- #WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USB 3.0 UPGRADE#
- #WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USB 3.0 PORTABLE#
- #WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USB 3.0 PRO#
I erased the drive and plugged in the My Passport for Mac.
#WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USB 3.0 PRO#
It took approximately 6 minutes to transfer the 22.41 GB from the MacBook Pro to the drive. I used a Mid-2014 MacBook Pro Retina as the computer to transfer data back and forth.įirst, I tested the My Passport Ultra with the large file. I had a large file of music and movies to use as my test subject. Mac computers will write to NTFS and so I ran a quick test to see which drive would write data faster. The main difference between the two is that the My Passport Ultra is formatted as NTFS natively for use with PC. Both drives are using USB 3.0 and both drives have the same basic specs. For my testing purposes, I actually had two My Passport drives – the My Passport for Mac and the My Passport Ultra. My Passport for Mac uses USB 3.0 transfer speed (compatible with USB 2.0) and is capable of transferring over 20GB of data in less than 10 minutes. That combined with the password protection, your data is very secure.
My Passport for Mac is ready to use with Time Machine and offers 256-bit AES hardware encryption. The drive may need formatting if you use it with other operating systems. It’s specially formatted for use with Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra (not listed on WD’s website). This drive comes pre-formatted as HFS + Journaled for use with macOS. In my opinion, this is a very cool feature.Īside from being extremely portable, the My Passport for Mac has some incredible integrations with Mac computer users. With WD Security, you can set a specific password for the drive and the drive icon won’t even appear on the computer’s desktop until you enter the password. And the WD Security makes certain that only people you want to view the data stored on the drive have access. The WD Drive Utilities ensures that your My Passport drive is always running smoothly by providing quick tests to benchmark the drive’s performance. This series of MyPassport drive comes with some additional utility software that elevates the drive’s performance and security. You can, in fact, simply plug n’ play with them. They measure approximately 4” x 3” and have very minimal set-up required. The My Passport series drives from Western Digital are powerful and portable.
#WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USB 3.0 PORTABLE#
Western Digital makes a really nice line of small, portable hard drives and they recently released a new version of the My Passport for Mac. While that might be enough when I’m stationary at my office or at home, when I travel I liked to have redundant backup space and usually carry a portable hard drive.
#WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC USB 3.0 UPGRADE#
I opted to upgrade my internal storage to 1TB because of the amount of video and photo editing I do on my computer. And, I, too, have been faced with the hard drive space selection. Within the past few days, I recently ordered a new laptop for myself, too (the 2016 MacBook Pro). She does rely a lot on external hard drive storage to backup her files often. While I questioned her decision, she has made it work well for the most part. A couple of years ago, my fiancé upgraded her laptop to a MacBook Pro Retina, but she chose the smaller hard drive capacity due to the price difference. While all the components keep getting smaller and smaller, it seems that hard drive space in computers is getting smaller, too. My Passport for Mac ideal for video file backups and transfers.įile storage seems to always at a premium these days.
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