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1. #WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC SPEED INSTALL#
2. #WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC SPEED PORTABLE#

If you’re looking for speed and have the technology, the Western Digital My Passport SSD is a must have portable hard drive that as mentioned, is perfect for all data occasions. The responsiveness is great for just about all file sizes! Enter My Passport by clicking on the icon present on the desktop. Click the Western Digital End User License Agreement link and read the agreement. Plug the USB cable from WD my Passport drive to a free functional USB port on your Mac. My Passport for Mac portable hard drive, with the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software. We tested it with two programs, ATTO Disk Benchmark and CrystalDisc Benchmark and both scored extremely close to the advertised speeds of Western Digital. Transferring files between WD My Passport and Mac is a simple process. In terms of performance, the drive is very fast for a portable SSD. Further, the backup software easily allows you to tailor your backups and even the ability of creating automatic backups. drives let you access and save files with. The password protection uses 256-bit AES hardware encryption that ensures you data is fully protected. When connected to a USB 3.0 port, My Passport for Mac portable hard.

#WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT FOR MAC SPEED INSTALL#

While the drive can be connected to any device without the WD Discovery software, if you want to maximise its features, you do need to install the included software for backups and password protection of data. Additionally, it comes in a range of colours to suit your personality and comes with everything you need to connect it to a PC or Mac with both a USB-C and USB-A adapter. The Blackmagic Disk Speed Test app shows 120 MB/sec read and write speeds on my new 2020 M1 Mac Mini on.

The drive works great I’m trying to understand how fast it SHOULD run I want to use my M1 Mac Mini’s Thunderbolt port for maximum speed. I reformatted it to APFS in Disk Utility. The design of the My Passport SSD is aesthetically pleasing and its metal casing really makes it standout. Hello WD Community, I purchased the WD My Passport Ultra 5 TB drive. With that said, the drive is backward compatible with USB-A which limits the read/write speeds. Unlike traditional portable SSD’s, the Western Digital My Passport SSD utilises NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) technology which allows for high-speed bandwidth, however to maximise this architecture, you do need access to a USB-C port.

Furthermore, The new Western Digital My Passport is also available in four speeds that include 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB. More importantly, it’s plug-n-play for both PC and Mac, supports the latest USB-C architecture and is drop resistant up 1.98 metres. Western Digital have just upgraded their popular My Passport SSD series with a lightning-fast speeds boost (Read up to 1050MB/s & Write up to 1000MB/s) in a truly portable (100.08mm x 55.12mm x 8.89mm) and slimline case that is perfect for all data occasions.