As shown in figure 1, your My Passport Ultra for Mac drive kit includes the following: Figure 1: My Passport Ultra for Mac Portable Hard Drive Kit Components My Passport Ultra for Mac portable hard drive, with the WD Discovery™, WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software USB 3.1 Type-C cable Type-C to A adapter Optional Accessories. Way 4: WD My Passport How to Share with a Mac and a PC? Want to find out how to make your WD My Passport drive shareable between a Mac and a PC? Follow this Link. Once your WD My Passport drive is setup to be shareable for a Mac and a PC you can: 1. Plug the USB cable for the WD My Passport drive into your Mac. YouTube Video Showing the Format of WD My Passport for Mac. This video from Acquevara shows you the formatting on a Mac using Mac OS Sierra. You can watch the video along side using my notes above for extra help. WD My Passport External Hard-drive Set Up Guide for Mac.
- First, turn on the computer and connect the WD My Passport drive to the computer.
- Now, check whether the drive is displayed in the computer’s file management utility list.
- If any new hardware is found, click the Cancel button to close it.
- Now, the Western Digital software will install the correct driver for your drive.
- Next, double-click the Western Digital application setup file that is displayed in the computer’s file management utility to view the Western Digital application Setup Wizard.
- Click the Next option to view the Installation Type.
- Now, on the Installation Type dialog box, choose the option that you want to make use for the installation.
- The Recommended Install will install all the Western Digital software while the Custom install can install only the Western Digital software that you choose.
- Read the Western Digital End User License Agreement by clicking the link.
- Tick the I Agree box to agree and then click the Next button.
- A dialog box will be displayed depending on the installation type that you have chosen.
Format Wd My Passport
First, unpack your new WD My Passport drive. You need to charge the device if it is the first time you are setting it up. You can see the Power button at the front of the device. Keep pushing the button until you see the LEDs on the top of the device blinking. These are the Power and Battery LEDs.