65 62430496

* Toll free number is available in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,

Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS – iii

Table of Contents

WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

1 About Your WD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Disk Drive Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Power/Activity LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

USB 3.0 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Kensington® Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the WD Security Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Unlocking the Drive with the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4 Managing and Customizing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting the Drive Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Erasing the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the Drive Erase Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Safely Dismounting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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5 Using the Drive with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

A Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

ICES/NMB-003 Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

CE Compliance for Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

GS Mark (Germany only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

KC Notice (Republic of Korea only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Environmental Compliance (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Warranty Information (All Regions Except Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

GNU General Public License (“GPL”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 1

About Your WD Drive

Welcome to your My Book®for Mac external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity

storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Features

Kit Contents

Optional Accessories

Operating System Compatibility

Disk Drive Format

Physical Description

Registering the Drive

Handling Precautions

Features

Designed for the expert Mac user, this drive offers ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity,

compatibility with Apple Time Machine, and password protection with hardware

encryption.

Ultra-fast data transfers—Save and access files faster than ever with the ultra-fast

USB 3.0 interface. Transfer a full-length HD movie in under 5 minutes.

USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility—With this single drive you get compatibility with

your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0 when you are ready to

step up to the next generation.

Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design—We've made these award-winning drives

even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, the book-like shape takes up less

space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like

volumes on a shelf.

Designed for the Mac professional—Formatted HFS+ journaled, My Book for Mac is

plug-and-play ready for Mac computers. It is ideal for videographers, photographers,

video editors and other graphic professionals.

WD SecurityTM—The WD Security software allows you to set password protection and

hardware encryption to secure your files from unauthorized access.

WD Drive UtilitiesTM—Register your drive, run diagnostics and more using the WD Drive

Utilities software.

WD quality inside and out—We know your data is important to you. So we build the

drive inside to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance and long-term

reliability. Then we place the drive in a robust enclosure designed for beauty and

protection.

Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at http:/

/www.westerndigital.com. For the latest software, firmware, and product

documentation and information, go to http://support.wdc.com/downloads.

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Kit Contents

As shown in Figure 1, your My Book for Mac disk drive kit includes the following:

• My Book for Mac external hard drive

• USB 3.0 cable

• AC adapter

• Quick Install Guide

• WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software (included on the drive)

Optional Accessories

For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit:

Operating System Compatibility

Your My Book for Mac drive and the WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software are

compatible with the following operating systems:

Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.

For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest software update and

service pack (SP). For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software

Update. For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update.

Figure 1. My Book for Mac Drive Kit Components

US http://www.shopwd.com or http://www.wdstore.com

Canada http://www.shopwd.ca or http://www.wdstore.ca

Europe http://www.shopwd.eu or http://www.wdstore.eu

All others Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support

contacts, visit http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer

ID 1048.

Mac OS X Windows®

• Leopard

• Snow Leopard

• Lion

• Mountain Lion

• Windows XP

• Windows Vista®

• Windows 7

• Windows 8

My Book for Mac DriveAC Adapter

Quick Install Guide

USB 3.0 Cable

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ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 3

Disk Drive Format

Your My Book for Mac drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for Mac OS X

operating systems. If you want to use this drive with a Windows system, see

“Reformatting the Drive” on page 29 and “Troubleshooting” on page 30.

Physical Description

As shown in Figure 2, the My Book for Mac drive has:

• A power/activity indicator on the front

• The power connector and button, interface port, and a security slot on the back

Power/Activity LED

The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state and activity as follows:

Power Button

Use the power button to safely power down the drive and avoid data loss or damage to

the drive.

USB 3.0 Interface

Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward-

compatible with USB 2.0. Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port

speed—up to 480 Mb/s.

LED Appearance Power State/Activity

On steady Idle

Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Activity

Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds System standby

Figure 2. My Book for Mac Drive

Power/Activity LED

Security Slot

USB 3.0

Power Connector

Power Button

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Kensington® Security Slot

For physical drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington

security cable (sold separately). For more information about the Kensington security slot

and available products, visit www.kensington.com.

Registering the Drive

Always register your My Book for Mac drive to get the latest updates and special offers.

You can easily register your drive using the WD Drive Utilities software, as described in

“Registering the Drive” on page 25. Another way is to register online at http://

Handling Precautions

WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during unpacking

and installation. Drives may be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Always

observe the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage

product:

• Do not drop or jolt the drive.

• Do not move the drive during activity.

• Do not use this product as a portable drive.

• To allow proper ventilation, do not block any of the drive enclosure’s air slots.

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CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 5

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer and

installing the WD software. It includes the following topics:

Connecting the Drive

Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO

Installing the WD Security Software

Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software

Connecting the Drive

To connect the My Book drive to your Mac computer:

1. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as follows:

2. Turn on your computer.

3. Connect the My Book drive as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Connecting the My Book Drive

Installing Installing

Removing Removing

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4. Verify that the My Book drive appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your

Finder display:

Note: If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences dialog, the

My Book icon displays on your desktop:

5. The first time you connect your My Book drive to your computer, a message asks if

you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine:

Note: Currently the Encrypt Backup Disk check box only appears on computers using

the Lion or Mountain Lion operating system.

Depending on your operating system:

• On Leopard or Snow Leopard, proceed to step 6.

• On Lion or Mountain Lion, skip to step 7 on page 7.

6. On Leopard or Snow Leopard:

IF you . . . want to use the drive with

the Time Machine software,

THEN click . . .

Do not Cancel and skip to step 9 on page 7.

Do Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 8 on

page 7.

On Leopard and Snow Leopard

On Lion and Mountain Lion

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