NoBrainer USB3 ext drive for a MacBook Pro. I DO NOT understand some other's issues formatting this drive for OS X/macOS. High Sierra, Sierra, El Cap, Yosemite - IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE... Goto Disk Utility/Partition and follow the prompts to format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). By default this will blow out the included useless WD Windows junkware on the drive. I set up 2 logical 1GB partitions, one for Time Machine, the other for Carbon Copy Cloner, both Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Cheese for the mouse, it truly gets no simpler than this...
This product is great! It comes with a lot of product support and has a great file transfer speed.
PROS:
Well packaged
Comes with Software for PIN CODE Security
Comes with Software for Automatic Backup Update
Fast File Transfers
Light Indicator (Sleep Mode, File transfer, OFF)
CONS:
The USB Cable is a bit Short
Case is not drop resistant (but most external hard rives aren't)
Really didn't think I'd need additional storage but yeah, that day arrived. After deleting a few games I knew I had a problem. Didn't know the cure would be this simply or cheap. Plugged it in and within minutes I was transfering games from the internal drive over to this one. I've got tons of room now and couldn't be happier!
I bought two of these WD Passports. One was to replace my old WD 500 Gig external hard drive. The other I bought to attach to my Playstation 4 for external storage. No instructions were included in the box so had to go to website to download the software to install and configure. My only complaint.
The second one for my Playstation 4 was even easier to connect and format. I can now not have to delete old games due to storage needs! Highly recommend!
I bought a couple of these drives to store and watch home movies on our TV. On some TV's ( and a blu-ray player ), this was plug and play without issues. However, on some televisions the drives did not register. I attributed it to not receiving enough power from the USB on the tv and bought an Anker usb hub with a power input. The extra juice allowed the hard drive to register and play videos on more TVs, but not all that I tested.
It works fine on computers without any problems, but If you are considering buying one of these, make sure it works on the device you are buying it for.
Feature Product
- Auto backup with included WD Backup software
- Password protection with hardware encryption
- Trusted drive built with WD reliability
- USB 3.0 port; USB 2.0 compatible. SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7. Requires reformatting for Mac OS X operating system
- 3-year manufacturer's limited warranty
Description
My Passport is the trusted, portable storage that perfectly complements your on-the-go lifestyle. Designed to fit in the palm of your hand, there’s plenty of space to store a massive amount of photos, videos, music and documents. Perfectly paired with WD Backup software and password protection, the My Passport drive helps keep your files safe.
When plugged the Hard Drive into the Xbox, it quickly asked me to format it if was going to be used for game storage. I have used the Hard Drive for some time now and I can say that I have had no issues at all. I have downloaded a considerably large amount of games on the Hard Drive and nothing has gone wrong and speed is to be expected from a Hard Drive. Its not the speed of a SSD but better then the hard drive inside my Xbox that is full. If your are going to use it as a hard drive for a computer and your moving your hard drive a lot, then I can't answer if this is good for the purpose. But if your going to use it as a Xbox One HDD, then you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
I'm a photographer and I bought this drive before a 6 week trip to India. I knew that I'd need a backup drive and that I'd be generating a lot of data (photos, video). In the end, I didn't fill it up... I barely used 1TB, but it was good that I never felt limited in my shooting by storage options.
This drive, like my other WD Passports, was simple to use.... just plug it in and it appears like any other USB thumb drive would, with no external power requirements, and it didn't take up much room in my camera backpack.
While connected to my Surface, it was fast enough reading and writing that editing photos was not uncomfortably slow.
This external is okay. It works on my Mac and the PC I've been assigned at work. And seems to work okay - now.
I had a problem with it not booting at home, on my Mac. It frustrated the heck out of me because it worked okay sometimes, but not all the time. I went to the Help site and the Forums - OMG - there's way too much to sort through there. I absolutely hate to go to the full encyclopedia when I've got a definable problem; it's like going to the grocery store for one item and finding 20 varieties or brands of the same thing. It's overwhelming.
But I finally figured it out. The problem was that this drive was not plugged into a USB port that had enough power coming through it to run the drive. It simply could not quite boot up. It would boot up at work but I don't use a multi-port USB adapter there; I had a powered 7-port USB adapter at home but it just didn't have enough juice.
I got a new, 10-port powered USB adapter and the problem is solved.
I bought this to use as my primary Time Machine backup for my Mac. First thing I did was reformat, then I ended up partitioning it down the middle, and taking one of the 1 TB partitions and breaking that up into two 500 GB volumes to use as local cloud storage for me and my wife. I connected the hard drive to my Netgear router and it was super simple to mount and setup the remaining 1 TB volume as my Time Machine location.
Now, every time my Mac is connected to a power source, Time Machine backs up my machine automatically and I don't have to manually connect an external hard drive like I used to.
I purchased this hard drive so I could store my Xbox one games off of the console and to free up space. The drive was plug and play and works great. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because when I turn off my xbox the light blinks on the hard drive. This wouldn't be a problem, however the xbox is in my room and at night it flashes lights.. I have to unplug it from the cord at night and then plug it in when ready to use.
Would be much easier if that light wasn't there.
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