Secure and reliable, the WD My Passport for Mac 1TB External Hard Drive safeguards your creative life. Protect your important files with Apple Time Machine backups. The high-quality 1TB portable external hard drive has a stylish design with a range of exciting colors. All the color choices let you add a little personality and fun to your work. You can set an optional password that only you know to activate the 256-bit hardware encryption. It can add an extra layer of security to keep valuable files safe. The USB 3.0 external hard drive is formatted for Mac OS X, and reformatting is required for Windows.
A WD My Passport formatted with Mac file system will be a dud on the Windows and vice-versa. Thankfully, MS-DOS FAT32 and ex-FAT formats have survived to date, and these are the file system to make your WD My Passport work with a Mac and a Windows PC simultaneously. WD My Passport For MAC 1TB USB 3.0 External HDD ( With USB-C Cable )WD My Passport For MacDesigned for Mac and ready to be used with Time Machine, the 1TB 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.
It also comes with a 3-year limited warranty allowing you to buy with confidence. Now it is easier than ever to back up your creative life and take it with you wherever you go. I bought this hard drive for my mac 2 months ago and now it failed! Without me noticing, (and while the passport was connected) my computer started doing an automatic back up. I made a mistake and disconnected the passport without ejecting it. That was all that was needed for the passport to fail.
Ever since then my computer would not be able to reboot the hard drive and also was unable to repair it. I called the WD for a refund, and their system was hard too use and inefficient.
Their system would not allow me to have different mailing and shipping addresses, and just to get a refund you had to pre-pay 82 dollars if you wanted to get a replacement within 5 days. Very dissatisfied. It makes it more complicated when you have sensitive information on the drive, and returning it because you can't operate it, but maybe someone else (like WD company) IS able to, and now all your info is exposed.
The easiest way to make backups of a Mac is through Time Machine To use Time Machine, open System Preferences Time Machine Select Disk, and choose your external drive. The initial backup will start, and it may take several hours, depending on the amount of data Time Machine has to copy to your external drive. Since then, Time Machine will make automatic, hourly backups, always that your Mac is turned on and the external drive connected. Also, if you are using OS X Lion, local snapshots will be enabled. The easiest way to make backups of a Mac is through Time Machine To use Time Machine, open System Preferences Time Machine Select Disk, and choose your external drive. The initial backup will start, and it may take several hours, depending on the amount of data Time Machine has to copy to your external drive. Since then, Time Machine will make automatic, hourly backups, always that your Mac is turned on and the external drive connected.
Also, if you are using OS X Lion, local snapshots will be enabled. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.