Western Digital WDBAAB2500ASL - My Passport For Mac User manual

My Passport™
Essential™
Portable Hard Drives
Smaller, smarter
backup and storage
Automatic, continuous backup
Visual backup control center
Password protection and hardware-based encryption
The world’s most popular portable drive is
now smaller and smarter than ever.
WD SmartWare™software automatically and
continuously backs up your data and gives
you a visual display of your backup as it
happens.
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My Passport Essential
Portable Hard Drives
Product Features
Product Specifications
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport, Essential, and WD SmartWare are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other
companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your product was
purchased. Please visit our web site at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specific countries in these regions.
© 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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.
4178-705051-A00 Sept 2009
INTERFACE DIMENSIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY CAPACITIES AND MODELS
USB 2.0 Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
0.60 in (15 mm)
3.20 in (83 mm)
4.30 in (110 mm)
0.44 lb (0.20 kg)
Formatted NTFS for Windows®XP,
Windows Vista®, Windows 7,
Mac OS®X, Tiger®, Leopard®,
Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting)
250 GB (black only), 320 GB, 500 GB, 640 GB
Midnight Black
Pacific Blue
Real Red
Cool Silver
Arctic White
WDBAAAxxxxABK
WDBAAAxxxxABL
WDBAAAxxxxARD
WDBAAAxxxxASL
WDBAAAxxxxAWT
* Arctic White available only in EMEA, Middle East and Africa.
KIT CONTENTS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS LIMITED WARRANTY
Portable hard drive
WD SmartWare software
USB cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide
Data transfer rate:1Up to 480 Mb/sec
Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C
1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are
required to obtain Hi-Speed USB performance.
2 years
2 years
3 years
3 years
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Japan
See your life safe in one place.
See your backup as it happens
Seeing is believing. Visual backup
displays your content in categories and
shows the progress of your backup.
Protect your data automatically
Relax, your data is secure. Automatic,
continuous backup will instantly make
a second copy whenever you add or
change a file.
Bring back lost files effortlessly
Retrieve your valuable data to its original
location whether you’ve lost all your data
or just overwritten an important file.
Take control
Customize your backup, set drive
security, run diagnostics, manage the
power settings, and more from the
WD SmartWare control center.
Our smallest portable
drive ever
We designed a smaller, high-quality,
integrated USB hard drive inside a
stylish package. With a variety of fun
colors, there’s sure to be one to suit
your style.
Drive lock
Gain peace of mind knowing that your
data is protected from unauthorized
access or theft with password
protection and 256-bit hardware-based
encryption.
Planet friendly
We designed a small retail box from
recycled materials to minimize waste.
We encourage you to recycle it.
Ready to plug-and-play with
Windows PCs
If you’re a Mac user, check out our Mac
version of this product.
USB 2.0 interface
Powered directly from the USB port on
your PC. No separate power supply is
needed.
An optional cable is available for the few computers that
limit power from the USB port.
Visual backup displays your content
categories and confirms that your files
have been backed up.
My Passport
My Computer
Backup
Complete
53 GB Free
Music
87 GB
Photos
95 GB
Others Folder
10 GB
Movies
165 GB
53 GB Free
Music
87 GB
Photos
95 GB
Others Folder
10 GB
Movies
165 GB