User Manual
Physical Description
As shown in figure 2, the My Passport for Mac drive has:
▪ A USB 3.0 interface port
▪ A power/activity LED indicator
USB 3.0 Interface
USB 3.0 supports interface transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s.
USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. USB 2.0 supports interface transfer
rates up to 480 Mb/s.
Figure 2: My Passport for Mac drive
Power/Activity LED
The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state as follows:
LED Appearance Power State/Activity
On steady Idle
Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Activity
Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds System standby
Off Unit off or has been configured to have the LED
turned off using WD Drive Utilities
Registering Your Drive
Always register your My Passport for Mac drive to get the latest updates and
special offers. You can easily register your drive using the WD Discovery software.
Another way is to register online at http://register.wdc.com
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My Passport for Mac
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