External Drives for Mac Experiencing Data Loss with Maverick OS -- UPDATED FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TonVH wrote:

How is the present situation?

 

If I buy now a drive, do not use the Smartware: are there any realistic chances of losing data?

 

And: what’t the use of using this Smartware. What are the advantages?

 

 

Yosemite public beta is not 100% compatible. WD Drive Manager unexpectedly quits if you delete or change the RAID mode on an external disk.
I recommend uninstall WD Drive Manager to avoid other problems, until WD releases a update.