- Dec 21, 2020 Locate the USB port of your computer and then connect your WD external drive into it. In the Disk Utility window, find the option Show All Devices and click it. In the windowpane located on the left, find the drive volume and select it after which click on the option labeled Partition.
- My Passport for Mac Portable Hard Drive – Rapid transit for your digital life. My Passport for Mac features an ultra-fast USB 3.0 interface for blazing-fast transfer rates. This sleek, portable drive is designed for photographers, graphics professionals and road-warriors who want to take their digital life with them.
Creating Folders On Your WD My Passport Drive. With your Passport drive connected you double.
As long as you are using macOS to manage the drive then yes the WD drive is compatible. If you are using the WD software, then you need to contact WD to see if their software is compatible as I'm sure the WD website may contain misleading information.
FYI, it is much safer to just have macOS manage the WD drive. To do so just move everything on the WD drive to another drive temporarily. Then use the WD software to disable any security features on the WD drive. Then uninstall the WD software by following the manufacturer's instructions. Now use Disk Utility to erase the WD drive as GUID partition and MacOS Extended (Journaled) if you are only using it on a Mac or as GUID partition and ExFAT if you will share it with a Windows computer. Now move all your files back to the WD drive. Apple operating systems.
My Passport Hard Drive Drivers
Once everything is working you can upgrade to Catalina. Just make sure to have good verified working bootable backups before upgrading in case something goes wrong or you decide you don't like Catalina and want to revert back to the current macOS.
Apple Passport Discount
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