For pricing in the Philippines, the My Passport Ultra portable hard drives are priced at Php3,390 for the 500 GB capacity, Php4,290 for the 1TB capacity and Php7,290 for the 2TB capacity. The My Passport Ultra includes software for automatic backups to the host system or to the My Passport Ultra as well as the ability to use Dropbox to backup to the cloud. The WD My Passport Ultra comes in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB variants and I was lucky enough to have used and reviewed the 1TB and 2TB variants.
The SmartWare software isn’t available for Mac users however, if you are using this drive for backups, you are going to choose Time Machine over WD’s options anyway.įor such a compact spinning drive, the read/write speeds are solid thanks to the USB 3.0 interface. The WD My Passport Ultra, announced today, is a USB 3.0 portable storage device with capacities from 500GB up to 2TB that features local and cloud backups. There are even Mac drive utilities on the drive, which you can install prior to reformatting the unit in case you want to take advantage of the security features on the drive to prevent others from gaining access to your files. Reading and writing speeds are atrocious, but the technology is also part of the reason why you can get 2 TB of storage for just Rs 5,000. The drive ships formatted for NTFS for Windows PCs however, it can be reformatted for Mac easily. WD My Passport 2 TB External HDD review: Slim and light, but also on performance. The software also lets users back up their Dropbox account to the My Passport Slim. The included WD SmartWare Pro data protection software allows (Windows) users to back up their data to their My Passport Slim and keep an extra copy in their Dropbox account. The My Passport Slim features an aluminum enclosure and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.
Western Digital has released its new My Passport Slim line of portable hard drives, which offer capacities in 1TB or 2TB flavors and a USB 3.0 interface.