Maverick 10.9.2 WD mybook / my book studio fix

I ran into a problem this week with my desktop iMac not communicating with either of our WD desktop drives. Neither Apple support nor WD could solve this problem. A similar incident occurred when MAverick updated late last year. I went to the WD website and found a download :
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=114&sid=62&lang=en
WD drive manager 3.1.0 update
bingo! All is well in the world of Mac / WD once again. I'm not sure why every time apple updates Maverick OS our WD desktop drives **** the bed but it is very annoying. If any of you are having similar problems try this fix. Both WD and apple insist this shouldn't be a problem. It is for me.

This is the response from AirDisplay ==>>>
Hello,
My apologies for this issue. It's a bug we are aware of. It stems from an issue with OS X. Certain Macs that have a third party video driver installed will exhibit this issue. So, it's not just Air Display that causes this problem but other apps like Display Link, AirParrot, etc. will also have this issue. Apple has contacted us regarding the problem and they're looking into it. It's not actually something we or those other third party developers can fix. Apple has to address the issue with OS X. Hopefully they'll fix it soon.
Elliot
Customer Support
Avatron Software, Inc.
[email protected]

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Hi..
I repled to you here > https://discussions.apple.com/message/25598596#25598596
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I just bought a 1gb WDC My Book Studio drive. It has the same power-management features as another drive I have; after a few minutes of idle time, it spins down. When you access it again, it spins up.
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Check out the following knowledgebase article at Western Digital's Web site:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/stdadp.php?p_faqid=1715&p_created=1199999177&p_sid=9aji6YWi&p_accessibility=0&p_red irect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTgyL DE4MiZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlY XJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1ib290ICJvcyB4Ig**&p_li=&ptopview=1
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www.geckocomputer.com.au

Western Digital My Book Studio Edition in the Irish/UK store

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My question actually concerns a product in the apple store but since it is related to firewire devices for Expanding my Intel-based iMac I thought it best to try here.
Has anybody used the Irish or UK online Apple store to buy a Western Digital 1TB — or TB - My Book Studio Edition in the last week or two.
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Cheers.
Message was edited by: NeddySeagoon

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Gbu.

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Sirs or madams,
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Mr. BGreg,
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Actually, I'm back in the US now for a few months. I looked at the OWC web site, but only cusorily so far. I'll contact them; they appear knowledgeable about Apple computers.
As to what you wrote about Western Digital's cases, I certainly wouldn't want a poor case. In China I had over time gotten 3 different external drive cases, 3 different Chinese brands, and separately bought Hitachi brand disk drives that 'simply' plugged into the cases. The drives are roughly 80GB 120GB and 320GB. The two larger ones are in cases that have Firewire plugs/jacks, which are bootable with my computer.
So my understanding, as you wrote, has been that my Powerbook will boot from an external hard drive, provided it connects via Firewire, and the disk drive itself is 'normally' formatted with however my computer's own disk drive is formatted, (HFS OS extended (journaled) or some such??). So I was left wondering why Western Digital would indicate that even though their such-and-so external hard drive case/drive was Firewire capable, that they would then say it would not be bootable with my Apple PPC computer......
Well, anyway, since you indicated Western Digital's case quality is suspect, then I'll try OWC and disregard Western Digital.
Naturally, OWC should be able to address this, but your thoughts are also welcome. You mentioned the OWC cases are good with Apples. Would the disk drives OWC supplied with the cases also be of relatively dependable quality?? From my so far only cursory look at their web site they appear to have various options, including case only options where I could insert my own or their own drives. These sorts of options seem preferable, also along with quality components.
My Powerbook has been in use since 2004. In China I put in a 1.25 memory 'chip' in the bottom and installed the 10.5.8 operating system, which I understand are the maximum workable with my Powerbook. When I inquired with Chinese friends if my 1.33 GHz processor could be taken out and a more powerful one put in, they said it wasn't feasible because in my particular computer my processor was, as I recall them saying, soldered/'permanently' connected with the 'motherboard', that it would just be easier to get a new computer.
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A Western Digital My Book Studio may not be the best of choices for use with a PPC Mac. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but see
Western Digital “My Book” drives !! AVOID !!
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Could anyone explain the concepts on 'Security by FA Book in Fixed Assets'
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