Wd My Passport For Mac Snow Leopard

This answer explains how to disable/hide the WD SmartWare VCD on a My Book or My Passport drive using either Windows or Mac OSX. Please note that this is different from uninstalling the WD SmartWare software from the computer.*END Important: Before following these instructions, there are several things you need to consider: • The Virtual CD manager only disables the VCD image. There is no way to remove it from the disk. Current versions of the VCD are only about 20 MB in size- this is about the size of a few pictures. • Once the VCD is disabled you will be unable to access the installer on the VCD image (on older model drives).

You can download a copy of from our website. • Network drives such as the family or family which include the WD SmartWare software do not have a VCD. Because there is no VCD, these instructions do not apply to the product. • The software will only show the Enable/Disable VCD option if the drive supports it. If this option does not appear, then you can't disable or enable the VCD on your specific model drive. How to Disable/Enable VCD with SmartWare Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP On your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD (VCD) which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer.

The date system is a property of the file, so dates are displayed correctly regardless of which system normally is used by the version of the program opening the file. Control home on a mac. The default date system affects only new workbooks created by that version of the program. Essentially, the date system used in a workbook is transparent except when working between workbooks that use differing date systems.

The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. If you don't wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. The VCD can be re-enabled at any time you want to enable the Drive Lock function. To disable the VCD, follow the steps below. Critical: Before disabling your VCD you must update your drive firmware.

I have a Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard and Intel chip. My Hardrive is 350GB. I just installed an external Western Digital My Passport Essesential SE Portal Hardrive 1 TB to back up my whole computer. WD My Passport for Mac 1TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 (WDBLUZ0010BSL-NESN). An exFAT drive will work on any Mac OS running Snow Leopard (10.6.5 ) or later, but you'll need to install a driver for use on Linux. Another final option is to buy a third-party program, like Paragon for Mac, which allows users to write to NTFS.

For assistance updating the firmware on your drive please see. • Download and install the latest version of from the Western Digital website. • Once updated launch the WD Smartware software.

• Click on the Settings Tab. • Select Set Up Drive. • Click on the Virtual CD button on the left side of the screen. • On the right side of the screen, click the radial button for either Enable VCD if you want to show the VCD, or Disable VCD if you wish to hide it. • Click on Apply VCD Settings. • your drive.

• Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista and Windows 7), or File Explorer (Windows 8), and verify that the VCD does not appear. How to Disable/Enable VCD without SmartWare Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP On your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD (VCD) which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer.