Features:

  • Built-in SD card reader with one-touch copy button
  • Durable, shock-resistant SSD inside
  • All-day battery (up to 10 hours)* |*Based on streaming HD 720p, 3 Mbps video to one device over Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz single band only. Actual battery life depends on file size, type, format, bitrate, devices connected, Wi-Fi connectivity, settings and other factors.
  • Wirelessly stream 4K videos and view photos with the My Cloud mobile app
  • Import from USB card readers
  • Preview and export RAW images on iOS and Android
My Passport

I researched online for hours trying to find the right external small and lightweight hard drive to quickly download my photo images from my cameras for backup purposes. Everything I researched was very difficult to understand - even videos made for their hard drive products did not explain the basic functionalities until I found My Passport. The online videos used to advertise this product explained everything I was looking for and provided step by step illustrations how the product works! But because the price was a bit steep, I ended up buying a used one with no regrets. Although this product has many features I will probably won't be using, the ease of downloading my SD cards are worth the price and assurance my photography work is secure. As a side note, if you use another type of memory card, although you can use an external card reader to My Passport, the download timing will be extended. Lastly, I love the feature that I can choose to save my photos on 2 drives build into My Passport in case one goes bad. This external rugged hard drive truly is worth buying!

Brilliant drive, ignore 1 star reviews !!!!!!

I love it and use it daily with my new iPad Pro mainly for my photography, i always carry it with me whenever I’m out doing some photography in order to empty my SD cards on the spot and back them up instantly, I didn’t need more than 250gb as i use it as a bridge only to back up the cards in the field then once i am home i hook up another normal hard drive using the USB port and voila, this is a brilliant drive, nothing short of 5 stars, planning to take it in my trip to BALI to clear up my SD cards on the go.

Worth the cost

We travel quit a bit and take lots of pictures. This is a great device to store them on. Secondly it is fast.

WD SSD Drive

I love it however price is always a factor would like it a little cheaper as I have had Manny portable drives in the past from WD. I think Lawtey if they would send you something that will get more purchases

Works well ! Not for those that aren't tech savy!

Excellent media hub. Charges your devices very slowly hence not recommended as a portable charger. Able to back up files from SD card to the SSD. Works seamlessly with my Ipad Pro 10.5. Able to export the photos from the SSD to my Ipad via Lightroom CC via "Lightroom CC --> Add Files --> Storage --> SD imports" Not experiencing any lag on my ipad but do experience some on my Note 8. I would say the lag might due to the processing power of the device being used rather than the transfer speed. Transfer speed via SD card slot or USB 2.0 port via Sony XQD/SD Card Reader is pretty quick. Tried exporting 10 GB files of Movies and Raw files onto the drive. Completed in about 3 mins tops. Which is beyond my expectations. You will have to customise the auto export function for the SD slot and USB slot prior to using the device. Took me 5 mins to set up the device. Streamed Man of Steel BluRay 4k 10GB file on my Ipad Pro 10.5. Did not experience any lag, movie streamed seamlessly. It would lag a slight bit after you search for specific portions in the movie, otherwise no issues. Been having fun with it so far. Will transform the way i travel. One thing i dislike is the form factor. Its rather large and its a little pricy compared to normal SSDs but if you are tech savy and do not mind tinkering with the cloud apps i'd say this device would serve you well !

A great travel device!

Been traveling for the past three weeks in Europe without any problems. Downloading was quick and simple, connecting by WiFi to edit images is so convenient when your using a mobile device.

Backup your photos. When on the road and much more!

I’m going to take trip without a laptop and this is perfect to backup your photos. But also run Plex to play movies with something like a FireTV stick. Fantastic!

Lighter and much faster than the non-SSD version, very capable

I have owned the 3TB "spinning rust" version of the My Passport Wireless external disk for about nine months, and it served me well as a way to save photos I took while on vacation. This 2TB SSD version is nearly identical in form and function, though of course it swaps out the traditional hard drive for an SSD (and this one is 2TB). Physically, the SSD version looks a bit trimmer, but that's only because the edges are rounded instead of squared off (that and the color is gray instead of black.) In absolute dimensions the two versions are identical. What is different is the weight - without the silicone bumper WD provides here, the SSD version is three ounces lighter than the "Wireless Pro" - 12-1/2 ounces instead of 15-1/2. The bumper adds another four ounces, though! While the bumper looks nice, I took it off. Given the fast SSD (and it is fast), and the promotion of its use for photographers who shoot in RAW format (with its big files), I was disappointed that the SD reader isn't SDXC-II capable. It can read the faster cards, but only using the slower SDXC-I speeds. In practice, at least the way I use my camera and this drive, the difference isn't that significant, but I think it's a missed opportunity. One could use an SDXC-II USB reader in the My Passport's USB slot, which, sadly, is USB 2.0, negating the benefits. The initial version of the Wireless Pro copied all images from any SD card you inserted, possibly making duplicates. In more recent firmware versions there is the option to "Copy new", and this is now the default. You can set this separately for the SD slot and for USB imports. You can also decide whether cards should be automatically copied when inserted, or only when you press the left-hand button on the top edge of the drive. The latter is my preference, but you do need to wait about 5-10 seconds after inserting the card before the drive is ready to copy - the drive LED will stop flashing when that happens. When you import files from an SD card, the drive creates a folder tree whose top level name is based on the import date. Make sure that you have connected to the drive using a web browser at least once, or else this date will be wrong. Under that it will create a folder name based on the card name, and then whatever is on the card (eventually DCIM, but there will likely be others.) You can view media using WD's iOS or Android app, and this also lets you control some, but not all, of the drive's settings. Connecting to the drive with a web browser lets you access all the settings, but not view the media! WD offers both Plex and Twonky media servers, and will play to any DLNA client. I tried Plex and it worked well, though I needed to use my Windows browser to configure Plex as doing it from iOS just yielded a blank screen. I was pleased to see that the WD MyCloud app (on iOS at least) now lets me view Sony RAW files - earlier firmware on the Wireless Pro did not. The app can't do much with RAW files but it can send them to other apps which do understand them, such as Lightroom CC. You can optionally enable an FTP server and SSH (Secure Shell) access. SSH access provides SFTP (secure FTP), but for some odd reason I could not see the regular media files, just the FTP folder (which was empty). Curiously, while I was able to connect an SSH session using the popular freeware tool PuTTY, I couldn't using Bitvise SSH, which complained of a "component error". It's not clear to me how useful SSH is on its own here, and WD warns you that you can render the drive unusable if you aren't careful. The FTP/SFTP server can be handy if your camera supports sending photos by FTP to a remote server. While my Sony A7Riii can do this, it is awkward, slow, and not really usable. (This is not the My Passport's fault.) The MyPassport supports both 2.4 (b/g/n) and 5GHz (ac) WiFi. You can set the WiFi passwords separately if you want, and can also choose whether to run both, just one or neither band. (This is one of the things you can set only from a web browser.) It also supports WiFi passthrough, where the drive connects to a local access point. I wasn't able to determine how many devices could connect to the drive, but it was at least two. I'll note that, unlike "travel routers", you have almost no control over the connection to an access point other than picking one and entering its password. All you can do is say whether or not other users on that network should have access to media on the drive. There is an "inactivity timer" which shuts off the radio if there has been no traffic in some amount of time; you can set this from 1 to 15 minutes, or "Never". The drive can also be connected to a computer by USB (a short cable is provided with a USB-A connector on one end and a USB-3 MicroUSB on the other). Then it acts like a (fast) USB hard drive, and the WiFi shuts off while connected this way. Lastly, the built-in battery can also charge external devices such as a cellphone. I was very pleased by the older My Passport Wireless Pro, and I like the SSD version even better. It will be my go-to device for offloading pictures taken while I am on vacation. Please note that reviewers are no longer notified when someone comments on a review. If you have a question and I don’t answer in a few days, please contact me through my profile (web site is listed). Edit: June 20, 2018 I recently returned from a month-long cruise vacation where I used the My Passport SSD every day; it worked like a champ. Each evening I would have it copy the SD card (or cards) from my cameras. I noted that if I had multiple imports, each one got its own folder tree. Since I was shooting only in the RAW format, if there was an image I wanted to share (possibly with some tweaking), I'd tell the WD app to "copy" the image to Adobe Lightroom CC, where I could edit it and also save as JPEG. The WiFi passthrough also worked very well, and it was a pleasure to take just my iPad and the My Passport up to the lounge or "sun deck" and go through the shots of that day. When I got home, I just connected the My Passport by USB3 to my Windows PC and copied everything over. One thing I discovered is that if you have the need to do a "factory reset", you'll lose all the manuals, samples and Windows/Mac applications that WD preloaded on the drive. I recommend that when you first get the My Passport that you copy all of these elsewhere for safekeeping.

Value not there

Too complex, too big and way too expensive. I also found the wi-fi and USB 3 way too slow for a SSD device. Should transfer at 350 MB/sec or greater and best I could get using USB 3 on a very fast intel i9 PC was 185 MB/sec for large files and slower still with successively smaller files.

A Great Portable Device

First, it’s worth the money. I haven’t had a connection problems & it’s a fast upload. I’m looking to buy another soon.

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