Fastest Portable Reliable Strongest Best External Hard Drives 2018 Dive into these HDD reviews to pick the best ideal and most reliable storage drive. Western Digital 4TB My Passport – Fast Transfers I bought the back in 2017 and guess what? I just love the transfer speed and it’s still working fine for me. Every hard drive offers great storage capacity but what makes WD My Passport different from others is faster data transfer speeds. This is the latest generation of the Western Digital My Passport range of data storage and weighs about eight ounces with a compact size like a passport and easy to carry in hand. If you are a professional photographer, programmer or IT guru you can take fast backup of all of your data including photos and files within seconds regardless of the files size.

But don’t limit yourself if you want to use the drive for personal usage like storing games, movies or pictures as I did. This smallest and lightest hard disk uses a single cable for power supply as well as for data transfer. Equipped with a blue light which indicates by illuminating when the device is active. The drive becomes much safe due to four rubber feet in case of impact on any surface. Microsoft outlook for mac. Furthermore, WD reduced the carbon footprints by using recycled materials for the casing. Though it’s made up of plastic but it’s much durable. Available in different colors giving you the freedom to choose your desired colour with desired storage capacity as versions with varying prices.

You don’t want to miss the next part Its simplicity makes it a terrific product. It brings a SmartWare software which presents are two separate devices when plugged in, one drive with external storage space and one drive with factory-loaded software. The intuitive visual interface makes it simple to transfer all your data and files to the drive and free up necessary hard-disk space. With the built-in software, easy installation and management of settings can be done.

How to use a WD external hard drive with your computer. All WD external drives function as storage devices that you can use on either the Windows or Mac Operating System without any additional software. Starting macOS Time Machine Backups to My Passport and External USB Drives for more information. Answer ID 9621: How to install WD. How to Use a Passport for a Mac; How to Use a Passport for a Mac. Click 'My Passport' on the left side of the program window and then select the 'Erase' tab.

WD My Passport is small, lightweight, fast, reliable and inexpensive. When plugged in with MAC or PC you will be served with outstanding performance, thanks to a 3.0 USB port and excellent disk controller. This solid performer offers a maximum transfer speed of 174 MBps (Megabytes per second) read and 168 MBps write(You can see the screenshot below). Now, this is important You get the option to set up incremental backups every time you connect the drive with your computer or with any other device, thanks to Backup and retrieval options. No more headache for the data deleted from My Passport as it can be easily retrieved including older versions of files. Furthermore, WD features cloud storage and offers password protection using 256-bit data encryption.