Expand the Western Digital My Book drive on the left side and right click on the partition you wish to mount, select Mount.Open the Disk Utility app located in /EXAMPLE-HDD/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app or by pressing CMD+SpaceBar and typing 'Disk Utility' or by manually clicking on the Spotlight Icon in the top right (magnifying glass icon) and typing 'Disk Utility', or by opening your LaunchPad and locating Disk Utility.Ext 1-2-3-4 are all read and writeable by the majority of Linux operating systems, FAT32-ExFAT-NTFS-ReFHS are all read and writeable by most Microsoft Windows operating systems. If there is data on the drive but your Mac device cannot read it even after attempting to manually mount the drive partitions, then I recommend plugging the drive into a computer with support for the file system being used on those partitions. I recommend you try mounting any partitions first. PLEASE fix the installer for all of your loyal Mac customers or, at the very least, post an official workaround for your customers.With the limited information you have presented, formatting drives with Mac OS 10.0 (2001) to the newest version 10.13 (Dec 2017) has always been the same. This worked for me and I hope it solves the installation problem for you.ĪTTENTION Western Digital! The last couple of versions of your WD Utilities installer have had the same problem. If it works correctly, discard the old version of “WD Drive Utilities.” Test the new “WD Drive Utilities v2.1.1.100” application. Move the “WD Drive Utilities v2.1.1.100” application to wherever your previous “WD Drive Utilities” application was located.ġ0. Paste the “WD Drive Utilities” application on your desktop and rename it “WD Drive Utilities v2.1.1.100”ĩ. Open the “WD Drive Utilities” folder and copy the “WD Drive Utilities” application.Ĩ. Scroll down in the “Resources” folder and double-click the “WD Drive Utilities.zip” file.ħ. Instead, right-click the file “WD Drive Utilities Installer” application and select the “Show Package Contents” option.Ħ. Open the “WD Drive Utilities” disk image. Double-click the “WD_Utilities_Installer_for_Mac_2_1_1_100.dmg” to create the “WD Drive Utilities” disk image on your desktop.ģ. Double-click the downloaded zip file to create the “WD_Utilities_Installer_for_Mac_2_1_1_100.dmg” on your desktop.ģ. Download WD_Utilities_Standalone_Installer_Mac_2_1_1_100.zip file from MacUpdate.Ģ. Assuming you have an older version of the “WD Drive Utilities” application installed, here is how I installed the newer WD Drive Utilities (v2.1.1.100) application:ġ.

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