Wd My Book For Mac Driver

시작하기 My Book for Mac. 답변 ID 3865 This answer explains how to format a WD drive for use on Windows. WD My Book for Mac 2TB and OS X Yosemite. Equipped with WD Backup software for Windows and Apple Time Machine compatibility for Mac, the My Book desktop hard drive can back up your photos, videos, music and documents. The My Book desktop hard drive also works great with Acronis® True Image™ WD.

October 3rd, 2013 by Brian Beeler WD My Book and My Book for Mac Review WD their My Book external desktop hard drive line for both the Mac and PC audiences. The new drives feature a redesigned enclosure that better aligns with modern design and updates to WD's suite of software that comes with each drive. The My Book for PC comes in 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacities while the My Book for Mac tops out at 3TB.

Both drives ship with a USB 3.0 interface for rapid access to the hard drive inside. The two My Book products are essentially the same, the core difference is in the formatting of the drive; both are ready to go out of the box for their respective operating system targets. Of course either drive may be reformatted should the user require such at some point in the future. The enclosures themselves are identical, save for the branding on the Mac unit. The obvious question is why does the My Book for Mac top out at 3TB. The answer comes in the positioning of the product.

WD has a more extensive desktop line for the Mac, with the premium, which features an all-metal enclosure and capacities up to 4TB. The desktop storage PC products are comprised of the value-oriented Elements line which is offered in 1TB-3TB capacities and the updated My Book which hits the top-end capacity point. So where the My Book is the top single-drive offering for the PC, it's the entry offering for the Mac. The My Book for PC and Mac are both shipping now. Our review units are the 4TB PC capacity and 3TB Mac capacity. WD My Book Specifications • My Book for PC • Capacities: • 2TB (WDBFJK0020HBK) • 3TB (WDBFJK0030HBK) • 4TB (WDBFJK0040HBK) • My Book for Mac • Capacities: • 2TB (WDBYCC0020HBK) • 3TB WDBYCC0030HBK) • Interface: USB 3.0 • Dimensions: Height 6.70 Inches x Depth 5.50 Inches x Width 1.90 Inches • Weight: up to 2.27 Pounds • Warranty • My Book for PC: 2 years • My Book for Mac: 3 years Design and Build While the fundamental shape of the My Book line hasn't changed much, they still look like a squatty hardbound book, WD had modernized the look in subtle but significant ways.

The enclosures have a shiny black plastic shell, with a matte branding inlay that wraps around from the front to right side. Even the inlay has a little extra pizzazz on the side, along with the drive access indicator light on the front.

The only down side to the glossy shell is that it's a fingerprint magnet and scratches easily. The units are fan-less, which makes the venting around the top, back and bottom a required feature so the drive inside can easily shed its heat. The drive is meant to be used vertically, with four rubber feet on the bottom to prevent slipping on a flat desk surface. The back of the unit has the USB port, power port and Kensington lock slot. Software WD includes quite a bit of software with the My Book products. Vlc plugins for mac. The PC version comes with a robust offering including Acronis True Image, WD SmartWare, WD Utilities and WD Security. WD's updated SmartWare software is the highlight of the included programs.

It's a comprehensive offering that allows PC users to have an easy to manage, yet flexible backup solution. Users can opt to backup specific files types or folders and manage the frequency accordingly. SmartWare Pro is also available for a free 30 day trial or $20 license, and provides additional backup options across any USB drive and offers integration with Dropbox for cloud backup.

Java install on mac. For a more complete system recovery solution, WD has included Acronis True Image which can take regular snapshots of the entire system. The Mac software suite is a little more spartan, taking into account that the platform comes with Time Machine and other tools that the PC doesn't always have.