MY PASSPORT STUDIO
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 3
Compatibility
Drive Format
Your My Passport Studio drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for
compatibility with all Mac OS X operating systems. If you want to use this drive with a
Windows computer, see “Reformatting the Drive” on page 48 and “Troubleshooting” on
page 56.
Physical Description
Indicators
Power/Activity LED.
The power/activity LED is on the spine of the drive.
Capacity Gauge.
The capacity gauge has ten sections that fill from left to right to
indicate space used on the drive during the power-on state. Each section represents
approximately 10 percent of drive capacity.
The numerical display shows the amount of
space available.
Mac
®
OS X
®
Windows
®
• Tiger
®
• Leopard
®
• Snow Leopard
™
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
®
• Windows 7
Important:
For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and
service pack (SP). For Mac, go to the
Apple
menu and select
Software Update
. For
Windows, go to the
Start
menu and select
Windows Update
.
Appearance
Description
On steady
Idle
Fast flashing (approximately 3 times per
second)
Active
Slow flashing (once every 2.5 seconds)
System standby
Customizable Label
Capacity Gauge
Power/Activity LED
USB Port
FireWire Port
Lock Indicator