REVIEW: WD My Passport for Mac

I have been wanting an actual external hard drive for some time. I knew that I wanted a portable external hard drive, but it had to be USB 3.0. I had it narrowed down between a Seagate external hard drive and the WD My Passport for Mac external hard drive. I ended up going with the Western Digital external hard drive since Fry's didn't have the other hard drive. I will admit that I am not disappointed with my purchase.

The external hard drive is a lot smaller than I thought it would be.  While laying horizontally, the external hard drive stands 0.60 inches tall. It is 3.23 inches in depth and 4.35 inches in width. Not only is it quite small, it is pretty light, weighing 0.30 pounds. The WD My Passport for Mac definitely met the criteria for the portable hard drive I was looking for.

I thought the read/write speeds were relatively good. I generally get between 60 to 75 mb/s write and 80 to 95 mb/s read speeds. I have transferred a lot of videos and I really like how quick the transfers are. I transferred a 16.73 GB video in about 4 minutes. I eventually want to get a Thunderbolt external hard drive, but USB 3.0 is definitely meeting the needs I have at the moment. As you know, I have been using an enclosed hard drive to get most of my data transfers done. It is USB 2.0, so videos of that size would take what felt like forever to transfer.

As far as complaints are concerned, it would have to be the cable. I wish the cable were a little longer. It isn't a big deal, but when you're wanting other things within your reach instead of the external hard drive, it becomes somewhat of a hassle. I still manage though.

I managed to acquire the external hard drive that looks much like a MacBook Pro. I really like the design of the external hard drive. I ended up going with 1 TB for now. I felt that that would be enough for me as of right now and that has proven to be the case.

OVERALL SCORE:
8/10