The My Passport Wireless Pro is the newest addition from Western Digital, a major player in the hard drive market, here in its so-called “Portable” drive lineup. The 1st version of this drive came out about 2 years ago, so it was time for WD to update its offering for this product.
Here are the details of the hard drive:
– USB 3.0 SuperSpeed
– WIFI 802.11ac
– USB 2.0 “host” port
– microSD card reader
– 6400 mAh battery (versus 3400 mAh on the 1st version)
– dimensions 126 x 126 x 24 mm
– weight 450 grams
This hard drive is aimed at the general public, for those looking for a handy mobile drive, but it is mainly targeted at professionals. With it, you can back up your photos or videos anywhere without needing a computer, and this from various devices. Smartphones or tablets via wifi, SD card via the port built directly into the hard drive, a camera via the USB 2.0 female port. Via an adapter, this same port can also be used to transfer data from cards other than SD cards, such as compact flash cards for example.
The My Passport Wireless Pro is therefore truly the ideal companion for professionals or individuals to back up their data while on holiday, for example.
Its beefed-up battery offers an average of 10 hours of battery life thanks to its 6400 mAh, and can even treat you to charging your smartphone if the need arises!
WD has also introduced a dedicated app
It will make it easier to transfer data for smartphones or tablets, but will also be used for streaming, file sharing, or editing. The MyCloud app, as its name suggests, will turn your drive into a personal Cloud and let you access your data wherever you are, even if the drive itself isn’t with you.
Mishandling, deleted data, or a failure — the Chronodisk lab of course provides data recovery on portable hard drives as well as any media capable of storing data on the My Passport Wireless Pro.