WD BLACK²
TM
Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac
®
Installation Guide
Page 1: ...WD BLACK TM Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac Installation Guide...
Page 2: ...oad 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 S...
Page 3: ...date the Drive Firmware 7 3 Setting Up the WD Black Drive 9 Preparing your WD Black2 Drive 10 Configuring the WD Black2 Drive 12 Create a Mac Fusion Drive 12 Create a Dual Drive Non Fusion 14 Verify C...
Page 4: ...WD Black Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac Installation Guide iv...
Page 5: ...e with Mavericks OSX 10 9 x Items needed to perform this process A Phillips screwdriver with 0 tip head SATA to USB adapter cable included in retail box Image Backup of Mac System drive Refer to your...
Page 6: ...WD Black Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac Installation Guide GETTING STARTED 2...
Page 7: ...t on your desktop 2 Double click the WD Black2 Firmware Update Utility file to mount it 3 Plug in the USB flash drive If a pop up message appears click Ignore 4 Launch the Disk Utility Applications Ut...
Page 8: ...k2 Firmware Update Utility file should be mounted in Disk Utility under the divider line on the left side Select the mounted partition WD_LINUX Note If WD Black2 Firmware Update Utility is not mounted...
Page 9: ...the flash drive in Step 9 on page 3 from the list on the left to the Destination field 4 Click Restore The following message appears 5 Click Erase to confirm that you want to erase your USB flash driv...
Page 10: ...tion for Mac Installation Guide WD BLACK FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 6 Allow approximately 4 minutes for Linux to load onto the USB flash drive When complete the USB bootable Linux flash drive is ready...
Page 11: ...e removal and installation instructions 4 Re insert the USB flash drive in a USB port on your Mac system 5 Press the power button and hold the option key during boot up for the boot menu The following...
Page 12: ...WD Black Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac Installation Guide WD BLACK FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 8...
Page 13: ...2 To boot from your original system drive press the power button while pressing and holding the option key on the keyboard After the Apple logo appears the following drive icons will appear 3 Select...
Page 14: ...nd the drive s capacity to 1 12 TB 1 Locate the WD_Black2_Configuration_Utility zip file that you downloaded in the Getting Started section and unzip it on your desktop 2 Select and run the WD Black2...
Page 15: ...option screen appears Note The System Reboot allows the Mac OSX to display the extended combined SSD and HDD drive capacity 5 Select the drive icon labeled with your original drive name to continue th...
Page 16: ...r data goes e g keep your OS on the SSD and your data on the HDD Note Option 2 is not recommended if you have more than 120 GB on your original device For example Depending on the restore software use...
Page 17: ...BLACK DRIVE 13 3 Read the warning message and click OK In a few minutes the following message will appear indicating that the Fusion drive was successfully created 4 Click OK 5 To verify your configu...
Page 18: ...ion Utility that you downloaded from the Getting Started section and unzip it on your desktop 2 Double click the Create Dual Drive Volumes utility A warning message appears 3 Read the warning message...
Page 19: ...rive or Dual Drive Non Fusion drive was created properly do the following 1 Click the Apple icon located on the top left corner of the screen and select About This Mac from the drop down menu 2 Click...
Page 20: ...WD Black Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac Installation Guide SETTING UP THE WD BLACK DRIVE 16...
Page 21: ...e After successfully configuring your drive follow the instructions below to restore your original system drive image to the newly setup WD Black2 1 Shut down your Mac 2 Press the power button then pr...
Page 22: ...AGE TO THE WD BLACK DRIVE 18 4 From the OSX Utilities Window select the Disk Utility icon and click the Continue button a If you are restoring a Fusion Drive continue to Restoring to a Fusion Drive b...
Page 23: ...4 above the below screen appears 1 In the left window pane select the USB drive partition containing the Mac OSX operating system and then click the Restore tab at the top of this window next to the...
Page 24: ...egin using your Mac Restoring to a Dual Drive Non Fusion Important To restore your original disk image to the SSD portion of the Black2 dual drive in a Dual Drive Non Fusion configuration the original...
Page 25: ...SSD partition at the top of the list to the Destination field and click Restore 3 A warning message displays informing you that the partition will be erased Click OK and wait for the restore process...
Page 26: ...t notice Western Digital WD and the WD logo are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies Inc in the U S and other countries and WD Black is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies Inc...
