wd passport for mac without time machine

#Wd passport for mac without time machine mac os x#
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#Wd passport for mac without time machine software#

There is a single USB 3.0 port on the side, which serves as the power supply for the device as well. In terms of dimensions, it is identical to the My Passport Ultra. The top is black with some branding, and the edges are rounded. WD gave the My Passport a design that would pair well with modern Apple computers, with a textured aluminum finished along the sides and bottom.

#Wd passport for mac without time machine software#

WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software (for Mac).

Non-operating Temperature: -20✬ to 65✬.

#Wd passport for mac without time machine mac os x#

Mac OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite.

WD My Passport for Mac carries a street price of $199.99, $99.99, and $69.99 for 3TB, 2TB, and 1TB, respectively. The USB 3.0 port powers the device, so no additional power supply is needed. Users can run diagnostics and format the My Passport with WD Drive Utilities, but other than that it is a plug and play drive that can be used to transfer and store up to 3TB of data. It comes with 256-bit AES encryption for added security, as well as compatibility with Apple Time Machine. The regular My Passport Ultra is compatible with Mac OS after reformatting, but users that know that they will be using a Mac might find this model to be easier. This line of drives is more or less just an adaptation of the My Passport Ultra that is optimized for Mac out of the box. This review explores the Mac models, but the other new features are detailed in the new My Passport Ultra (7th Generation) review. The most notable upgrades with this line are an increase in maximum capacity (3TB), customization options, improved backup capabilities, and a line of models designed specifically for use with Mac OS. WD has released a seventh generation of their popular My Passport line of external hard drives. This review explores the Mac models, but the other new features are detailed in the new My Passport Ultra (7th Generation) review. I hope this helps everyone else on this thread.WD has released a seventh generation of their popular My Passport line of external hard drives. Before the First Aid fixes, I was getting a warning about this. Minor point of interest - my internal drive is encrypted, but my external drive is not. Note that we ran First Aid on both the Apple internal drive and the WD external drive to get them into the same state. Whatever the issue is that Apple + WD have do get fixed by First Aid. I asked why First Aid would solve the problem, and was told First Aid was not just a checking tool, it also silently fixes minor incompatibilities. I waited 24 hours and when I went into TimeMachine there were about 20 successful hourly backups waiting for me. Wait for a while to confirm that subsequent backups have also completed successfully. Start up Time Machine, remove your existing backup disk selection (especially if it is the disk you were just erasing), and re-select the external WD disk you just did First Aid on as your backup disk. Again, if your results differ, talk to Apple. This was also very quick and also ended in a green checkmark. With the external WD drive still selected, click on First Aid and say OK to erase disk. Pick a name and you want to format as “APFS” (not encrypted or case sensitive) with GUID Map. Select the External WD disk you want to use for backup and click on Erase Disk (presuming you want to use the entire disk as your backup - if not you’ll need to call Apple for different directions). I don’t know what you should do if your results vary. For me this took 4 minutes and ended with a green check mark that everything was fine. Select your primary disk (usually Macintosh HD) and click on First Aid. It looked to me like the same Disk Utility you could get at without Repair Mode but you have to be in Repair Mode. Once in Repair mode, you will be shown a list of 4 choices.

Get into Repair mode by powering down your Mac, then immediately after pressing the Power button to turn it back on, press and hold Command-r (⌘+r) for a while, until the Mac does NOT show a booting scroll bar, but instead asks you a question or two like “Language?” Note you must power down, not just Restart, since you can’t do Command-r fast enough during a Restart. Steps Apple Support took me through to fix this:

#Wd passport for mac without time machine pro#

My setup: A new (2019) MacBook Pro 15' running Mac OS Mohave (10.14.5) with a new 4TB WD My Passport. I had my first complete backup yesterday, and about 20 successful hourly backups since then. It took 3 calls to Apple Support, but they have solved it for me. I had exactly the same problem - no matter how many times a I rebooted my Mac or reformatted my WD drive, the first Time Machine backup would succeed and any subsequent one would fail with “Error occurred while creating the backup folder”.