Western Digital My Book Pro

Anyone got one of these external drives? Are they good?
imac G5 20; 1gig RAM; 300HD; airport; bluetooth keyboard & mouse; bose companion Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I have the 350GB My Book Premium Edition
Has USB and both FireWire connections. I use it to back up my aging iMac and my new MacBook. You cannot have both connected at the same time however. I schedule regular backups using Backup app. (only works if you have a .Mac account), otherwise I keep it turned off when not in use.
They are getting cheaper by the week also. I got mine at Circuit City for $189 w/ $50 rebate that took an amazing 3 weeks (not 6-8) to arrive. I've seen the 500GB one advertised for around this price, but it's probably only the usb interface version.
It's completely unobtrusive sitting on the desk, and does indeed look like a "book" on a shelf.
The Backup Gods will eventually catch up with you if you do not backup as either habit or at least once a year! These mega GB external hdd's are a great bargain. Data recovery costs start at about a grand.
If you are going to be using it as your main drive, I cannot attest to it's durablility. I use mine strictly for backups.
Hope this helps
Carla
iMac G4 800 (Panther), 13" MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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thanks in advance,
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Has anyone had the same problem and solved it?

den.thed wrote:
Hello GeeJay
You should eject/unmount the external before sleeping from the drop down menu as that sleeps both the display and computer.....
Dennis
You should also be able to unmount the MyBook drive by pressing the big button on the front. If this doesn't work for you, you may need to download and install the driver from WD. There was a version of it already on the MyBook when you first used it but i) it would have been the Windows version and b) you have since reformatted of course. It's easy enough to download it again from WD though.
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I am thinking of getting an external hard drive for backup purposes, and I'm liking this hard drive a lot. Triple interface and auto power-off seem like big bonuses to me. I was wondering if:
a) Anybody else using this drive? Any problems? Or just seamless?
b) Is there anything else I should be looking at?

Adam,
My MyBook Pro 500Gb has been entirely trouble-free for me. It's a little noiser than I was expecting this fanless drive to be (I cannot hear my WD 320Gb internal unless I really strain) but much quiter than my previous external box.
I've seen a few concerning posts (link) on these forums though so have a read of them, but there don't seem to be any more than any other brand of drive attracts.
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Flat Panel iMac 15" LCD Mac OS X (10.4.10) 800MHz Power PC G4 256<BSDRAM 56K</span>
Flat Panel iMac 15" LCD Mac OS X (10.4.10) 800MHz Power PC G4 256<BSDRAM 56K</span>
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You must go through the partition process at least the first time the drive is prepped. You can create one or more partitions at your option. If you don't want more than one then select one. Here's how:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select the external hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. (No SMART information is reported on external drives.) Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
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Anyone have a WESTERN DIGITAL My Book HD??`

Hey guys,
Western Digital My Book 500GB Pro Edition External Hard Drive
I havent heard much about it, but i want to get it cos:
1) its cheaper than most
2) its looks bloody cool
3) it has firewire 800, 400 and USB
4) it comes with all the cables
Anyone got one, or used to have one who can tell me if its worth the buy??
Cheers,
23rd Child

Yep I have the very same.
So far my only minor complaint/niggle is that despite the fact that it is fanless it is significantly louder than my 320Gb WD internal drive. I paid £169 for mine from Amazon Marketplace. Please don't tell me you found it cheaper 'cos it's only ten days old.
I've not tried out the USB2 connectivity yet (nor the FW800 as I don't have a suitable Mac...yet..).
regards
mrtotes
Grrr...In the words of Victor Meldrew: I don't believe it. 10 days on and it's only dropped to £140.

Western digital my book problem

Hi,
I am using a Macbook pro mid 2010 with 10.8.5 for the past year I have had a 1 tb western digital my book work as my time machine and storage drive. I partitioned the external hard drive. However, about two weeks ago the time machines stopped working. it failed the back up and all my back ups till then were deleted. i reformatted that partition and tried to create a new Time Machine but its giving the "an error ocurred while creating the backup folder." On the Time machine partition their is a folder called "Backups.backupdb" inside it is a folder with the mac books name on it. Insde that folder is a file called "2013-07-29-234258.InProgress" I can't delete that folder nor any of the files. i also can't reformat the partition because of it can't unmount error.
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http://wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=242&language=en
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(On a side note, what makes an external hard drive not bootable? Does it have something to do with the interface?)
2. On Western Digital's Web site, the product is listed with a three year warranty and the part number is WDG1T5000. But when I checked on the Apple Store Web site (and even Amazon.com and BestBuy.com), it lists the warranty as "one" year and the part number is different by one letter (WDG1T5000N).
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Airport Extreme with firmware version 7.5.1
Airport Utility, version 5.5.1
All systems at home are Windows XP with Service Pack 3
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Format : NTFS
Network description, Cable modem -> AE -> HDD into the USB of the AE
All laptop are on wireless.
I have called up the apple support helpdesk, which they ask me to hold on, but the line was cut off, and no one actually call me back.
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I have the same WD drive on my Airport. In the Airport utility, I have checked the "Enable File Sharing" box. I have selected to share with my Airport Extreme password. Further down the page, the workgroup box is filled in as "WORKGROUP" - I did not have to do this, the Airport seems to have detected it. If you have nothing there, you might want to fill it in.
On the PC, with File Explorer, expand the tree My Network Places:Entire Network:Microsoft Windows Network:Workgroup. The Airport shows up here. When I click it, I get a prompt for username and password. I use the info from the PC that I use to manage the airport. Then My Book shows up and I can browse it.

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I upgraded to Maverick and now Time Machine will not connect to the external hard drive to back up files. The external hard drive is a Western Digital "My Book Live" 2 TB. How do I solve problem?

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may not like to hear, but I'd skip on MyBook cases, nice looking as they are.
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