Set a password on the My Book for Mac drive and WD Security activates 256-bit AES hardware encryption that works at the speed of the drive to help protect your data. UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY Equipped with a USB 3.0 port – and compatible with USB 2.0 devices – the My Book for Mac drive delivers ultra-fast file transfers and greater bandwidth. Buy WD My Book For Mac 2TB Desktop External Hard Drive with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Newegg shopping upgraded ™. As always, this book-like shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Designed for Mac. Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple Time Machine, this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users.
MyBook Live version goto There is a new MyBook out as from end 2010: the MyBook Live. This version is significantly different from from the preceeding ones, as it uses a Debian Lenny distribution. Post on the forum and update the Wiki once you have made a hack or find ways to use it. Most of the hacks from this page are different from the one of the MyBook Live, but may be of interest. Here is the MyBook Live specific section: White light version update There is a new version out with white light on the front instead of the blue rings. The configuration of this version is slightly different, so some of the hacks below might not work out-of-the-box as described below.
But some will, so feel free to give it a try. Post on the forum if you encounter problems and update the wiki once you have made a hack so that other users know that it works.
For aMule and Transmission Automated installations on whitelight see below. Mybook Live de-brick & Tools. Recovering MBWE bluerings. with. Complete walk-through from attaching serial for de-bricking to installing Debian Getting In See “Enable SSH” in. Old information (left for reference):. test your My Book readiness to apply a ssh hack and have some debug info on applying SSH hacks.
or (Reboot required for both). (Root password deleted). (Less secure alternative to SSH) Tips & Modifications Note: is in many cases the easiest and safest way to install applications. Most of the following hacks needs that you first configure optware. Compile MBWE binaries on your linux PC.
Compile binaries 'natively' on your PC by Use your My Book as a download server. Download torrents using Note: has been reported to hang on big files during hash check. Download torrents using.
(Recommened). Download torrents using. install and configure nzbget easily (require webserver and accessbook).: let your My Book download tons of images / movies for you!. Download from rapidshare and others with Use your Mybook as a print server. Setting up a - Install and configure CUPS Use your My Book as a File Server. Update the (white light) server to increase transfer speeds. Enabling it as a., a secure and easy alternative to FTP.
for the paranoid. a free php (slow) file manager to share files with friends. Enable using lighttpd server. display ' (like '.htaccess') within the network shares. Add support for external USB drive (WB 2nd edition). Fix the display of.
with read-only share. Use your My Book as a Media Server. (mt-daapd) streaming music server for iTunes and the Roku SoundBridge. (mt-daapd-svn) same as above but using optware entirely without compiling from sources. (UPnP MediaServer).
(UPnP MediaServer). Serve Files off your Topfield PVR using. Install for devices such as Logitech Radio on MyBook Live Use your My Book as a web and communication server. webserver - Serve contents of a 'share' over HTTP. Replaced the built-in Lighttpd on the white light edition. Similar hack. Use your My Book as a secure web and PHP server.
A nice and fast portal for sharing files and photos with your friends. is a simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. Install an IRC. Install a database server.
Backup with your My Book. Enabling for file synchronisation.based backup solution. another backup solution (compiling tutorial). (installation tutorial). Clone your My Book to a bigger disk, backup your Mybook's system and data regularly and receive email reports of Backup status. Use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as your on-line backup. Using Duplicity to create incremental secure backups on Amazon S3 cloud storage.
solution for backing up your MyBook data to a connected USB disc. Manage Monitor your My Book. control of your my book. (By running a script at startup). (Change the hardcoded mac-address). Add a html Temp, Memory and cpu monitor.
A cool looking system monitoring tool. Text editor.
Coming Soon. Detach and manager your terminal sessions using. Discussion thread. A method to keep date and time actual.
(Re-)configure Your My Book. (for firmware 2.00.15). for when the web-interface refuses to cooperate.