OS X supports WD FireWire drives without any special software.
If the drive has been working in a prior Mac OS:
- Boot the system.
- Turn the drive on, leaving the FireWire cable disconnected. Wait 20-30 seconds for the drive to spin up completely and then attach the FireWire cable to the back of the drive.
- The drive should mount on the desktop.
- To unmount the drive, drag the icon to the trashcan.
If the drive is new:
- Boot the system.
- Turn the drive on, leaving the FireWire cable disconnected. Wait 20-30 seconds for the drive to spin up completely and then attach the FireWire cable to the back of the drive.
- Use Disk Setup in the Disk Utilities folder.
- To find Disk Setup, access the Applications folder.
- Next, open the Utilities folder.
- Click on the Disk Utility icon.
- When Disk Utility opens up, you can choose Disk First Aid to test the drive, or select Drive Setup to partition and initialize the drive.
Note: OS 10.0 or 10.1 only supports Firewire hard drives up to 137Gb.
