It’s always good to have goals when you start a new year. And it’s even better when a little gadget like the WD My Passport external hard drive can help you accomplish those goals more productively and learn something in the process.
Once I overcame the High Sierra hard drive formatting issues and made the My Passport fully Mac-specific, the usage was easy. Just plug it in and the volumes would mount. With my testing for Time Machine, assuming the volume was compatible (e.g., not APFS), the backups would run automatically. There is ample storage for all of my Final Cut Pro projects and the drive is light and small enough to just throw in my bag. And you simply can’t beat the price point for such a large capacity. Since I fully reformatted the drive, I could not use any of the Windows-specific apps that came with the drive so honestly, there weren’t any “features” that I could review. Overall, this Western Digital drive is extremely useful in getting my New Year’s Resolutions resolved!
It’s always good to have goals when you start a new year. And it’s even better when a little gadget like the WD My Passport external hard drive can help you accomplish those goals more productively and learn something in the process.
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$179.00
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