#Western digital my passport 1tb reviews for mac
#Western digital my passport 1tb reviews update

The USB-C cable that WD provides in the box is of high quality and decent length. I was far from happy with the USB 3.0 design that seemed better at destroying drives than transferring data.

#Western digital my passport 1tb reviews update

The recent swap to the USB-C is a very welcome update for storage devices all round. You just have to make sure there’s enough room for the USB cable as well. Its shape is also ideal for slipping neatly into a pocket in a camera bag. The My Passport SSD is compact, far smaller than a laptop SSD that is commonly found within many older portable drives. Especially taking into consideration that this is designed as a portable drive. The outer, unlike the Samsung T5, is plastic, and while the black top section feels of a good quality, I worry that the textured silver bottom section, will, over time wear and look tatty. Maybe a little overdesigned when you look at the two-tone, two textured finish, but that’s personal preference. The overall design and finish of the drive is nice enough.

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WD Security can be useful if you’re working on a shoot that involves an NDA, and it’s a legal obligation to keep the images or video safe and secure. WD Security enables you to lock a drive with a password. It also allows you to reformat the drive into your prefered file format quickly. WD Drive Utilities enables you to check the integrity and health of the drive with a status check and two levels of drive testing.

#Western digital my passport 1tb reviews for mac

The drive comes formatted as ExFat but can be easily re-formatted to a more sensible file structure such as HFS for Mac or NTFS for PC.Ī couple of handy applications are supplied on the drive WD Drive Utilities and WD Security. This means that to some extent it is drop proof (photographer proof) and has an operating environment range of between 5 and 35º. If like me, you’re lagging behind slightly with the latest technology, WD also includes a neat adapter plug so that the drive will fit standard USB 2.0 through to USB 3.1.īeing SSD, the drive has no moving parts so it’s far more robust than a traditional optical drive.

The drive comes in three different capacities: 256, 512 and 1TB, with the prices escalating to reflect.Īs this drive uses the latest technology, it also features the USB-C connection this ensures the fastest possible transfer rates of up to 515mb/s. The new drive measures just 90 x 45 x 10mm (LxWxH) compared with 110 x 81 x 16.3mm of the older design. Physical drive sizes have dropped considerably, with the casing of the My Passport SSD being almost half the size of a traditional My Passport.