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 a WD TV Live HD media player, Blu-ray Disc player, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 3. DLNA 1.5 & UPnP certified.

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 mobile device.
Use your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Android smartphone 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 mobile device.
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.
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.
Centralize
My Book Live
Home Network Drive
Centralize your media in one safe place, so you can share your music, videos, and photos with every computer or connected device on your home network.
Play the media stored on this drive on your HDTV by adding a WD TV Live or WD TV Live Plus Network Media Player.
Connect
WD Livewire
Powerline AV Network Kit
Use your electrical outlets to create streaming-ready, high-speed Internet connections anywhere in your home without running wires.
Play the highest quality HD video on your HDTV by adding a WD TV Live or WD TV Live Plus Network Media Player.
Centralize your media on your home network to share with all your computers and connected devices by adding a
My Book Live Home Network Drive.
Play
WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus
HD Media Players
Whether it's your own videos, music, and photos or Internet entertainment, play it all in the comfort of your living room in brilliant full-HD 1080p definition.
Centralize your media so you can stream it to your
WD TV Live or
WD TV Live Plus Network Media Player.
Connect to a high-speed, wired Internet connection anywhere in the house by adding a WD Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit.
Centralize and Play
WD TV Live Hub
1 TB Media Center
Store and play your music, videos, and photos, watch hit movies, access the best of the Internet and enjoy it all on your HDTV or stream it to any TV in your house.
Connect to a high-speed, wired Internet connection anywhere in the house by adding a
WD Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit.
Play the movies, music and photos stored on this media center to another TV in your house by adding a WD TV Live or WD TV Live Plus Network Media Player.
Add even more centralized storage to your home network by adding a My Book Live Home Network Drive.
Show off all your photos with your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Android smartphone.
Get quick access to all the photos stored on your My Book Live, My Book World Edition, or WD ShareSpace network drive using your iPad, iPhone, iPhone, iPod touch, or Android smartphone.
Your photos are private, safe and secure on your home network drive. No need to spend time and money on an online
Your smartphone just become brilliant.
Show off your entire photo collection, up to 285,000 photos, without taking up tons of space on your smartphone. Download the free app from the Android Market or the Apple iTunes store and make your phone the center of attention.
WD Photos is compatible with leading Apple mobile devices and the most popular Android smartphones including, but not limited to, the DROID by Motorola, DROID Incredible by HTC, Nexus One, and the HTC EVO 4G. Photos are automatically optimized for perfect viewing on your mobile device.
Turn your iPad into the ultimate photo album.
Show off every detail of your favorite memories without compromise. When viewing your photos with your iPad, you have access to the highest available resolution - 1024 x 768. WD Photos allows for a large cache size on your iPad, so you can access more of your viewed photos even when you're offline. Display your photos vertically or view them horizontally and turn your iPad into the ultimate photo album.

Folder view

Search by date

Keyword search

Post a photo
to Facebook
All your photos at your fingertips.
WD Photos offers a variety of features, including:
- Instantly post photos to Facebook.
- Create a slideshow with transitions to create digital art.
- Access previously viewed photos even when you are offline.
- View your photos all at once or filter them by folder or album.
- Search by file name, folder name, or date using the built-in
search options.
- E-mail a photo to friend.
- Assign a photo to
a contact.
- Add a photo to the Camera Roll.
- Add a photo to the Camera Roll.
Requirements:
You need a Western Digital My Book Live home network drive,
My Book World Edition home network drive, My Book World Edition II dual-drive network storage, or WD ShareSpace network storage system.
You must register with WD's MioNet secure remote access service which is included free with all our network drives.
Your Android device must have OS 2.1 or higher. Your iPhone or iPod touch must have OS 3.1 or later.


It's easy
Data backup can be a chore, but it's your family photos, your movies, your music - your life - and it's important to protect it. So we made this software extra easy because we really want you to use it.
You can see your life safe in one place
See your content displayed in easy to understand categories like movies and photos. Watch the progress of your backup as it happens with the instant-feedback color bars. Now you can truly be sure that all your stuff is backed up.
A unique visual interface lets you see the drives connected to your computer.
WD SmartWare will automatically scan your computer and find all of your personal files, including e-mail.
Content category gauges show how much information you have to be backed up in each category. You can even mouse over a category to see a file count.
Simply click Run Backup and WD SmartWare will automatically start backing up your files.
As your backup is running the category gauges will change color showing you the backup as it happens.
When finished, you'll see a status screen and information about your backup. You only have to do this once. After the first backup your files will be backed up automatically every time you change or add a file.
It's always on the job
WD SmartWare is always watching your computer, so when you change a file and save it, create new files, add new pictures, movies, or songs, WD SmartWare will instantly back them up.
You can bring back lost file
If you ever accidentally delete an important file, or need to get an earlier version of a file, you can find and retrieve it in seconds with this easy-to-use interface.
- Restore files and folders by categories photos, music, video, for example.
- Find a lost file with the search function.
- Go back in time to retrieve an older version of a file.
You're in control
WD SmartWare software is also a control center for your external drives. From it you can:
- Customize your backup
- Set drive security
- Run diagnostics
- Manage the power settings, and more
Specifications
My Book Live 1 TB Hard Drives
| Performance Specifications |
|
| Transfer Rates |
 |
Ethernet |
10/100/1000 Mb/s capable |
 |
| Physical Specifications |
|
 |
Capacity |
1 TB |
 |
Interface |
Ethernet |
 |
| Physical Dimensions |
|
| English |
 |
Height |
6.60 Inches |
 |
Depth |
5.50 Inches |
 |
Width |
2.00 Inches |
 |
Weight |
2.41 Pounds |
 |
| Metric |
 |
Height |
167 mm |
 |
Depth |
139 mm |
 |
Width |
50.00 mm |
 |
Weight |
1.09 kg |
 |
| Environmental Specifications |
|
| Temperature (English) |
 |
Operating |
41 F to 95 F |
 |
Non-operating |
-4 F to 149 F |
 |
| Temperature (Metric) |
 |
Operating |
5 C to 35 C |
 |
Non-operating |
-20 C to 65 C |
 |
| Electrical Specifications |
|
| Current Requirements |
 |
Power Dissipation |
 |
AC Input Voltage |
100-240 VAC |
 |
AC Input Frequency |
47-63 Hz |
 |
| As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, megabit per second (Mb/s) = one million bits per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. |