- WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW UPGRADE
- WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW PORTABLE
- WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW SOFTWARE
- WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW PC
As soon as I plugged it into my PC I remembered I needed to format it first on my Macbook, so to my surprise, it's ALREADY FORMATTED TO WORK WITH PC AND MAC RIGHT OUT THE BOX!! This saved me time and energy! So then upon transferring files, I couldn't believe how FAST! I was moving gigabytes' worth of data within seconds and minutes.
WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW UPGRADE
The WD 1TB USB-C My Passport is a huge upgrade from the hard drives of the past.
WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW PORTABLE
This review is from WD - My Passport 1TB External USB Type-C Portable Solid State Drive - Blue Thermal would have been better if it was made of metal. * Heats up, and slows down on large transfers (issue with almost all SSDs as the buffer fills up), but not as bad as a USB Flash drive. * Won’t work as an OTG Drive on a USB Type-C phone to directly output photos from your mobile device (it may require some software/app but that is not readily evident) * Simple, light, easy to use, and carry 1TB hard drive. * Fast reads and writes in USB Type-C and slightly slower using USB-A 3.0. So long USB flash drives, this one is a keeper. If you are looking for a fast, discrete, light, and reasonably reliable hard drive for quick backups at home or on the road, this drive is the key. This is optional, but useful for someone who may want to store confidential data on an AES 256-bit encrypted drive.
WD MY PASSPORT IS VERY SLOW SOFTWARE
The drive comes with a software called “WD Discovery”, which allows for firmware as well as an encryption of the data on the drive. This has plenty of space to backup my photos off my camera before the next day’s shoot. It’s going to find a permanent home in my photo gear bag, for when I travel. Something like this is perfect for traveling. This would NOT be a drive to keep plugged in for a long time, but definitely, a backup drive to move large amounts of data quickly for backup. The device retains quite a bit of heat, and the heat generated is not just warm, I’d characterize it as hot to touch when doing intense operations. We all know that heat is a detriment to electronics and to memory chips. Intensive read/write operations make the drive significantly warmer than normal.
The fancy outer blue shell is made of plastic and thermal heat generated from the drive just plugged in and idling is a concern. The one big concern I have for this drive is heat. This drive does not seem to suffer as bad, and I am not sure how much cache buffer it has to help speed up the write speeds but it works rather well with large files. The slow down is inherent to all drives, but dramless drives are more susceptible to such things. Larger files (5GB+) do slow down a bit over time, but still not bad. Even the random 4K reads and writes are not bad, with it averaging 35MB/s read and 49MB/s write. Using Crystal DiskMark, a 1GB file averaged about 939 MB/s, and 950MB/s for sequential read and write respectively. The Hollywood televised drama of covert copy fiend could use one of these, there be no suspense as this thing writes data extremely fast.Ĭopying 1GB files takes a matter of seconds via USB Type-C, and a little longer with USB Type-A 3.0, and a lot longer with a USB 2.0 connection. This USB Type-C (with a Type-A adaptor) is one fast SSD drive. Just in case you were wondering, Gen 2 10Gbps USB would needlessly increase cost, as Gen 1 offers more than enough bandwidth for any hard drive setup that’s not using RAID 0 or another striped format.Need to backup data fast, and make it discrete. The drive is Gen 1 5Gbps, but supports the USB 3.2 feature set. On the business end of the drive you’ll find a powered micro-B USB port and power indicator. In the overall scheme of things, grip is more important than a flashy sheen, as dropping your hard drive on a hard surface could ruin your whole day. Grip is somewhat increased because of the matte finish. At least that’s my interpretation of the motivation. The latest My Passport Drives have a nice angled two-tone color scheme with one half of the top scalloped for grip. The WD My Passport sports an angled two-tone motif and is available with a black, blue or red top. I miss the other colors, and so will anyone who was rotating them daily for backups. That’s three fewer than the last iteration, which also came in white, orange, and yellow. The My Passport ships in three hues: black, blue, and red.