Western Digital WDMS2500 - My Passport Studio User manual

This sleek little portable drive, with dual interfaces, is formatted
for Macintosh®, features a clever capacity gauge and comes with
a soft drawstring bag. Use it to pack up your office files and take
them home, carry thousands of songs or pictures and back up
your laptop.
•Flexible dual interfaces – Comes with a FireWire 400 interface
that’s perfect for Mac computers and a USB 2.0 connection for
convenience and compatibility among multiple computers.
•Formatted for Mac – Formatted HFS+ Journaled for Macintosh
compatibility. Requires Mac OS X 10.4.11+ or 10.5.2+. Can
easily be reformatted for Windows®Vista/XP/2000.
•Works with Apple Time Machine – Fully compatible with Apple’s
Time Machine backup software.
•FireWire or USB powered – No separate power supply needed.*
My Passport™ Studio
Portable Hard Drives
FireWire®and USB
Formatted for Mac
Works with Apple®Time Machine
Mac-ready
Storage to Go
Portable Hard Drives
*An optional cable is available for the few systems that limit USB power.
™
I can’t picture keeping my
data on anything but a WD
Mac-formatted hard drive.
–Danny Mitchell
Professional Photographer
™
®

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5-years, unless otherwise required by law. Please visit our web site at support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty.
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One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. 4178-705010-A00 May 2008
Interface
FireWire 400, USB 2.0
Dimensions
Height: 0.59 in (15.0 mm)
Length: 4.97 in (126.15 mm)
Width: 3.13 in (79.5 mm)
Weight: 0.40 lb (0.18 kg)
System Compatibility
Mac®OS X 10.4.11+, 10.5.2+
Windows Vista/XP/2000
Compatibility may vary depending on user’s
hardware configuration and operating system.
Capacities
160 GB, 250 GB, 320 GB
Limited Warranty
5 years
Kit Contents
Portable hard drive
FireWire 400 cable
USB 2.0 cable
Drawstring bag
Quick Install Guide
Product Specifications
Data transfer rate:1Up to 480 Mb/sec
Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C
My Passport Studio Portable Hard Drives
Portable Hard Drives
1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are required to
obtain Hi-Speed USB performance.
Photos
Hours
Songs
or
or
160GB 250GB 320GB
45,000 71,000 91,000
12 19 24
40,000 62,000 80,000
up to up to
or or or
ororor
up to
Here are some examples of how much you can store.
Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos, and any other files that
can be stored on a hard drive are provided for illustrative purposes only.
Your results will vary based on file size and format, settings, features,
software, and other factors.