MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC
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To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon:
1.
Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen.
2.
Select the My Book drive and then click
Unlock Drive
:
3.
Type your password in the
Password
box and click
Unlock o
n the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock screen:
4.
At the
Your drive is now unlocked
prompt, click
Exit
to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock screen.
Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock
utility on the WD SmartWare virtual CD drive (VCD) that appears on your desktop:
To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:
