I have bee using WD external HDD for twenty years. I had one MyBook drive and its enclosure became faulty after some years of usage. Other ones seem OK up to now.
@dandenton24382 ай бұрын
Perfect for backing up and playing games on by the way on a pc. the speed of it surprised me, actually. Because usb3
@tonybrown97799 ай бұрын
I loved this drive until one day it totally failed. Suddenly not recognised on MacBook Air. Try to isolate the problem by trying different MacBooks, cables and USB ports on the Satechi adaptor. (Note: USB ports were removed from MacBooks about 3 years ago). The massive Australian retailer JB Hi sold hundreds of them and, going by reviews, about 40% failed within 3 years. The rest are no doubt about to fail, so I'd suggest you buy an SSD drive and definitely not Western Digital.
@NoBite26 ай бұрын
I am experiencing this problem right now! Suddenly, my Time Machine backups to this drive stopped. The drive now states it is read-only and Disc Repair can’t run on it. I tried to erase and reformat, but erase failed. Out of options. What is a dependable HD to use for Time Machine backups on my M2 Mac Mini?
@Cyan_Nightingale4 ай бұрын
Same. I regret buying WD Passports without reading the reviews. I bought *twice* (!). And all failed. First one in 2019, failed in May 2023. Second I bought in July 2023, finally failed in less than a year in April 2024.
@ggsplace756611 ай бұрын
Any reason for me NOT to go with the My Passport ULTRA? it's a little faster, has usb c / c cable, and SOME rubber feet for traction -- and on sale for Labor Day, 2023... You briefly mentioned it, and I assume you'd have discouraged us from buying it if there were issues.... Also, just LOVE watching your review; very clever graphics when doing timer countdowns... Thanks !
@UpDive811 ай бұрын
I’m actually pretty happy with mine, ht he’s I wish mine has rubber feet. So I wouldn’t need it treat it likes it’s so damn fragile. 🤓
@ggsplace756611 ай бұрын
@@UpDive8 very helpful; ty.
@tiagorandom92507 ай бұрын
Hello, how do you know the My passport ultra is faster?
@susanmiles58957 ай бұрын
I have 3 of these and love them!!
@claudevieaul14659 ай бұрын
I've been using a Passport (1TB) for a while as an external drive connected to my Blu-ray player - to watch downloaded videos on, but it has had multiple issues with its NTFS filing system... To the point where I've (repeatedly) had to format the entire drive, and copy everything I wanted, back on there. It's terribly frustrating. After the most recent time I went through that malarkey I couldn't even access the drive from any other computer, unless I bought some software... Finally managed to format the drive (NTFS again), copy some of the previous content back on, and within a few weeks the problem returned. It seems to me there's a vulnerability to the disc's file management system, and it just isn't as reliable as Western Digital would have you believe. Mine is going out the virtual window: I'm physically destroying it. After that I'm shopping for an alternative means to watch videos on my TV...
@sherwintongco6879 Жыл бұрын
Just put Rubber Wristband.
@UpDive8 Жыл бұрын
Genius!
@krsvllano2778 Жыл бұрын
love the review. You have a potential to go big on yt!
@TML0677 Жыл бұрын
nice trolling
@wimvandervelde17745 ай бұрын
This seems so slow? It should be able to do Max 130MBps Read and 120MBps Write.
@andyterbov5 ай бұрын
40 Mb per second is very slow. Copying the files back to the computer is supposed to be even slower.
@JaiSequoia5 ай бұрын
Can you partition this drive? I’d want to have half of it for Time Machine and the rest for extra storage
@rodrigosebast Жыл бұрын
llevo media hora intentando llevar archivos a este disco duro y me sale el icono que no se puede, he realizado descargas de pagina y sigue sin funcionar, no es como lo indicas.
@chocuu29124 ай бұрын
do you recommend this for storing offline games, and can it run well?
@nos44- Жыл бұрын
i bought the 2 tb version of this ... its new .. but it makes very very very tiny click sounds in between is that okay ?
@UpDive8 Жыл бұрын
hmmm that's weird. Mine is really quiet
@Axel-dc1xp Жыл бұрын
How hard wood it be to adjust this to stor and boot games that won't normally fit on my pc?
@RooRooRoo162 жыл бұрын
Thank youuu, very informative.
@UpDive82 жыл бұрын
Thanks Raghad😄
@MiNkOYu Жыл бұрын
Ordered the 5Tb . Thanks 🙏
@jaboutt Жыл бұрын
Same
@MiNkOYu Жыл бұрын
@@jaboutt my iPad recognises it but it’s not working properly. Any solution?
@ransfordraansford3489Ай бұрын
reviewer: don't drop it me: dropping it and losing all my files
@BomTrady219 ай бұрын
Does anyone know if this will work on Xbox series x?
@josephwilson83912 жыл бұрын
What format do I make it so it works with both mac and windows? Is that exfat? Is exfat the one that allows for larger file sizes over 4 gigs? I believe it's different than fat32 which limits to less than 4gb.
@UpDive82 жыл бұрын
Think exfat was the one
@Feiloh Жыл бұрын
Yes, you need to format exFAT to use windows and mac.
@newinsights54965 ай бұрын
Tech & Design on YT has a video on how to do that with the WD My Passport 2022
@tiagorandom92507 ай бұрын
5:01 hello, what cable are you talking about?
@michaelgeller1538 Жыл бұрын
Would this work in an IPad?
@tiagorandom92507 ай бұрын
Hello, what’s the difference between my passport 5tb and my passport ultra 5tb?
@Mrcheesydancer6 ай бұрын
Apparently ultra is a metal casing, besides that everything is the same
@nandocame620 Жыл бұрын
How long do these external drives last for? I have WD my passport ~ 3/4years old, use ~ once a fortnight. my passport for windows can easily be reformatted so mac compatible using ExFat correct?
@Cyan_Nightingale4 ай бұрын
I have 2 of these. First I bought in 2019, failed after 3 years ( 2023 ). Second I bought in July 2023, failed in April 2024.
@gouthamhn6878 Жыл бұрын
Does your hard drive vibrates?
@UpDive8 Жыл бұрын
Sorry missed this. But no, not really? Is it serious for you?
@gouthamhn6878 Жыл бұрын
@@UpDive8 I purchased 4tb one . .. . it vibrates some times, that's why I asked
@vamonosraza4361 Жыл бұрын
@@gouthamhn6878 I think it just the disk spinning inside. Every hard drive spins (vibratees)
@juandeespinoza2440 Жыл бұрын
is it sdd or hdd?
@jamesbaxterp9191 Жыл бұрын
Hdd
@ryanng328 Жыл бұрын
Straight to the point video! Thanks for your review!
@kemparaj565 Жыл бұрын
Does this also work with Windows also?
@UpDive8 Жыл бұрын
Not this particularly one. The windows one is a separate model. This is specifically for the Mac and is a different colour
@sevenhelmets11 ай бұрын
@@UpDive8 are you sure? WD's documentation on their own site says "*Work with Mac and Windows*", and under the description "We provide a downloadable HFS+ driver for Windows 10+ to enable you to read and write to your drive without reformatting". This is for model # WDBA2F0040BBL-WESN
@zhenhuagu38192 жыл бұрын
从b站来的,支持博主!可以安排些亿万的解说吗😻
@UpDive82 жыл бұрын
谢谢支持!不过自从Axelrod离开了亿万之后,好像整个连续剧都没了灵魂 😅 哟、我没有剧透吧
@skm883811 ай бұрын
bud thats not an iphone 11
@m90nray9 ай бұрын
Lmfao ik 😂
@bobbyf.4406 Жыл бұрын
I thought Apple issued a type of passport 😅
@UpDive8 Жыл бұрын
Haha yeah it is a very strange name
@BartlomiejZielinski Жыл бұрын
It's funny that there is no such important information as transfer speed in the copy window.... OS for kids xD