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We still have the external hard drive with all of our pictures/videos (was formatted appropriately so we can use it on the Mac as well). But the WD Smartware on my Mac can’t see the MyCloud as a target for backup. I can connect to the MyCloud in Finder on the network, and connect to the MyCloud remotely via the app from my Mac. Oct 31, 2020 Free download Smartware Smartware for Mac OS X. Smartware - A small portion of drive space on your new My Passport or My Book hard drive has been used to create a Virtual CD (VCD).

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You can also completely disable the VCD with WD's tool over here.

Western Digital provides a utility to disable this that is pretty easy to do:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3835&p_created=1256946237&p_sid=8_wTuyOj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NCw0JnBfcHJvZHM9MjI4LDIwOSwzMDImcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PTMuMzAyJnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9dmNk&p_li=&p_topview=1

Indeed they do provide a utility but for me was mostly waste of time.
We have 6 of these sort of drives. The firmware updates did not install on some of the drives no matter what i did, so i could not get rid of the Smartware.
The script may well come in handy. All very annoying as really do not want this extra partition showing ever !

To disable the Virtual CD - If you are not running WD SmartWare and wish to disable the Virtual CD, click here for instructions. Windows release 1.2.1.26 (3/11/10) This update includes the following changes to WD SmartWare. Free wd smartware for mac download software at UpdateStar. It was originally introduced to Mac users in Mac OS 9. A Windows version has been available since the.

For those who want to permanently remove the VCD, there is a firmware update available from the WD web site.

Yup, just disable the VCD entirely:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3835&p_created=1256946237&p_sid=bJWwxpZj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTQzLDE0MyZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZGlzYWJsZSBzbWFydHdhcmU!&p_li=&p_topview=1

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I had a similar issue, but 'fixed' it a different way. The Virtual CD in question comes from my Toshiba 1 TB external disk, which is my Time Machine disk. Every time the external disk connected, that damned virtual CD was mounted as well. I didn't want it! Since there are MANY ways to do the same thing in Unix, my solution was to modify (or create) /etc/fstab, and add the following line: The 040 escapes a blank character (octal 40, hex 20, decimal 32), as the name of my VCD was 'Virtual CD.' The 'noauto' tells Unix not to automatically mount the file system with that label.

Once Western Digital unbreaks Virtual CD (VCD) Manager for Mac, you can download it and use it to control whether the virtual CD is mounted.

This one-liner worked well for me in the Terminal.
sudo sh -c 'echo UUID=`diskutil info /Volumes/WD SmartWare/ | grep 'UUID' | awk '{print $NF}'` none hfs rw,noauto 0 0 >> /etc/fstab'
Eject the disk after and it should not come back.

I had a big problem trying to update the firmware so I could run the software (Virtual_CD_Manager_v1003) that removes this garbage. The firmware labeled 'WDEssential_and_Elite_FirmwareUpdater_v1.0.0.16(2.003)' crashed every time. Useless.

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The firmware 'EssentialEliteFirmwareUpdater_v1005' instructions found at the following link worked for me. How to disable (hide) the Virtual CD (VCD) for Windows or Mac OSX on a My Book or My Passport drive

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Note to self: next time you want to save $15 on buying a drive, factor in the wasted hour removing garbage installed by idiot manufacturers like Western Digital. What makes these bozos think they know better than their users? They clearly don't.