Wd My Passport For Mac Firmware Update

I jus purchased this for my MacBook Pro retina early 2013 model. It is 16GB ram and has a 512GB SS hard drive. From what I understand I bring up my MacBook Pro and go to Time Machine and plug in the WD drive.

Last night I was going to backup my laptop using My Passport for Mac. The WD software told me to update my firmware, which I did, and then updated the software itself. Once the firmware was updated my computer no longer recognized the external harddrive when it was plugged in through USB. WD My Passport 1TB won't mount anymore. Discussion in 'Mac Accessories' started by anothermacdude, Jun 17, 2015. In fact before the firmware update the drive would disconnect itself randomly but it has not done that since I updated. Might be worth a shot before you spend money on a new cable or pay for data recovery. Free mac games download. I bought a new WD.

Then follow the prompts for back up. Is this correct? This is suppose to be already formatted for MAC. There is an old back-up from the previous owner. Do I just click on my new drive and continue?

After mine is complete can I delete the other back-up and be okay? Everything is in my Apple ID and name on Applecare I purchased. Apple deauthorized the previous owners Apple ID as I had the email address and original receipt from the previous owner when it was purchased. Me delete his user account so it is now associated with my ID. They also said it wasn't necessary to do anything else but do the initial back-up.

Any hints or anything I missed? The original back-up of mine will probably take a few hours-right? Thanks so much. You should reformat it anyway, and do NOT install any software from WD: WD and their lack of support for Mavericks: A recent email from WD reads: Dear WD Registered Customer, UPDATE: November 1st, 2013 As a valued WD customer we want to make you aware of new reports of Western Digital and other external HDD products experiencing data loss when updating to Apple's OS X Mavericks (10.9).

WD is urgently investigating these reports and the possible connection to the WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager and WD SmartWare software applications. Until the issue is understood and the cause identified, WD strongly urges our customers to uninstall these software applications before updating to OS X Mavericks (10.9), or delay upgrading. If you have already upgraded to Mavericks, WD recommends that you remove these applications and restart your computer. Mac os x 10.1 emulator. If you have already upgraded to Mavericks and are experiencing difficulty in accessing your external hard drive, please do not save anything to the drive, disconnect the drive from your computer, and contact Western Digital Customer Service at for further assistance. The WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager, and WD SmartWare software applications are not new and have been available from WD for many years.

However, solely as a precaution WD has removed these applications from our website as we investigate this issue. Sincerely, Western Digital Which is basically Western Digital informing you that their out-of-date utilities don’t support Mavericks. In any case those utilities are not the most effective. The moral of the story is: the first thing you should do after buying a WD drive is to format it as HFS Extended (Journaled) and not install ANY of their utilities but instead use reliable applications like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper - or Time Machine. You should reformat it anyway, and do NOT install any software from WD: WD and their lack of support for Mavericks: A recent email from WD reads: Dear WD Registered Customer, UPDATE: November 1st, 2013 As a valued WD customer we want to make you aware of new reports of Western Digital and other external HDD products experiencing data loss when updating to Apple's OS X Mavericks (10.9). WD is urgently investigating these reports and the possible connection to the WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager and WD SmartWare software applications. Until the issue is understood and the cause identified, WD strongly urges our customers to uninstall these software applications before updating to OS X Mavericks (10.9), or delay upgrading.