Carry out the below steps for using My Passport For Mac devices. Turn on your Mac computer. Use a USB 3.0 cable to establish a connection between the computer and the WD My Passport for Mac drive. Check if the WD drive icon is displayed on the screen. Now, you can use the drive as an external storage device. Click 'My Passport' on the left side of the program window and then select the 'Erase' tab. Click the 'Mac OS Extended' option in the 'Volume Format' menu, then click 'Erase' to format the drive for your Mac.

Depends on the backup software you use, what backup strategy you implement, and what you need to backup. Where you will start at this point also depends on what you may have already backed up to the Passport and if you are using the pre-installed Passport software.

If you want every change you make to a document instantly backed up to the Passport, then you need the right software to do that (if it exists.) If you wish to use Time Machine that is part of OS X, then it backs up every hour but does not instantly backup a changed file. You would have to repartition and reformat the Passport in order to use Time Machine. Also, for Time Machine to work properly your Passport must be at least twice the capacity of your computer's drive. If is isn't, then you will have to decide upon a different type of software and backup strategy.

Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Backup and Restore. For other backup software:

How To Uninstall My Passport For Macbook Pro

Suggested Backup Software

1. Carbon Copy Cloner

2. Get Backup

3. Deja Vu

4. SuperDuper!

5. Synk Pro

6. Tri-Backup

Others may be found at MacUpdate.

My Passport For Mac Instructions

My Passport For Mac Drivers

Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.

Oct 4, 2014 11:17 AM