My wife bought me the WD passport pro 2TB for my Mac Air. Even so it is reasonably fast, not as fast as my thunderbolt ssd drive. It is also very noisy in my opinion. The biggest drawback however is its weight!.

capacity

heavy; noisy; big

Hand it to Western Digital for trying new things. It's cool that there's a portable software RAID solution available, and bus-powered storage options with 4TB capacities are few and far between. Western Digital also offers a 2TB version of the My Passport Pro, which is lighter and not as tall.

Large capacity; Tethered Thunderbolt cable with adequate length; Bus powered RAID solution

Fan is infrequent but noisy; Big and bulky

At 2TB, WD's My Passport is the largest-capacity USB hard drive we've ever tested, and its four chunky 500GB platters rotate at 5,400rpm. In the palm it feels about as thick as a huge English muffin with a piece of ham in the middle, or a water-logged deck of cards; it's the thickest drive in this...

Huge capacity; great speed; full-featured software package

Backup software is not reliable or good for advanced users; can't make backup images

Western Digital is a hard drive manufacturer that has built up quite a catalog of complimentary products to make use of their drives. In this review we are going to take a look at the My Passport Ultra 1TB portable hard drive, which is a compact device featuring USB 3.0 connectivity and a handful of...

High speed USB 3.0 connection provides for super quick transfers; Faster than comparable Seagate Backup Plus 1TB drive; Security through password protection and drive encryption; Available in a handful of colors and capacities; Compact housing is aesthetically pleasing

More expensive than comparable Seagate Backup Plus 1TB drive; Cloud feature is just instructions to go use Dropbox

MacBook users, your portable hard drive has arrived. The Western Digital My Passport Studio ($220 list) is the Mac OS version of the WD My Passport Elite . It has the same compact case (albeit in a slightly more silver hue), protective port cover, and velvet-like drawstring bag.

Speedy portable drive; Drive capacity indicator; Protected I/O ports; Both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0; Preformatted for Mac OS X.

Capacity indicator requires utility installation; Mac OS X (10.4) Tiger users will need a separate backup utility

The Elite model of Western Digital's My Passport comes with a stand-up dock, so you can sync it to your computer without fussing with cords

Lightweight; Docking station for super convenient hook-ups; Indicator shows available storage space; Software launches automatically; Optional password protection; Instruction manual is thorough and easy to understand

Slightly noisy when working hard

Knowing that the USB 3.0 interface has a real-world bandwidth ceiling of around 400MB/s under ideal conditions, the limiting factor, in terms of raw speed, is going to be the 2TB mechanical drive.

Don't let the size fool you-The Western Digital Passport Pocket Drive 6GB is not a flash drive! Western Digital is a hard drive making company, so its even more obvious that at the heart of the device is a hard drive.

It could definitely be a bit more rugged, and we'd like to see a proper Mac version with either a Thunderbolt or Firewire interface. But if you just want a basic USB 3.0 drive that is light and portable and provides good performance for file back-ups then the My Passport Ultra will do the trick at a...

Western Digital and the My Passport portable hard drives need no introduction here on Legit Reviews. For the past five years, Western Digital has made backing up your data as easy as possible thanks to these small and easily portable life savers.