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Product update for My Book World Edition and My Book World Edition II

What's new! 

Release 1.01.16 (11/24/09)
  • Added Windows 7 Digital Media Server compliance

Release 1.01.14 (9/29/09)
  • Added support for Apple Time Machine function
  • Improved read and write performance of NTFS formatted USB drive through Copy Manager
  • Added support for HFS+J write to USB drive through Copy Manager
  • Allows user defined destination folder when using Copy Manager
  • Added capacity status to the Network Storage Manager
  • Enabled email alerts to identify specific device name


Updating the firmware on your My Book World Edition Drive 

The Update button on the System tab provides information about the current firmware version of your drive and allows you to perform a firmware update either automatically or manually. These instructions represent an automatic update. For more details, screen shots and information on manual updates, reference the user guide.

  1. Click the Update button on the System tab. The Automated page displays.
  2. Click Check For New Firmware.
  3. Click Download if new firmware is available.
  4. Click Upgrade. Wait for the update process to complete.

    WARNING! Do not interrupt a firmware upgrade in progress; doing so may cause the device to malfunction or render it unable to boot. After your firmware has been updated, the device reboots. The user interface redirects to the System Information page after the update has completed.

Setting up Time Machine support 

Apple Time Machine is a built-in feature on Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard computers that can back up everything on your computer: music, photos, documents, applications, e-mails, and system files. The My Book World Edition drive can store these backups, so that if your hard drive or operating system should crash, or you lose a file, you can easily restore it to your computer.

Click here for more information.












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