WD My Passport Wireless Pro Overview/Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- WD's My Passport Wireless Pro is a wireless external hard drive and portable Media Server. It's a great tool for the on the go digital media creator. You can connect to it in a variety of ways. Either through it's built in card reader, through it's built in USB port or you can go completely cable free by connecting to the drive via it's built in Wi-Fi. If you're interested to see just what this drive has to offer over your current "dumb" external hard drive give this video a watch and I think you'll be impressed.
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0:00 - video Intro
0:30 - why I bought the WD My Passport Wireless Pro
1:07 - let's take a look this guy
2:16 - the built-in SD Card Reader
3:40 - battery life tests, video streaming & file transfer tests
5:44 - battery charging time
6:20 - it also doubles as a battery bank!
6:55 - using it like a regular ole external hard drive
7:28 - using Drive Lock
8:11 - IMPORTANT things to know when setting up your MyPassport Wireless Pro
10:29 - SD Card and USB importing options
11:16 - drive options only accessible using a web browser
11:32 - media serving with PLEX or Twonky Server
12:30 - restoring to factory defaults
13:58 - copying files to and from the Wireless Pro wirelessly
14:07 - copying to and from a computer
14:46 - copying to and from your smartphone or tablet
15:27 - my final thoughts
16:27 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)
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-- Time Stamps --
0:00 - video Intro
0:30 - why I bought the WD My Passport Wireless Pro
1:07 - let's take a look this guy
2:16 - the built-in SD Card Reader
3:40 - battery life tests, video streaming & file transfer tests
5:44 - battery charging time
6:20 - it also doubles as a battery bank!
6:55 - using it like a regular ole external hard drive
7:28 - using Drive Lock
8:11 - IMPORTANT things to know when setting up your MyPassport Wireless Pro
10:29 - SD Card and USB importing options
11:16 - drive options only accessible using a web browser
11:32 - media serving with PLEX or Twonky Server
12:30 - restoring to factory defaults
13:58 - copying files to and from the Wireless Pro wirelessly
14:07 - copying to and from a computer
14:46 - copying to and from your smartphone or tablet
15:27 - my final thoughts
16:27 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)
does work for wifi?
3 years later and I found this video informative, to the point and a pleasure to watch ✨️
I thank you kindly 😊
I wish the video was longer......I have one and have struggled with it a little. You have helped me out a lot... Thanks for the video sir
I watched the entire video. Thank you so much for the details on how to use the drive.
I like the way Brian present it. Very helpful. A big Thank You.
Very well taught, now I,m confident to go and start the mastering of this little beast! Thanks Sir!
Thanks so much for checking out my video and for your very kind comment. It's great to know when a video has been helpful to someone. Cheers! :)
I had some problems after dump my SD card to WD wireless pro , the thumbnail images are not created.
How to fix it?
Very enjoyable, watched it all the way to the end. It helped me to decide whether it meets my needs.
This was a really good review... very informative & helpful. Great job man👍🏿
Thanks so much. If you're interested in checking out the drives Plex server capabilities I just posted a video about it a couple weeks ago. ruclips.net/video/y8E1hq5aXG4/видео.html
Thank for your very excited review
Thorough + Personality = Awesome review
Awesome Review + Me = Subscribed!
I.e- Thanks bro ✊🏾
thank you man I really appreciate the kind regards. Cheers. :)
Thank you for the review. I just received this HD the other day and I have to be honest, I did so in order to avoid having to connect it to my laptop. I downloaded the WD My Cloud app and I was hoping I would just be able to plug a USB flash drive into the HD and transfer information but it doesn’t seem to work, although that does seem to be a feature on the app. Also, via WiFi, I was hoping to transfer information from my phone wirelessly and that doesn’t seem to work either. I also tried to delete photos and videos that are preloaded onto the HD but to no avail, that seems tricky too. I was really hoping the HD would make data transfer so easy but I’m really finding it difficult. It appears it’s really suited for SSD card transfer, but I haven’t tried that yet. Again, I just received it so I’m learning. I just wish it was easier. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
This is a good detailed video. Appreciate it. Cheers
Hi I have a question?is the streaming of media video or audio accessible in a good way without home wireless connection?thx
Hi! Thank you for creating this video. I own a My Passport Wireless Pro and was wondering if it had the ability to be used as a personal cloud storage device?
what is the difference with this and the non pro version?
- This intro didn't suck.
- The restriction of alphanumeric characters for the wifi network/password seems like a huge oversight on WD's part. Any reason why you can't use those characters?
- Does it use that port next to the USB-A port for charging, or does it use the USB-A port for charging?
- Never really heard of a wireless external hard drive. This video was a really cool explanation of it! Thanks Bryan.
Happy you didn't think the intro sucked. :D
Yah, I feel the same way about not being able to use special characters in your Wi-Fi password. They know the problem exists. I don't understand why WD doesn't fix it in a firmware update?
The port next to the type A port is the one you use to charge the Wireless Pro's battery and connect to your computer to use it as a normal external drive. The type A port is for plugging in other devices like flash drives and stuff. Like I show in the video if you plug your phone into the type A port when the drive is powered down, the drive will act as a battery bank and charge your phone's battery. It will also charge your phone when the drive is powered on but it's much slower since the drive is also using power.
As always thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment. I appreciate the support and enjoy the interaction. Cheers! :)
Very well made. I am trying to see if I can even access my documents on my iPad Pro from this drive. So any tip on that?
Thanks very helpful video
I seem to be having trouble viewing the files on my hard drive via wireless network. When I go to the Network> Storage>MyPassport , I am redirected to the WD my Passport settings webpage. I am unable to actually view the files in a folder format as seen in with a USB Cable. Would you have any idea what could I do to resolve this issue? Would appreciate your input. Thanks.
Great video, thank you
Can you compare the WD My Passport Wireless Pro to the SSK Portable NAS External Wireless Hard Drive? Will the SSK auto backup an SD card? Can it do an incremental backup? If I use it with my iPhone, what features do I lose and/or how much more inconvenient is it?
What happen when battery completely dead and will not recharge? Still work plug in?
Does this device work as an extended harddrive for the ps4? I've heard yes but also a lot of no's?
Will it suck data using a usb cable so you dont have to keep removing Go Pro Sd cards
If I create a user to access a particular folder in the Passport Device, does the user need to install the My Cloud App? Thanks
Very informative! 👍👍
you're welcome. Thanks for checking out the video. Visaya ba ka?
Thanks for your video. Do you know they have the XQD reader instead SD
Are you still using it? How’s the battery life after 2 years? Can you keep it charging all the time? Thanks.
I work FIFO, so using bridge mode I stream to my tablet and still have internet. As it's 2TB I have lots of media as opposed to using say a 256GB micro sd in the tablet
Is it compatible with GoPro hero 7 black direct via USB type c to type a cable?
thanks for the great info
Very informative indeed. Keep it up the good work. Hey, at the moment I've installed the Plex media server in my iMac and the media files in an external hard drive. Since I just bought the WD My Passport Wireless Pro, how do I go about to transfer the media server to my WD Plex.
Thanks for the question. I made a follow up video to this one where I show how to set up the My Passport Wireless Pro as a Plex server. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out. ruclips.net/video/y8E1hq5aXG4/видео.html
One thing I feel I should mention is the CPU on the Wireless Pro isn't powerful enough to transcode video so you'll want your videos to be in a format and bitrate the Wireless Pro and your client devices can stream natively (without transcoding). I don't know what the exact limits are but I do know that the wireless pro can support up to 8 simultaneous 8Mbps streams. I wasn't able to get that many running with Plex but was able to streaming directly with the WD my cloud app. When I transcode my movies and TV shows with Handbrake I just use the 1080p HD Surround preset like I show in this video for Blu-rays and everything works fine. For DVD's I use the High Quality 480p one. I don't remember exactly what it's called but it's the highest quality preset in Handbrake for 480p and that works great too. And I should mention I transcode everything to an MP4 or M4V as these container types are supported on most all video players on phones and tablets and stuff. On a side note if the M4V won't play on a device you can chage the file extension to MP4 and that should take care of it.
how fast is the file transfer over its wifi connection? connected directly to it? i have a mac with only 2 usb-c ports and dont want to be using a bunch of dongles, so i figured leaving that drive in the laptop back while being able to access the drive and be able to get data and save it on the go would be awesome, but ya just wanted to know how fast it is, and also when connected to its wifi signal, does it not show up like a regular pen drive ? do i have to set it up as a network drive?
is there any update to this for 2020?
Hi Mate,
Do you know if I can use wd my passport wireless pro (connected to network) and access my internet via my router (instead of accessing internet via WD as a bridge) ?
Could I use this to extend my Samsung S9 app storage?! 🤔
If this wd wireless support 4K files?
Great video! Can photographers in the field wirelessly send RAW files via this device and a wifi hotspot direct to the cloud (not to a mobile device) so that head office can download those files for editing whilst the photographers are still in the field?
Have u tested uploading photos from a sd card and then view them wireless via my cloud on a phone. Is there any issue with types of files like iOS heic files.
Thanks for the video but...you didn't talk about the file management options for this device. I use 4 GoPro's and 2 x DSLR cameras as well as a drone in a shoot and need to download a card from each device and have it clearly Named accordingly for that days shoot. Can I do this type of file management for this Hard Drive from the Phone App?
Thanks for the great question. To answer your question, yes you can create, rename and move files and folders as you choose using the MyCloud app. When an SD card is inserted into the SD card slot the card shows up along side the storage folder on the Wireless Pro allowing you to access and manage the files on it however you like. If you use the automatic import options it will copy the files to an 'SD card imports' folder and as far as I can tell it automatically organizes them for each individual SD card you connect to the wireless Pro. I'm not 100% sure about this as I only have one SD card but it created a folder within the SD card import folder with the name of my SD card so I'm assuming it will do this for every SD card you connect to the device. Also it organizes them within the SD card import folder by the date they were copied to the wireless pro; so here's an example of the file structure. MyPassport:storage/sd card imports/"date of upload"/not sure what exactly this folder is but it appears to be some kind of identifier of the memory card/"sd card name" You can also safely eject your SD cards from the app.
how did you set up the video streaming? I keep failing to connect between phone and wd
Does anyone know if it is compatible with SDHC II U3cards?
can I attach my passport WD to My passport wireless pro & take all my data & put it on this one? please help
Great review. Is there an option to eject the SD card other than the standard “push and release” method. Thought I saw something about this somewhere but can’t find it again. Thanks.
Yes, you can eject the SD card through the Wireless Pro's dashboard in your web browser or through the MyCloud app on your smartphone or tablet.
Thanks it help me
You're welcome. Thanks for watching. :)
I bought the my passport wireless pro around black friday recently from Amazon. I have been unable to do file transfer using wifi. I was watching your video and I notice that in your video, the MyPassport appears under computer heading in file explorer Network whereas mine appears under another heading called Storage. Can you tell me what is wrong with what I have done? I only use the twonky server. I didnt Plex Media server. Looking forward to any help. Thank you in advance
LayEng Chan - I’m having the same problem. I was also hoping that I could plug in a USB flash drive, unload the information and then format the flash drive but I’m not having much luck and I’m using the WD My Cloud app.
I feel like this passport is more suited for people who actually need to carry it around, on the go, such as wedding photographers. For those who want to just use this as a local "cloud" storage at home, to replace Google Drive or something similar, WD has another product: My Cloud Home Personal Cloud. This one connects directly to your internet modem and is always plugged in. It does not have battery or its own WiFi hotspot, but I think it is a better solution for this use case. It also relies on your WiFi connection speed as well. I'm not sure how fast the onboard WiFi is for the Passport, unless it's mentioned somewhere in the video that I missed.
Thanks!
6 months later. This originally looks like such a good idea, but in my instance, not so much. I save the RAW files from my Olympus OMD’s SD card to the WDMPWP. They show up on my 12.9 iPad Pro through the WD app. The files are labeled “.ORF”. Can’t figure how to import to the iPad My Photos. The icon will not highlight when the file is selected. BUT, I can import the same exact file through a dongle to the iPad directly from the SD card which pretty much defeats the purpose of the WDMPWP for me as far as I can tell. It sure would be nice if I have overlooked something.
Did you find out how to transfer pictures wirelessly from the sd card to iPhone / ipad?
I have run into a snag with my WD My Passport Wireless Pro. As far as a storage device all is well. BUT, when I try and play/view 4K video files over WiFi on my 2nd Gen iPad Pro 12.9 they stutter and sputter. If I download the same file to the iPad the video plays fine. Is the “Write” speed not up to 4K? Any help would be most appreciated.
Hello John, thanks for the question. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to this butt I will say that I've experienced the same thing when trying to stream 4K video files. My guess/assumption has just been that the Wireless Pro just isn't powerful enough to stream 4K video. Sorry I'm not much help here. Cheers! :)
Really informative, I’m getting this drive and I’m interested in the in depth video on Plex you plan to do. Will you still be doing one on Plex?
Thanks for checking the video out man, happy to hear you enjoyed it. I'm currently working on the followup video and am almost finished with it. I should have it finished and posted sometime next week. :)
Changed the router and everything is ok except Windows 7 will no longer find the My Passport network. Arghh... help....
so if it is wireless over wifi does that meaan you can connect it to your phone for a mega phone storage? if so it would be good to store films of for an ipad
I don't feel I did the best job explaining this in the video so I'll try to be more clear and hopefully answer your question. When it's turned on it broadcasts it's own wireless signal. Two actually. A 2.4Ghz band and a 5Ghz band. Like I showed in the video, it can connect to your home Wi-Fi at which point it acts as an access point. You can connect directly to either of the Wireless Pro's Wi-Fi signals (the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz) and wirelessly copy files to and from the drive as well as access the internet when the drive is connected to your home network. When you're on the go and don't have access to the internet you can still connect to the drives Wi-Fi and access whatever content is on it. Getting around to answering your question... there is a feature in the app that allows you to automatically back up folders on your phone or tablet to the drive wirelessly. So if you have the drive with you and you're shooting pictures or video on your tablet or smartphone and are connected to the drives Wi-Fi (as long as you set up your camera folder to be backed up) it will copy those files, after you've shot them, to the drive. You'll have to clear those files from your phone or tablets memory once they've been backed up as I don't believe there's a way to do that automatically. Does that kind of answer your question?
Ah ok, cheers
What's the file transfer speed?
Well done!
Hello. I will be traveling to very remote places and maybe wifi connection won’t work there. Can I transfer videos from gopro-mavic-Sony camera with usb cable, and also visualize the content once is in the hard drive WITH USB cable?? THANKS!
Yes you can transfer files from other devices, like a camera via USB. The Wireless Pro transmits its own Wi-Fi signal so you can connect to it wirelessly as long as the battery has charge. If you're not near someplace with a Wi-Fi network the Wireless Pro can connect to that offers internet (i.e. your home Wi-Fi or a hotel or something) then you won't have access to the internet but you can still connect to the Wireless Pro and the files stored on it. Once files have been loaded onto the wireless pro you can stream them to your smartphone, tablet or laptop wirelessly and view them. You can also connect it to a laptop using USB and view them like you would with any other external drive.
This device is good but got a big big bug. On android phone like mine Samsung edge 7 the sd cards or usb device are not seen on the app. Also not copying anything to the harddrive. When you use the cloud app on your phone this happens. Not all android phones. I must reset the wd with my pc and then i must downgrade the firmware to 1.03.04. Now it works great.
How long is this wireless range?
Thanks for the video. I am about the buy this device. So is it possible to download videos from the gopro7 sd card while seeing and choicing one by one on an android 8.1 mobile phone? Because I don't want to use a laptop when I am traveling
I believe the Go Pro Hero 7 uses micro SD cards so you'll have to use a micro SD to SD card adapter but yes you can put an SD card into the Wireless Pro, connect to it's WiFi and then browse the contents of your SD card and choose files individually you want to copy over. However I feel using a laptop to connect to it using the USB cable is by far the quickest and easiest way to pick and choose individual files to copy over. I feel the place where the wireless pro shines is when you want to copy everything over from your SD card. You can simply plug it in, initiate the file dump and walk away from it. Another thing I feel I should mention to you is I've found there is some limitation to the Wireless Pro's ability to wirelessly play back/stream 4K video. It cannot play back/stream 4K video smoothly. It constantly stops and buffers and then plays again for a few seconds. It can stream/play 1080p video great but 4K not so much. If you plug it into your computer using USB 3.0 you can view your 4K footage just fine but it cannot smoothly stream 4K footage wirelessly.
Hi, i heard that if you keep it plugged in (as in charging) that it heats up and starts to send notifications about it.. Is this true?
I would keep it in the wall socket, as a NAS, don't care about mobility that much.
Great review!
Do NOT buy this piece of shit.
hello,
can i connect my passport pro to the internet and act as a home server? meaning i can upload my picture without connect directly to the home wifi?
so are you wanting to know if you can use the Wireless Pro as a home NAS?
I am trying to find the part of your presentation which explains how the device sends encrypted data wirelessly. Data security is my top priority. The emphasis on video streaming is OK but it is just the fun bit which comes with the device's high transfer rate.
I don't imagine that security was their top priority given that your home wifi password must be alpha-numeric. If security is your top priority I think you should use a wired system.
@@simonseddon5793hank you for taking time to reply. I think I will get an SSD portable hard-wired storage device on USB3.1. That will be sufficient.
Great video!! Thank you!! Can I use this drive to wirelessly clone my Mac using Carbon Copy Cloner??
thank you for the compliment and for checking out my video. Unfortunately I do not know the answer to that question. If you had them both connected to the same wireless network I would imagine it's possible but I honestly don't know for sure. Sorry.
@@Maraksot78 , thank you!!
no problem. :)
Is there any password for the WiFi from the HDD ? Can you protect the folders with a password
yes there is a password you have to enter in order to connect to the drive. This password cannot be changed and is the last 8 digits (combination of letters and numbers) of your drives serial number. Any device connecting to the Wireless Pro must enter this password in order to connect. There is no option to disable this.
Will this wireless drive backup your Apple IPhone without going through ITunes ? Will it do a system backup?
I don't know. Probably not though since backing up an iOS device requires iTunes, unless of course you just do it using iCloud. You can use this to backup your photos and videos though.
Note: tried to use this to offload Insta360 video and ran into proprietary issues... Bottomline you can only use Adobe Premier with the Insta360 plug-in to process Insta360 video (off your PC, iPad or Phony)
I’ve got the 4TB version of this. It doesn’t work anymore coz i threw it against the wall in frustration.
gj
Me too, many videos speak of this team wonderfully but it has many flaws, it shows that the people who make these videos are bought.
How is the battery life on these drives? Some are saying the battery dies after a year?
I made this video several months after purchasing my Wireless Pro and I did a couple different tests at that time. While streaming video I got 6 hours of run time, and then 9 hours when I would wirelessly transfer image and video files to it once every hour or so. As for the batteries physical longevity, I've owned my drive for 10 months now and it's been good. It still holds a charge well. I can charge it up and not use it for awhile and when I go to use it the next time it's still at full charge; a quality my Asus laptop does not share. I haven't just let it run like I did in my initial tests to see if the run time has degraded at all but when I do use it, the run time is still good. No dramatic change at least. So, so far so good... knock on wood. 😅
Thank you for the video... although I have one question ... when passport pro plug into desktop... after transfer files to passport pro do I can use wifi to watch whatever I saved in wireless passort ? or do I need to unplug to make it work ?
When you plug the Wireless Pro into a PC I believe it automatically switches over to external drive mode so you can't access it over wifi anymore. It can be plugged into a USB charger though so you can stream without depleting the battery if that's what you're going for.
@@Maraksot78 great thank you ~ and one more thing .. if I transfer video example 1 hour video using wifi how long will it take ?
Hi.. If I attach this drive to roku.. can I still transfer new files to WD passport or it becomes a dumb drive soon I attach to Roku.. Thanks in advance..
I have to admit I don't fully understand your question. Are you wanting to use the My Passport Wireless Pro as a network hard drive? Meaning you leave the drive plugged into AC power all the time and have it connected to your homes wireless network? If so I don't see why you shouldn't be able to wirelessly connect a Roku to it and stream media files to your TV through the Roku.
Great funny vid :) can you copy data from the My Passport to an external USB drive using the iPhone app?
Thank you for watching the video and for the question. I know you can copy things from a flash drive to the Wireless Pro and vice versa, via the Wireless Pro's USB port using the app on my Android phone so I assume the iPhone app has the exact same functionality.
My Passport wont work in ‘dumb’ mode on my PC. I cant see him in ‘my PC’ but I can see him by devices. Anyone same problem ?
How to reset pasword wd wireless external hardisk .. please help me .. i forgot pasword ..
Cani download pictures from my iPhone directly to the hard disk without using the laptop?
Yes you can. There's something I discovered after making this video that I feel I should share with you though. If you try to transfer a bunch of pictures all at once it will often hang during the transfer and not progress. If you try to cancel the transfer at this point you could end up deleting all the photos you were transferring from your phone. Meaning they don't copy to the drive and they delete off your phone and don't go to your phones trash so there's no easy way to restore them without paying money for a recovery tool. I recommend transferring smaller groups of photos and you should be just fine. I recently lost over 100 pictures when I tried to transfer them all at once. I haven't tested where it maxes out but when I do 10 or 20 at a time it's been fine. Hope this info helps. Cheers! :)
looks like yours works great. Mine has never been able to connect to anything. Verry dissapointing.
Great review, thank you. I just bought one to take with me on vacation and store photos and video from I phone, new iPad and laptop. Do you see being in a hotel, with that wireless system being a problem with this device to set up to work with all my devices?
I don't see any issue. It should work great for you. Cheers! :)
Do you have to punch in the passcode every time you connect the WD passport
It should work just the same as you connecting to any Wi-Fi network as long as you allow your phone or tablet or whatever to remember the network password it should automatically connect to it
Yeah~ it doesn’t...
Hi there
Does it work with android devices?
Yes
DAMMIT. I wanted to be able to leave this plugged into my Smart TV, mount it as a network drive in Windows, and download files to it from my computer to play them from the hard wired connection on the TV. Sucks to know it won't work this way (unless I want to be constantly locking & unlocking it, no thanks).
what happens to your data if the battery dies (I don't mean "out of battery", i mean like a totally dead battery)
It's all still there. They use a standard hard drive inside it which does not require power to save the data on the drive.
@@Maraksot78 so how do i back up my data in that case?
This device can support like 2tb external hard drive
Yes or no. Pls reply soon.
Could you put Xbox games on it?
If you plugged it into your Xbox with the included USB cable I believe that will work just fine.
This device is sometimes locked and the application on the phone is horrible, please be more honest in the analysis.
I bought it new it has never work
Apparently, it does what it was intended to be with the flaws and all.
Hey I think u have a great channel but you don’t get many views on videos like this I think you should do more gaming peripherals reviews
Thanks for the comment. :)
Looks like you have a supped up PC so I’m just gonna respond to some questions NO! This is an HHD which is waaay tooo slow to do video editing esp 4K ie you will need SSD(s) on a NAS to keep video off the processor that is handling the o/s and application(s) and I’ll bet there is a GPU in that monster PC to offload graphics...
Too bad it's so freaking expensive. Could have been better if you can choose to change drives to SSD of your choice or something along those lines
Warning
I bought a WD wireless pro
And in the beginning he works good,but now its wifi dont work anymore.
There are more people with the same problem.
The service id dammed awefull.
You’re presentation of information is great, but you’re attempt at humer doesn’t work for me.
Lol! Fair enough. 😂
Yeah i just skipped ahead to the end ha ha
I find it very frustrating, I must have one thats been dropped
What's going on? You having wireless connectivity problems? From 8:47 to 10:28 in the video I talk about an issue I had with the Wireless Pro that nearly made me want to throw the thing against the wall and return it. When connecting it to your home network your network password must have letters and numbers in it only! If you have any special characters in your password (i.e. @ ! # $ % & * etc) you're going to have lots of problems. I changed both my network name and password so neither one had any special characters and it fixed all the issues I was having.
Maraksot78 actually I’m on the road and have it hooked up to my laptop to take pics off it to have more space, I shoot a lot of photos and my pic is full, I literally bought this to store all my photos until I get home to load to a bigger drive
Maraksot78 I figured I’d was as easy as plug and play
you can use it just like any other external hard drive, by simply plugging it into your laptop with the USB cable. if you do that you don't need to power the drive on at all either.
Maraksot78 ok I will try that before I take it back thanks man I appreciate it was thinking about taking a hammer to it
That is weird about the special characters. WPA 1/2/3 shouldn't care much.
Bruh this dude watches barbie 4:52
Worse POS I ever purchased. Unnecessarily complicated. Doesn't always work, moody. That kind of wonky reliability is an absolute no.
Paul Coughlan whats your experience on thisn drive sir for transfer or the wifi itself sir I am thinking of getting one for my wedding business sir
@@leoadrian2486 As I explained above, it is unreliable. The Wi-Fi doesn't always work. The softwear is also unreliable. It is surprisingly complicated to learn the softwear. I returned the product for hardrive...no Wi-Fi
Ohhh I was planing to get one because of the wireless connection thank god I read your comment and its just a few days ago so wont get one hehe
Totally worthless, overheats and shuts down in an hour, takes many hours to copy files, corrupt file system, won't finish chkdsk, has now run over a week but still only 10% finished with chkdsk /r. $250 bucks shot to Hell
This is the worst WD product. All my drives are WD however if I knew the amount of time that I would spend trying to fix the issues straight out of the box I would not have bought the product. The first one failed and I exchanged it then the replacement one suffered the same issues. If you are looking for something reliable do not but this product. It appears to be luck of the draw who gets one that works and who doesn't. WD appear to know that this is an issue and offer no real solutions except to replace it until I guess you get one that actually works like it should. None of their trouble shooting solutions work. PC/Apple cannot see the drive, wireless function is dead, and all the WD support pages do not help any of these issues. It is unfortunate as this would be a good product to have in your bag. Sorry to say the product is a dud.
Why the antics? Can you just get to the review of the product? There are also issues with the product providing a password to connect to devices that did not work. Other numerous challenges as well. One thing that is boring is someone telling repeatedly how boring something is that you didn’t actually do. ?? Respect viewers time.
Don’t buy this hard drive!!
If you connect the drive does it have password protection ?
What exactly do you mean? There is a password you need to enter to be able to connect to the drive wirelessly if that's what you're asking.