Western Digital My Passport Studio For Mac 2tb

My Passport 2tb Drive
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Western Digital My Passport Studio For Mac
Western Digital My Passport Studio For Mac 2tb Hard

Genius Compatible.
My Passport™ for Mac portable storage works straight out of the box with Mac devices which makes it easy to keep you moving on your journey. Simply drag and drop files to and from, or setup a backup routine with Apple’s Time Machine software to help protect the contents of your digital life: photos, videos, music and documents.

Plays Nicely.
The My Passport™ for Mac drive includes USB-C™ and USB-A cables, so you can save tomorrow's content with the Mac computers of both today and yesterday.

Locked Down.
The My Passport™ for Mac drive’s built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection helps keep your digital life's contents secure. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password using WD Discovery™.

As of 2018, Western Digital offers no shortage of external drives for Mac computers – from the My Book Essential to the My Book Pro and the My Book Studio, nearly 30 WD drives play nicely with.
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My Passport 2tb Drive

Easy Save.
My Passport™ for Mac portable storage is ready right out of the box including all necessary cables. And with SuperSpeed USB, you can quickly start backing up everything in your life and keep driving forward.

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Social Friendly.
Included WD Discovery™ software¹ lets you connect to popular social media and cloud storage services like Facebook, Dropbox and Google Drive™. Seamlessly import, organise and share your photos, videos and docs to the My Passport for Mac drive to backup your online social life.² WD Discovery can also manage your drive through WD Drive Utilities™.

Western Digital My Passport Studio For Mac 2tb

Ongoing Confidence.
There's no telling what's ahead in your own journey. That's why WD® builds drives to demanding requirements for durability and long-term reliability. On top of that, it comes with a 3-year limited warranty.

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Western Digital’s latest My Passport Studio has a solid build and multiple connections, but slow transfer speeds and a preinstalled security app hamstring an otherwise decent drive.

Unlike the My Passport Essential’s () plastic exterior, the My Passport Studio is made from anodized aluminum with a black case and silver edges, giving it both a durable build and professional look. The drive weighs 0.75 pounds, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but it feels sturdy when you hold it in your hand.

The drive has a USB 2.0 port and two FireWire 800 ports, and with a tiny activity light. The My Passport Studio comes preformatted for the Mac, so there’s no need to reformat it. You get the necessary cables (though no FireWire 800 to FireWire 400 cable), along with a Quick Install guide and warranty information. A full digital version of the user’s manual is included on the drive itself, or you can download it from Western Digital’s website.

We tested the 1TB version, but WD sells a 500GB version for $170 and a 750GB drive for $200.

Every time you connect the Passport Studio to your Mac, you’re greeted by Western Digital’s Unlocker software, which requires you to type in a preset password before you can begin using the drive. [Editor's note: This was our experience with the evaluation unit used for testing. A WD representative says that with brand new drives, the Unlocker software should not ask for a password. This is to allow you to delete the software if you wish.] To get around it, you have to use the provided WD Security app. Once installed, you change the password or stop Unlocker from showing up by removing any required password. I’d prefer that Western Digital let the customer decide if they want to use their security app or not, and I find it unfortunate that you’re forced to install extra software in order to deal with a preinstalled app on the My Passport Studio. But it’s possible that you may welcome the extra security the software provides.

In every test we conducted, the My Passport Studio’s USB 2.0 transfer speeds were a bit on the slow side compared to similar drives. It netted 28.6MBps in our 2GB folder write test and 31.3.MBps in our 2GB file write test over USB 2.0. In contrast, the G-Drive Mobile (), a USB 2.0/FireWire 800 portable drive released over a year ago, obtained 30.8MBps in the 2GB folder write test and 31.7MBps in the 2GBfile write test. The My Passport Studio finished our low-memory Photoshop test in 90 seconds, one of the slowest times among the portable hard drives we’ve tested.

The drive faired slightly better over FireWire 800, where it posted 55.8MBps in the 2GB folder write test and 67.1MBps in the 2GB file write test. It also completed the Photoshop test in 64 seconds. Compared to other FireWire portable drives we’ve tested, the transfer rates were more middle-of-the-road, and the Photoshop time was sluggish, unable to surpass other drives. That’s too bad, since the drive is marketed to creative professionals, who generally need as much speed for their projects as they can get.

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The My Passport Studio looks good and is overall a decent drive. But it lags in the speed department and has a security app that doesn’t disappear without intervention.

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Editor's note: Updated 3/23/12 at 10 a.m. PT with information about the Unlocker software on brand new drives.