Western Digital wdbaab3200ach User Guide

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 31

This chapter includes the following topics: 

Launching WD SmartWare Software
Safely Dismounting the Drive
Dismounting the Virtual CD
Displaying the Status and Serial Number of the Drive
Unlocking the Drive Manually
Your Computer Is Woken From Sleep Mode
Customizing Your Drive Settings
Updating Your Software
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software

Once you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD SmartWare icon 

 

displays in the bar at the top right of the screen.

Clicking the icon enables you to perform the following actions:

•   Launch the WD SmartWare software

•   Safely dismount the drive and the virtual CD

•   Check the remaining capacity of the drive

•   Display the serial number of the drive

•   Monitor drive status and temperature

•   Unlock the drive manually

The sections below describe how to use the icon and alternative methods to perform 
these actions.

If the WD SmartWare software is running in the background after it has been installed, 
you have two ways to restart it:

•   Click the WD SmartWare icon 

 and select Open WD SmartWare.