Password Protection with Hardware Encryption:The My Passport for Mac drive's built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security software helps keep your content private and safe. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password.
Designed for Mac and ready to be used with Time Machine, the 2TB My Passport for Mac USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive from WD can be used to create system backups, store your photos and videos and much more. The drive comes preformatted in HFS+ for Mac and works out of the box; simply plug the drive in and begin transferring your files quickly using the USB 3.0 port with a maximum data transfer rate of up to 5 Gb/s. In addition to just storing your files, this drive features 256-bit AES hardware encryption along with the ability to add a return-if-found message if the drive is ever lost. Designed for Mac My Passport for Mac portable storage works straight out of the box with Mac devices which makes it easy to get going quickly - drag and drop files to and from, or setup a backup routine with Apple's Time Machine software to help protect your photos, videos, music and documents. Password Protection with Hardware Encryption The My Passport for Mac drive's built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security software helps keep your content private and safe. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password. You can also add a 'return-if-found' message as the password prompt to help your My Passport for Mac drive find its way back to you if it ever accidentally gets left behind.
Easy to Use My Passport for Mac portable storage is ready to use out of the box, so you can start transferring files, saving your memories and backing up right away. It comes with WD Security software to help protect your data and is compatible with Apple Time Machine.
Dong Knows Tech The new WD My Passport SSD 2018 version remains a tiny portable drive. The My Passport SSD 2018 version, available up to 2TB, is a bit of a surprise. Even though it appears very similar to a that shipped last year, it’s different enough to qualify as a new portable drive entirely. For one, it’s much faster, in fact, one of the fastest SSD-based portable drives on the market. And it’s also affordable.
For example, the 2TB version currently costs just $540 (or 27 cents per gigabyte), some $150 less than its main contender, the. That said, if you’re on the market for a rugged yet compact portable drive that will give you both performance and security, look no further than the 2018 My Passport SSD. Dong Knows Tech The 2TB My Passport SSD 2018 version (right) next to the 1TB 2017 version. Note the model numbers. Its model number starts with WDBKVXxxx (as opposed to WDBK3Exxx of the old one). It’s while the old drive is by WD. It has four capacities and caps at 2TB.
The old drive has only thee capacities and caps at 1TB. And finally, also the most important, the new drive proved to be faster in my testing and currently costs less per gigabyte. So yeah, make sure you pick the right one! WD My Passport SSD (2018) Specs 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB Model WDBKVY2559PSL WDBKVZ5119PSL WDBKWA9PSL WDBKWB19PSL Interface USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) with USB-C USB 3.0/2.0 compatible Yes Cable included USB-C and one USB-A adapter Dimentions 3.5 x 1.8 x 0.39 in (90 x 45 x 10 mm) Copy speed Up to 515 MB/s Encryption support AES 256-bit AES 256-bit AES 256-bit AES 256-bit Security Password (optional) Password (optional) Password (optional) Password (optional) Supported operating systems Windows (7 and later), Mac OS (10.9 and later) Current price in the U.S.
$99.99 $127.99 $299.99 $539.99 Cost per Gigabyte $0.39 $0.25 $0.29 $0.27 Warranty 3 years 3 years A super-compact and rugged fingerprint magnet The My Passport SSD is tiny, just about the size of a classic Zippo lighter. It’s thinner and much lighter, though. In fact, it’s so light WD doesn’t bother to put down its weight in the specs sheet. It’s about as light as the included short USB-C cable. Despite the modest physical size, the drive is rugged.
WD says it can easily withstand drops from up to 6.5-foot height and has the a shock resistance of up to 1,500 g-force. I gave it to my toddler to play for a day and it survived without any problem. That’s for sure more impressive than most of the toys and at least one iPhone, we have in the house. Even though the drive is not slated to be water proof. I accidentally left it in my shorts’ pocket and it survived being machine-washed and dried.
Don’t try that with your drive, however. Generally all storage devices are supposed to be handled with cared. There’s one thing you need to know: this portable drive is a fingerprint super magnet.
Once you’ve touched it, it’s almost impossible to undo that fact. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Strong encryption, useful software Like the Samsung T5, the My Passport SSD features 256-bit AES hardware encryption to protect the data it holds in case of loss or thief.
You can turn this feature on and password-protect your drive using WD Security software. Keep in mind that, if you forget the password, you’ll lose your data, there’s no way to crack the password.
Out of the box, the drive is formatted using exFAT file system. This means it will work with both Windows and Mac computers interchangeably, without you having to reformat it.
ExFAT doesn’t support Time Machine backup so if you want to use the drive for this purpose, you’ll need to format it first. Preloaded on the drive is the installer of WD Discovery software. Once installed, this software will give you link to install other software applications such as WD Security, WD Utilities and WD Backup. There are also links to trial versions of other software. Other than WD Security, which is necessary if you ant to protect the drive’s content, you don’t really need any of the rest. For example, in my experience the WD Backup software, while useful, doesn’t provide any extra value considering Windows 10’s built-in or Mac’s.
However, if you want to try out the software, I’d recommend, instead of using WD Discovery which can clutter your computer with product placements. Performance I tested the 2TB version of the new My Passport SSD and it did very well. The drive delivered the sustained copy speed of more than 478 megabytes per second for reading. In writing, it scored 377MB/s. These are currently the fastest on the market for any SSD-based, non-RAID portable drive. Even though the new My Passport SSD isn’t faster than the T5 by a huge margin, considering the significant lower cost, it still sure gives the Samsung contender a good run for its money. The drive also worked with USB 2.0 port in my trial.
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Of course in this case its performance was much slower, topping at just around 38MB/s. There’s only one USB-C cable in the box but thanks to an included USB-A to USB-C adapter, you can use the drive with any computers, both new and old.