Any way to backup my book for Mac automatically?

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Hello all, I’m super new to all this and have a pretty basic knowledge of external hard drives.

I previously had the wd my cloud, but have had horrible experiences and support adviced me to return the first, and send back the second for warranty repairs.

I decided to stay away from the wd my cloud and now have a my book for mac (wdbycc0030hbk-04), and I’m trying to figure out if there’s any way to backup everything in there to another wd passport that I have, without having to do it manually.

I’ve seen posts about something called smartware, but as far as I can see, this model is not equiped with that. 

I have a macbook pro, running the latest version of Yosemite, and have a wd utilitilies application that helps me test the drive and even erase it, but I don’t see anything on how to backup to another drive.

On the my cloud dashboard that I had before, you could do that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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Hi there and welcome to the WD community.

Currently there is no WD application that could do this but, you can look for 3rd party applications that could help you backup a external drive to another. Unfortunately i have not knowledge of any app but lets see if another user can help you out with any ideas or tips. 

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Hi there.

I’ve always used ChronoSync (from Econ Technologies). I have a WD Passport drive that I backup to another non-WD drive. ChronoSync hasn’t failed me in years. I like the fact that you can schedule syncs and backups by a certain time or even when the drive mounts. It’s a very sophisticated piece of software.  I’ve dealt with their Support, too, and it’s top-notch.

I know they have a demo version so you can try it out for a while to see what you think.  Here’s their website:   http://www.econtechnologies.com/