You want to do regular backups and your internal drive is 1TB in size so you’re going to need 2TB for that. You want an area to swap files between your Mac and a Windows PC you have and you need 500 GB for that. And there you have it, the format WD My Passport for Mac in 10 quick steps. YouTube Captureから MY PASSPORT FOR MAC 1TB Time Machine用として購入。. WD My Passport for Mac Review 2TB. 2018 MacBook Pro 13' Touch Bar vs 2017 13' Base Model - Duration: 5:35.

Designed for Mac and ready to be used with Time Machine, the 4TB 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. Rated 5 out of 5 by Scott from Great Backup Drive for Mac This is a great backup drive for the Mac. I had an issue with a different brand portable drive that was originally a PC formatted drive that I reformatted for Mac. I choose this drive because it had good reviews and was pre-formatted for Mac. The drive is large enough for what I needed and was a fairly small enclosure.

I really liked the USB-C connection. My Mac has USB 2.0 and 3.0, it worked great with my computer. This drive comes with both a USB-C to USB-C cable and a USB-C to USB-A cable. You dont need to purchase a separate USB cable to use this drive with the older USB format, and it works great with no issues.

Some drives dont come with the USB-C to USB-A cable, but this one does. I like that it will work with both the newer computers as well as my older 10 year old Mac. The drive has an activity light on the case, which I also like. I used this drive to back up the files from a movie I just shot. I used one as both the 1st drive and as a backup drive. Copying to it was easy and fast. Im pleased with my purchase.

Rated 3 out of 5 by Charles from 3.5/5 but a couple things The drive works well, but there are a couple of things I would fix. With my new 2018 MacBook Pro, It almost always has to be Forced to Quit. It will not just eject when thrown in the trash. I don't know if this is ever going to compromise any data, but it makes me uneasy every time.

Thank goodness everything seems okay so far. No data loss. The cords are really short, only about one foot. I need to buy longer ones so I can use my laptop on the couch and not have the drive tucked at my thigh. It is fast enough, but not nearly as good as a SSD. Rated 1 out of 5 by Robin from unreliable My first one of these drives was fine.

The next two were not reliable. Onenote calendar integration mac. After about 1/2 hour of use, the files become unavailable and I have to eject the volume and remount. Often even if I close every program that works with images, I have to force eject. The support offered was insulting at best. WD Passport emailed me instructions on how to drag the icon to the trash. I did wipe one of the drives clean and reformat and it was fine for a few days and then the same problem started again.

Rated 5 out of 5 by Steven from They Work as Expected I purchased three 4 TB external drives to use with Lightroom and Time Machine on my new iMac. They were easy to set up and so far work flawlessly and reasonably quickly. I was going to use the third drive as additional back up, but decided to use cloud storage. As I did have a WD hard drive crash in the past (after 7 years) I will keep the third drive for an emergency, unless I find another use for it, or decide to use it as additional backup, as originally planned.