User manual

MY PASSPORT AIR
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 7
6. On Lion or Mountain Lion:
a. If you want to create a password to secure your backup files, select the Encrypt
Backup Disk check box.
b. Click
Use as Backup Disk.
c. If you selected the Encrypt Backup Disk check box at step a, complete the
backup password dialog that displays:
d. Click Encrypt Disk.
7. The My Passport icon now displays as:
8. Your My Passport drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can
enhance its performance by installing the WD +TURBO utility that is on the drive.
Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO
WD +TURBO is a utility on the My Passport drive that you can install to improve the
performance of the drive on a Mac computer.
1. Double-click the My Passport icon, and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen
that displays:
IF you . . . want to use the drive with
the Time Machine software, THEN . . .
Do not Click Don’t Use and skip to step 8 .
Do Proceed to step a.