MY PASSPORT STUDIO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 35
Dismounting the Virtual CD
To be sure all data has been written to the drive before you physically disconnect it,
dismount the virtual CD (VCD) as well as the drive or volume.
Note:
There are other reasons you might want to dismount a VCD. For example,
if you have more than one My Passport drive with the same software
connected to your Mac, multiple My Passport VCD icons display on your
desktop. To clean up your desktop, you can dismount duplicate VCDs.
1.
Click the WD SmartWare icon
to display a list of drives.
2.
Select the My Passport whose VCD you want to dismount, and then on the
submenu, click
Unmount CD
:
Safely Dismounting the Drive
1.
Use either of two ways to safely dismount the drive:
•
Click the WD SmartWare icon
to display a list of drives. Select the My
Passport, and then on the submenu, select
Unmount Volumes
:
If the drive has more than one volume, a prompt might ask you to select the
volume.
CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or removing the drive.