- MY PASSPORT FOR MAC REVIEW 2017 PORTABLE
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- MY PASSPORT FOR MAC REVIEW 2017 WINDOWS
The drive spins at a standard 7,200rpm and comes with active cooling technology to make sure it doesn't overheat (reassuring if you're going to be working or gaming directly from it). What we can tell you is that the drive picked up file transfers almost instantly, never skipped a beat in terms of read and write operations, and was very quiet in operation – not as quiet as a solid-state drive, but nothing that's going to distract you from your computing or your gaming.
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We weren't able to get those speeds on our creaking old Windows machine, but that's to be expected. You're not going to find many drives that go much faster at this price and with this much storage included. Still, CrystalDiskMark shows a clear drop-off from Seagate’s products (the company owns LaCie) when it comes to sequential throughput.Western Digital says the WD Black 10 is capable of a 250MB/s read and write speed, which while not record-breaking, is certainly good enough to be getting on with. The WD My Passport is faster than its Seagate and LaCie rivals with lots of smaller files and folders, but not in sustained throughput. But it’s also better than average at writing large batches of smaller files and folders, as you can see in the chart below. We started off the review with a mild warning about the My Passport 4TB’s tepid performance with large files, and indeed it falls about 10MBps short of average.
MY PASSPORT FOR MAC REVIEW 2017 SOFTWARE
This is a very nice software bundle considering that the My Passport is essentially the company’s entry-level USB drive. WD does provide backup software a drive utility that will check the status and secure-erase the drive as well as encryption software for dealing with sensitive data. WD doesn’t provide anything fancy like LaCie’s dual FAT/NTFS or HFS+ partitioning utility, but you can use the Windows or OS X (or Linux) system utilities for that. After the color-coding response, we didn’t ask whether tactile grip was the reason, but it does have that effect.
The waves also provide a better grip on the smooth, glossy plastic. WD has added even more consumer bait by beveling a stylish wavy texture into the half of the drive that’s home to the powered micro-B USB port and power indicator. The wavy bevels also make for a better grip.
MY PASSPORT FOR MAC REVIEW 2017 PORTABLE
The WD My Passport offers more flair than you might expect from a mainstream portable USB drive. WD informed us that the colors are simply to entice buyers, however. Lest you consider that remark flippant, note that some backups are rotated by days of the week, and a little color-coding never hurt anyone.
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That’s six in all: one for every weekday, plus another for the weekend. The My Passport also ships in a variety of hues, starting with the black of our test drive and moving on to brighter white, red, orange, blue, and yellow. All models come with a three-year warranty. The My Passport is also available in $60 1TB, $80 2TB, and $100 3TB capacities, with the 1TB version being about 0.2 inch thinner and 2 ounces lighter. It’s approximately 4.25 inches long, 3.1 inches wide, and weighs around 8 ounces. Design and specsīecause the 4TB drive housed inside is 15mm thick, the My Passport 4TB isn’t as thin as many lower-capacity units, measuring 0.85 inch from top to bottom. Go there for details on competing products and how we tested them. This review is part of our roundup of best external drives. And, at $115 on the street, it’s considerably cheaper. While not as fast with sequential transfers as the LaCie and Seagate drives we’ll be comparing it to, it’s certainly fast enough. WD’s My Passport 4TB mobile USB 3.0 drive lets you stuff a lot of data in your pocket without emptying it of cash.
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