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External P ortable My Passport ® Pr o Portable RAID Storage User Manual My Passport Pr o User Manual.
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MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL T ABLE OF C ONTENTS – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Support . . . . . . . . . .
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 1 About Y our WD Storage Device W elcome to your My Passpor t ® Pro portabl e RAID stor age. This p ortable devic e is ide al for the mobile creative pr o with amazing tran sfer speeds up to 233 MB/s, an integrated Thunderbolt™ cable, and a dura ble aluminum enclosur e.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 2 WD Drive Utilit ies ™ soft war e —Keep your devi ce performing at its best by configuring the drives, running diagnostics, and more. 3-year limited warr anty —For added peace of mind, we b ack the device with a 3-year limited warranty .
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compatib ility Y our My Passport Pro portable RAID storage device and the WD Drive Utilities so ftware are compat ible with the fo llowing M ac O S X 10.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 4 Power/Activity LE D The power/ activity LED shows the d evice power state a s follows: Integrated Thunder bolt Cable As s hown in Figu.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 5 Connecting the Device and Getting Started This ch apter pr ovide s instructi ons for: Connecting the Device Installi ng the WD Dr ive Utilitie s Software Connec ting th e Device 1.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 6 Note: If t he Exter nal disks c heck bo x is selected o n your Find er Prefer ences dialog, the My Passpor t Pro icon d isplays on your desktop : 5.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 7 If you do not want to use the Time Mach ine backup softwar e, or if you want to change the drive configuration and th.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 8 Figure 4. WD Drive Utilities Scr een.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PRO DEVICE – 9 Managing and Cus tomizing Yo u r M y Passport Pro De vice This c hapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Ch.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 10 Qui ck Driv e T est Each device driv e has a bu ilt-in Data L ifeguard™ diag nostic u tility that t ests the d rive for error conditio ns. The quick drive test checks the drives for major performance pr oblems .
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 11 Manag ing th e RAID C onfigu ration The initial/de fault configuration of your My Passpo rt Pro device is as a s tripe d RAID 0 disk array for high-speed/maximum-storag e performance.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 12 Changing the Dev ice Configuration Note: Changing the device config uration also deletes the WD softwa r e and all of the supp ort fil es, uti lities, and u ser man ual files.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 13 5. On the vo lume dialog: a. If you want to change the name o f a volume, type over the name in the Vo l u m e Name box.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 14 8. The first time you configur e to a new volume, a message asks if you want to use the device dri ves to back up with Time Machine: Note: The Encrypt Ba ckup Disk check box does not appear on computers using the Snow Leopard oper ating system.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 15 b. Depending on your computer’ s operating system: U sing Snow Leo pard, click Use as Backup Dis k and skip to step 10 .
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 16 Erasing the Device Dr ives Note: Erasing your device drives also deletes the WD software and all of the support files, ut ilities, and us er manua l files.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 17 d. If you want to perform a secure er ase operation on a drive, select its Perform a secur e e rase check box. Note: Selecti ng thi s option en sures all data on the d evice is erased.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 18 Regi stering the Device The WD Drive Utilities so ftwar e uses your co mputer’ s Internet c onnection to register your device.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 19 Restoring the WD Sof tware and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the da ta on your device, er asin.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 20 Compliance and W a rranty Inform ation This a ppendix includes the foll owing topics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental C.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 21 CE Compliance Fo r Europe Marking by the CE sy mbol indicates compliance of this syst em to the applicable Council Directi ves of the Eur opean Union, including the EMC Directive (2004/ 108/EC) and the Low V ol tage Directive (2006/95/ EC).
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 22 Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obtaining Ser vice WD values your business and always attempts to pro vide you the very best of service.
MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 23 GNU Gene ral Public Licen se (“GPL”) Firmware incorporated into thi s pr oduct ma y include third party copyrighted softw.
INDEX – 24 MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL Index A Acces sories, op tional 2 B Box cont ents 2 C CAUTION about changing the de vice configura tion 12 disconnecting the device drives 19 erasing the dev.
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