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MY PASSPORT FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 22
If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the
drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD
software and disk image on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted
the drive, go to http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 7.
Safely Disconnecting the Drive
1. Safely disconnect the drive by either:
Right-clicking the drive icon on the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities screen and
selecting the Eject Disk option:
Right- or control-clicking the My Passport icon on the desktop and selecting the:
Eject “My Passport for Macoption:
2. Wait for the power/activity LED to stop flashing before disconnecting the drive from
the computer.
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer
The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity
to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.
1. Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities screen
(see Figure 4 on page 10).
2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the
one that you want to set.
3. Click Sleep Timer to display the Sleep Timer dialog:
CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or disconnecting the drive.
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