Western Digital WDBAAC2500ACH - My Passport Elite User manual

My Passport™
Studio
™
Portable Hard Drives
Pure performance
for Mac®
Customizable e-label
Automatic, continuous backup
Hardware encryption, password protection
The Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive
features super-fast performance,
FireWire®800 interface, a customizable
e-label, visual backup software, and
password protection to store and protect all
your digital content.

My Passport Studio
Portable Hard Drives
Product Features
Product Specifications
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As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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See your life safe in one place.
See your backup as it happens
Seeing is believing. Visual backup
displays your content in categories and
shows the progress of your backup.
Protect your data automatically
Relax. Your data is secure. Automatic,
continuous backup will instantly make
a second copy whenever you add or
change a file.
Bring back lost files effortlessly
Retrieve your valuable data to its original
location whether you’ve lost all your data
or just overwritten an important file.
Take control
Customize your backup, set drive
security, run diagnostics, manage the
power settings, and more from the
WD SmartWare control center.
Smart display
Create your own personalized drive
label to remind you what’s stored on
each drive. You can even view the
label when the drive is unplugged. The
display also includes available capacity
and security status.
Pure performance
Save and access data at top speeds
with the high-performance FireWire 800
interface. Also includes USB 2.0 interface
for maximum flexibility.
Designed for Mac
Formatted for Mac and compatible with
Apple®Time Machine™, this drive is
plug-and-play ready for Mac computer
users.
Drive lock
Gain peace of mind knowing that your
data is protected from unauthorized
access or theft with password
protection and 256-bit hardware-based
encryption.
Planet friendly
We designed a small retail box from
recycled materials to minimize waste.
We encourage you to recycle it.
Visual backup displays your content
categories and confirms that your files
have been backed up.
My PassportMy Computer
Backup
Complete
53 GB Free
Music
87 GB
Photos
95 GB
Others Folder
10 GB
Movies
165 GB
53 GB Free
Music
87 GB
Photos
95 GB
Others Folder
10 GB
Movies
165 GB
INTERFACE DIMENSIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY CAPACITIES AND MODELS
FireWire 800
USB 2.0
Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
0.73 in (18.5 mm)
4.88 in (124 mm)
3.27 in (83 mm)
0.40 lb (0.18 kg)
Formatted HFS for Mac OS®X,
Tiger ®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™
Windows®XP, Windows Vista®,
Windows 7 (requires reformatting)
320 GB
500 GB
640 GB
WDBAAE3200ASL
WDBAAE5000ASL
WDBAAE6400ASL
KIT CONTENTS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS LIMITED WARRANTY
Portable hard drive
WD SmartWare software
USB cable
FireWire 800 cable
FireWire 800 to 400 adapter
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide
Data transfer rate:1Up to 480 Mb/sec
Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C
1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are
required to obtain Hi-Speed USB performance.
3 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Japan