MY BOOK FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED
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The My Book icon also displays on your desktop:
Your My Book drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can
enhance its performance by installing the following software that is on the drive:
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WD +TURBO utility (see “Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO” in the next
section)
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WD SmartWare software (see “Installing the WD SmartWare Software” on
Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO
WD +TURBO is a utility on the My Book drive that you can install to improve the
performance of the drive on a Mac computer.
If you are going to install the WD SmartWare software, you do not need to install the WD
+TURBO utility yourself—the WD SmartWare software will install it for you. If you are not
going to install the WD SmartWare software, install WD +TURBO to enhance the
performace of your My Book drive.
Figure 4. Connecting the My Book Drive
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