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WD My Book Button Manager Removed and Some Frustrations

July 16, 2007 – 10:44 pm

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 [...]

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Western Digital My Book Moved to iMac

July 12, 2007 – 7:26 pm

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 [...]

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Western Digital My Book 500GB Drive w/ EMC Retrospect Software

May 21, 2007 – 5:39 pm

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 [...]

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