WD 3 TB My Passport Wireless Pro, Black

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So as a back up system it’s really useful and reliable, but it also has other functions which I really like. If you’re consistent at removing ingested memory cards or media you’ve already streamed, there’s no need to purchase the higher capacity versions. This made navigating through large folders of images so much easier, and the app overall felt more confident and responsive, generating thumbnails quickly and making it easy to save them onto the device for subsequent posting or sharing. While it’s copying, the 4 blue LEDs on the front flash in sequence, and then when it’s done you just pull the card out.

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. However, if you want a storage device without carrying a laptop, then at the moment My Passport Wireless SSD is the way to go. 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.Using an integrated 6,400 mAh power bank, you get the perfect travel partner to keep your devices running. It creates a new folder for each card so files are kept well organized, and so when you get back home it’s easy to connect the disc to your computer via either the USB 3. I am not sure if it was done due to specific chipset limitations, but come on – who on earth is using USB 2. Secondly, if you connect the drive to a network and enable sharing, then any device on that network will be able to access it – this is great for using the drive as a wireless NAS, but obviously you wouldn’t want to connect it to a public network and enable the same sharing rights. I was able to get ~168Mbits/sec(21MBtyes) using FTP as a test on the Passport Wireless Pro HDD(WD Blue 2.

Now I much prefer to do serious editing back at home on my laptop, but the mobile version of Lightroom has a fantastic amount of features and it’s fine for quick edits on an image to post on social media while you’re on the road. While the former is something many of us can certainly live with, those who are planning to use the device to back up data from external memory card readers will be sorely disappointed with the performance of the latter. But while a direct USB connection is massively faster, it does restrict the drive to being accessed by one device at a time; ideal if you’re simply dumping a load of data to or from it, but in effect no different to a basic portable hard disk.If you like to edit and share multiple photos via your smart phone and tablet, the wireless functionality of this product can help. While I was pretty unhappy about how slow Gnarbox backs up images from SD cards, I wondered how WD My Passport Wireless SSD would do in comparison. So, if you want it the WD My Passport Wireless SSD does give the ability to edit RAW files while travelling without the need for a laptop.