WD 3 TB My Passport Wireless Pro, Black

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WD 3 TB My Passport Wireless Pro, Black

WD 3 TB My Passport Wireless Pro, Black

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Many mirrorless cameras these days support USB charging, as do the new MacBooks, so being able to charge all my gear with the My Passport Wireless SSD is pretty neat. The problem with all of them is that they don’t have built-in storage or power, so you still need to carry a powerbank, more cables and even USB accessories (as in the case of the Raspberry Pi solution in the link). The only thing I don’t like is the size – at about twice to three times the size of an equivalent power bank, this is not a small device to carry around, and it takes up more space in the camera bag. With all modern devices going with USB Type C connectivity, it was disappointing to see micro USB 3.

I’d sum up that the My Passport Wireless SSD allows you to leave your laptop at home, whilst providing a safe and efficient backup solution whilst on the go. Does it do incremental backups of both video and images with Sony complicated folder structure of video files? Great review, but I have one question that WD’s foreign-based Tech Support has had trouble answering…If one desires redundant backup in the field, can data on the My Passport Wireless be copied to an external HD without an accompanying laptop? And when you activate Drive Lock through the device dashboard, you prevent unauthorized USB access to your content if it’s ever lost or stolen. Inserting and removing SD cards is a pretty straightforward process (it works just like doing it on a camera), but there are a few things one should keep in mind.Within here you’ll find folders labeled by date, and within these, folders labeled by time, and finally within those, a folder with the card identification name which itself contains the actual backup itself. I'd considered Gnarbox but the company was in trouble earlier in the year and it's not clear where they stand now. Before I go I’ll copy a couple of movies and documentaries onto the drive, and then while I’m sitting waiting in an airport or hanging around in my room I can connect my iPad to the drive and stream something to watch.

These portable solutions have to have power banks inside, because they are designed to be used without a laptop or a computer in the field, so that you can autonomously transfer / backup files. The built-in Wifi lets you share the storage with multiple computers, tablets and phones like a wireless NAS, or as a wireless media server streaming content to DLNA or Plex compatible players like smart TVs. The Android app worked fairly well in my tests, although was limited by the smaller screen of my phone.I also found my phone stopped generating thumbnails after a while and only showed the image when it was tapped, rendering the browsing process very frustrating, although I believe this was a specific problem with my phone. To conclude, it takes a while to know whether the My Passport Wireless SSD is something you actually need, or just a product that’s providing a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. I’m planning a trip very soon and I was wondering if this is the best travel backup solution you tried so far?

Second, I found the process of copying data from a cloud provider to be painfully slow, something I could easily avoid by just plugging it directly into my computer. memory card reader to the device, then inserted the same 128 GB card with 53 GB of data, to see how long it would take to copy this data. From this point on the experience is the same whether connected via a shared access point or directly. I had to manually stop the process, disable auto backup, then wipe the added media files out afterwards (my iPhone HEIC files weren’t recognized anyway).Previously, I’d have to select photos I wanted to edit/share back of my camera, then transfer them via Bluetooth to my iPad. There’s the main power button on the left which turns the drive on with a quick push and switches it off again with a longer press. When I started testing the drive, one of the other big questions I had regarded which actual files and folders would be backed-up from an inserted SD card. connectivity is a non starter and the bulk and weight of an unneeded power bank misses the point of a light and fast back-up solution for the field. They have unfortunately disabled it's ability, to be part of a cloud system following this generation of WD outdated security.

If this new backup took place on the same day as a previous one, then this new time-stamped folder will be nestled within the existing date folder. For example, if you have a Dropbox account, you can install the Dropbox service and browse through your Dropbox content. The software is able to read thumbnails from RAW files (using the embedded JPEG thumbnails in RAW files), so you can preview images from both SD cards and the built-in storage.Conversely the drive can be used as a wireless NAS, providing shared and collaborative storage for multiple users. By default, the installed Twonky server presents the contents of the Sample Media folder to DLNA players, and was immediately recognised by my connected Blu Ray player at home as well as the media players on my Windows 10 PC. Western Digital uses SanDisk SSD drives within the device, which makes sense, considering that WD owns SanDisk. As always, it is a good idea to update to the latest firmware release, as it might address bugs, as well as add more camera support in the future. And finally on the right side is another button used to initiate SD card backups or to briefly check the battery life, indicated by four blue LEDs on the upper surface of the drive.



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