My Book® Live™ - Centralize your media. Simplify your life.

Consolidate your movies, music, and photos in one central location for everyone on your wired or wireless network to access and enjoy. Automatically back up your PC and Mac® computers to one safe place and stream your media to your entertainment center.

All your media in one place.
Centralize the scattered data from CDs, DVDs, and USB sticks to one location for the whole family to access from any computer.

Your files, your way.
Backup the files on all your computers. Access and share files inside and outside your home. Stream media to your entertainment center.

Enjoy the simplicity.
It's so easy, everyone in the house will use it, whether they're on a Mac or PC. And set up is a breeze, too.

Simplify your digital life by consolidating your movies, music, photos, and files in one location for everyone on your wired or wireless network to share. Back up all your PC and Mac computers to one safe place, access files securely over the internet, stream media to your entertainment center, and show off all your photos with your iPhone.

Simplify your digital life - Store and back up your entire family's movies, music, photos, and important files to one safe place. Reduce the clutter of all those USB sticks, CDs, and DVDs.

Share your media collection on your network - Plug the drive into your router so that any PC or Mac on your wired or wireless network can access the data.

Easy to set up, easy to find on your network - Set up is a snap. In just a few minutes, you're up and running. Mac, Windows® 7, and Windows Vista® computers will automatically find your My Book Live drive in seconds. If you're running Windows XP, our simple discovery software makes it easy to set up the drive.

Leading-edge performance - Designed around the most recent advances in Ethernet chip technology, this product delivers read speeds up to 100 MBps. That's 4 times faster than most consumer network drives in this category today.

Automatic backup with WD SmartWare™ for Windows - Back up the data on all your home computers to a single, reliable place. Every time you save something, it's instantly backed up. You can even back up Windows computers wirelessly over your WiFi network. Restore lost, damaged or older files to their original location with a just a few clicks.

Compatible with Apple® Time Machine® - Mac computer users can utilize all the features of Apple Time Machine backup software to protect their data. Back up all your Macs wirelessly to one location over your WiFi network.

Secure remote access- Access your files over the Internet from anywhere, using WD's remote access technology. It's easy to securely access and share photos and documents with friends and family while you're on the go.

Play your music on any computer in your home - The drive includes iTunes® server support so you can centralize your music collection and stream to a Mac or PC.

Show off your photos with your iPhone - Use your iPhone, iPad™ iPod touch®, or Android smarthphone to get quick access to all the photos stored on your home network drive. Download the free WD Photos photo viewer app and show off your entire photo collection without taking up tons of space on your iPhone.

Stream digital media anywhere in your home - Watch your daughter's birthday party video or show off your vacation slideshow on your TV. The built-in media server streams music, photos and movies to any DLNA-certified multimedia device such as WD TV® Live™ HD media player, Blu-ray Disc™ player, Xbox 360®, or PlayStation® 3. DLNA 1.5 & UPnP certified.

Ideal for

• Centralizing your digital media collection on your wired or wireless network
• Sharing movies, music, and photos with all the computers on your network
• Backing up data from all the PC and Mac computers in your home
• Viewing your photo collection with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
• Streaming media to your Blu-ray Disc players, game consoles, media players, or other DNLA/UPnP devices on your home network

What's in the box
Home network drive, Ethernet cable, AC power adapter, Installation and software CD, Quick Install Guide.

Compatibility
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7
Mac OS® X Leopard®, Snow Leopard™
DLNA/UPnP enabled devices