WD My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 1TB with Auto and Cloud Backup

WD My Passport Ultra
Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 1TB

My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive is small enough to fit inside a coat pocket and comes with a carrying pouch to protect against scuffs and nicks, but it’s highly unlikely the cloth material will provide any protection against drops and knocks. The Western Digital My Passport Ultra is a portable USB3.0 1TB Hard Drive that’s available in a variety of colours. This portable hard drive is equipped with SmartWare program

WD My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive has bundled three programs ;

1. WD Drive Utilities - Provides some utilities services to check status, test functionality and reformatting.
2. WD Security - Enables you to set password to the drive
3. WD SmartWare Pro - This handles the auto-backup. It's for Windows only but Mac users can just use Time machine. You can choose to backup to Dropbox online for additional duplication.

Smartware Pro is a backup program that can back up your files either continuously in the background while you are working or in accordance with the schedule of your choice. This Software is smart enough to back up only those files which have changed since the last backup, which saves time. An idea of ​​how much space is used by various types of files , such as documents or videos can take a look at the program interface. Smartware is for Windows only but Mac users can just use Time machine. You can choose to backup to Dropbox online for additional duplication. The thing about Dropbox is, you need to have your own account (obviously).

As an alternative to backing up files to My Passport Ultra, Smartware can back up files to a Dropbox account. Unfortunately, there is no support for other online storage services such as Google Drive, SkyDrive, or Box.

Move files quickly with the blazing speed of USB 3.0 connectivity for your computer. Keep your data private with password protection and hardware encryption.

WD My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 1TB
with Auto and Cloud Backup

Some things we can get from WD My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive :

• Ultra-fast transfer rates.
  With USB 3.0 , My Passport Ultra lets you access and save files faster .
• USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 Compatibility.
• Automatic , Continuous Backup Software.
  WD SmartWare automatic backup Pro software works silently in the background . Each time you add or change a file , it is directly supported .
• Local and Cloud Backup.
  Back up files to My Passport Ultra Drive or backup your files to the cloud using Dropbox .
• Secure Your Files.
  WD Security utility allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to help keep your data private .
• WD drives Utilities.
  Register your drive , set drive time , run diagnostics and more using WD drives Utilities
• Durable Protecting the Drive Enclosure.
  My Passport Ultra drive to protect the drive with a durable enclosure designed for beauty.
• USB Powered.
  No separate power supply .
• Ultra - sleek Design with High Capacity
• Automatic and Cloud Backup
• Password Protection Secures your Drive

Compatibility :

Formatted NTFS + Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP operating systems
Requires reformatting for Mac OS X

Ideal for :

• Transferring files in blazing fast speed with USB 3.0
• Connecting to the latest USB 3.0 devices and even backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices
• Backing up your files to the local drive with automatic backup software
• Backing up your files to the cloud using Dropbox
• Adding extra storage for your videos, music, photos, and files.
• Securing your files from unauthorized access with password protection and hardware encryption
• Connecting and powering through your USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 interface 

If you're a Mac user setting this hard drive up with your computer is super easy follow these steps :

1. Plug in the hard drive
2. Open up disk utility found in your applications folder inside the utilities folder
3. Next select the newly plugged in a hard drive and on the right-hand side you should see partition click on that.
4. Then inside that screen on the partition layout drop-down choose how many partitions you'd like to set up. I generally go with one partition and just use folders to organize my files.
5. Then on the right-hand side you can name the partitions and select the format. If you want your hard drive to work with your Mac for doing Time Machine backups (which I highly recommend) choose Mac OS Extended. Sometimes it's good to make two partitions and one using "MS-DOS fat" if you might be transferring files to and from a Windows machine (I do this with my friends as many of them run Windows so I have a little partition for giving them video files and the like). The reason is Windows machines and Macs can read and write to the "MS-DOS fat" format but your files will need to be under 4 GB each as that's the maximum file size it can hold.
6. Then click apply and your Mac will create all the partitions you wanted and you're good to go.

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