I checked disk utility to see if it shows up there and it doesnt. So, my 722 hopper started acting up screen was freezing, no fixes worked. I just bought a wd my book essential 3tb hard drive and want to use on both my mac book pro mac os x lion and my pc laptop windows 7. Oct 15, 2015 aloha, i formatted my 3tb book by using the instructions that was on the external drive and i must have did something wrong because i ended up with 2tb and my windows 7 backup cannot use the external drive.
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My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. My book essential is almost full and is now not saving some of my files. I should also say that i am running a very old mac os 10. Sep 28, 2016 so, my 722 hopper started acting up screen was freezing, no fixes worked. For mac computers, go to the apple menu and select software update or app store. I would like to use this drive for my imac with os sierra. When you buy a western digital wd 1 tb my book external hard drive, they usually come formatted for windows using fat32. The drive finished our 1gb copy test in 49 seconds, marginally faster than competing usbonly desktop drives. A good precautionary measure i follow is that i will erase and format any drive i buy. Also, when plugged in at boot up, it stopsfreezes computer from completing. I do not recall the exact wording, but it asks if you would like to format the external hard drive for xb1 usage. The western digital my book studio 3tb external hard drive is a simple solution for backing up data from your pre2011 mac via firewire.
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Once system operational and plugged in, it appears in device manager. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Western digital wd my book studio mac external hard drive. Theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. Wd 4tb my passport for mac portable external hard drive, usbcusba wdbp6a0040bbkwese. Your content is automatically displayed and organised so you can easily locate and enjoy your photos, videos and music. Pricespy compares deals and offers from 22 shops, online and local. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. My book essential edition user manual getting started 1 getting started thank you for purchasing this wd product. Western digital 3tb my book desktop external hard drive. Formatting my book essential 3tb problem wd portable. Book essential drives & i have 2 x 3tb + 1 x 2tb my book live network drives. The wd windows 8 app makes it easy to discover the digital media stored on your my book drive with your windows 8 computer.
Aloha, i formatted my 3tb book by using the instructions that was on the external drive and i must have did something wrong because i ended up with 2tb and my windows 7 backup cannot use the external drive. I try to format it again in mbr but found out that it has a 2tb cap, today a got a new one and it works fine out. Wd mybook essential 3tb hdd wd portable drives wd community. Feb 19, 2016 the wd my book for mac 3tb hard drive boasts a usb 3. All i had to was transfer all of my games from the internal to external hard drive. My problem seems to be windows,no matter what the actual problem starts out to be. Once my hard drive was set up, a message popped up on my xbox dashboard. There wasnt a 3tb option so i was forced to do the 2tb and now i have lost 1tb and my windows backup cannot access the external drive. Western digital my book live photos, specs, and price. Ive migrated my friends wd mybook 2tb out of its enclosure into his pc as an internal sata drive and its data is now inacessable. Format the drive to mac extended journaled, you do not need the wd utilities and they should be. The next time its best to shutdown the computer so it forces the saving of the files. For mac computers, go to the apple menu and select software update. Ive only had it for a couple months and now its not showing up on my macbook pro.
This external hard drive features data protection that will keep your files safe from unauthorized access. Did you try the troubleshooting steps that i gave you in my previous post. Then, when the 3tb will be in the same pricegb ratio, the next disk will be needed, and whs2 will be there. Wd 2 tb my book not recognized by norton or by file explorer, but shows up in device. Unfollow western digital my book essentials 2tb external hard drive to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Never asked me if i wanted to use mac s time machine software instead of its smartware. Why is my wd my book 3tb hard drive not showing up. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. This drive connects directly to your mac through usb.
Purchased 500gb wd my book essential last night to use as backup for macbook pro. Our latest edition formatted for mac now features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection, plus, if you prefer. Unfollow wd my book for mac to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. My book essential full how to reformat wd community. Some non essential items may be missing from the box. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 1 about your wd drive welcome to your my book essential external hard drive, an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your di gital life. The wd my book is ready to go with time machine or superduper. Wd my book mac edition 2tb external desktop hard drive usb 2.
Centralize and share media on your home networkback up all your pc and mac computersview your photo collection with your iphonestream media to your entertainment centeraccess your files from anywhere with your. The wd 3tb my book hard drive is a highcapacity digital storage unit that can keep all your important files in one place. A hard drive can be used on any type of computer pc or mac. Western digital new hard drive controller board 4061775200 rev. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. As luck would have it, last week western digital announced its own 3tb external drive. Im hoping this post will prove very useful when the hard drive arrives and i get started using it as i have been warned by some other users about formatting problems regarding this. As a plus comes with different software to back up data and administrate the hd, fully compatible with time machine. The secret to reformatting a western digital wd 1tb my. It comes with mac format, but can be easy reformat to be used with any other os. Jan 26, 2008 thanks, i just bought a western digital my book essential 500gb about 10 minutes ago on. Oct 19, 2010 the 3tb ones wont be supported for whs1 anyways, so its cheap 2tb drives from now on. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The best external desktop drive is the wd 4tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3.
Some specific seagate drives are formatted in ntfs but come with a custom driver to allow a mac to read and write to it without. My book for mac features the ultrafast transfer speed of usb 3. It turns out, if the boot record scheme is set to master boot record, you will not be able to format it as mac os extended. Western digital my book studio edition 1tb macworld. In our performance tests, the my book mac edition had strong times for an usbonly drive. I mainly want to use it to store pictures and music. The tools are listed by file format in alphabetical order. Today ill be unboxing the western digital my book for mac 3tb external hard drive.
The first thing i did was to connect the drive to my mac via one of my usb 2. Experience the convenience of alexa, now on your pc. If youre looking to do some superquick, superpainless pc spring cleaning, youll want to grab an external hard drive with usb 3. What happens is i plug in my drive to power and the drive.
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Wd western digital mybook for mac 6tb external drive. I try to format it again in mbr but found out that it has a 2tb cap, today a got a new one and it works fine out of the box, is there anything i can do to make the old one work like it was out of the box. Dish sent a hopper replacement, but i first i wanted to save my downloaded movies. As to fixing this youll need to get a file recover app to hopefully knit back together the directory services which are corrupted on the disk. Aa for wd my book essential elements 1tb 2tb 3tb 4tb 5tb. Western digital my book essential wdbacw0030hbk 3tb. If youre running a newer computer, youll see a huge speed increase thanks to usb 3.
That is the reason for the reduced sale price and the reduced warranty. Put your digital life on the sleek, high capacity my book essential external hard drive. Compatibility may vary depending on users hardware configuration and operating system. Oct, 2009 western digital external hdd my book essential will not mount on a mac pro running os x 10.
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