I decided to remove the Button Manager drivers (Mac) for my Western Digital My Book 500GB drive. The button manager software is used to provide: 1. the capacity gauge that shows the drive space used 2. Safe shutdown (by pushing the drive button) Since installing the My Book drivers I’ve had one case when my iMac just pin-wheeled when waking from sleep mode and I had to force a power off. I can’t say it was the cause but when there’s a problem the last change is usually the place [...] Read the rest »
Western Digital My Book Moved to iMac
I’ve had my 500GB Western Digital My Book drive for over a month and just got around to moving it to my Mac after testing in on my Windows PC. Click on the previous link to go to my post where I write about the drive and installing it under Windows.My intent all along was to use it as a drive dedicated to my iMac. Because of this I want to reformat the drive using HFS+ [Mac OS Extended (Journaled)] file system rather than FAT32. If you want to move [...] Read the rest »
Western Digital My Book 500GB Drive w/ EMC Retrospect Software
I purchased the Western Digital My Book Pro Edition 500 GB External Hard Drive with Triple Interface (slight variations in the name indicate different models so be sure to check the specs when buying) to become a backup drive for my iMac, but I want to give it a spin under Windows first. This article is my first impression of the drive and Restrospect Backup software (included) under Windows. I mentioned the drive last month when I commented on a Computerworld review that picked the drive over the other 3 [...] Read the rest »
