Western Digital WD15000AH1U - Mac Edition Installation instructions

My Book®
World Edition™
Home Network Drives
Centralized storage
for everyone to share
Centralize and backup network media
Stream music, movies, and photos to network devices
View your photo collection with your iPhone®
My Book World Edition is the network drive
that everyone in the house can use. Store
your photos there for everyone to see, save
important family information, and keep your
data safe with automatic, continuous backup
from any computer in your wired or
wireless network.
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My Book World Edition
Home Network Drives
Product Features
Product Specications
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As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
4178-705039-A02 Apr 2010
INTERFACE DIMENSIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY CAPACITIES
Gigabit Ethernet Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
6.81 in (173 mm)
5.78 in (147 mm)
2.28 in (58 mm)
2.41 lb (1.09 kg)
Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Mac OS® X, Tiger®, Leopard®,
Snow Leopard™
1 TB
2 TB
WDH1NC10000
WDH1NC20000
KIT CONTENTS PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS LIMITED WARRANTY
Home network drive
Ethernet cable
AC adapter
Software CD
Quick Install Guide
Data transfer rate:10/100/1000 Mb/s
compatible Ethernet
Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C
3 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
PanAm
EMEA
APAC
Japan
Store all your family’s digital
content in one place
This network hard drive lets you
store your entire family’s photos,
movies, music and important les in
one safe place. It’s easy for everyone
to access and enjoy them from any
computer in the home that’s connected
to your wired or wireless network.
Automatic, continuous backup
for all the computers on
your network
Now you can easily back up the data
on all your home computers to a
single safe place. Every time you save
something it’s instantly backed up. You
can even back up computers wirelessly
over your WiFi network.
File recovery is simple, too
Restore lost, damaged or older les to
their original location with a couple
of clicks.
Works seamlessly with both
Windows and Mac computers
Access and save les seamlessly
from both your Windows® and Mac®
computers. It’s compatible with Apple®
Time Machine® backup software.
Stream digital media
Combine this drive with the
WD TV® Live™ HD media player,
Xbox 360, PlayStation® 3 or other
DLNA certied devices to stream music,
photos and movies to your big
screen TV.
Easy to set up, easy to nd on
your network
Set up is a snap; in just a few minutes
you’re up and running. Mac, Windows
Vista® and Windows 7 computers will
automatically nd your My Book World
Edition drive in seconds. If you’re running
Windows XP, our simple discovery
software makes it easy to nd the drive.
View your photo collection with
your iPhone
Use your iPhone or iPod touch® to get
quick access to all the photos stored
on your My Book World Edition home
network drive. Download the free
WD Photos photo viewer app and
show off your entire photo collection
without taking up tons of space on
your iPhone or iPod touch.
iTunes® server support
Centralize your music collection and
stream to a Mac or Windows
PC using iTunes software.
USB 2.0 utility port
Turn any USB drive into an instant
network drive or extra capacity
for your My Book World Edition.
Cooler, quieter, eco-friendlier
Equipped with WD drives using
WD GreenPower Technology™, this
system consumes signicantly less
power and delivers performance
on par with power-hungry network
storage devices using 7200 RPM hard
drives.
Capacity gauge
See at a glance how much space is
available on your drive.