User manual

MY PASSPORT AIR

USER MANUAL

ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 1

About Your WD Drive

Welcome to your My Passport

Air™ portable hard drive for Mac users who need to take

their creative life on the road.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Features

Kit Contents

Quick Install Guide

Operating System Compatibility

Disk Drive Format

Physical Description

Registering the Drive

Handling Precautions

Features

Major features of the My Passport Air drive include:

Ultra-slim, all-metal design—At just 11 mm, this ultra-slim, all-metal portable drive is

thin and fast with plenty of capacity for your important digital content.

Ultra-fast transfer rates—When connected to a USB 3.0 port, My Passport Air lets you

access and save files in blazing speed. Reduce transfer time by up to 3 times when

compared to USB 2.0 transfer rates.*

*Performance may vary based on hardware and system configuration.

USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility—With this single drive you get compatibility with

the latest USB 3.0 devices and backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices.

Premium aluminum enclosure—The durable, anodized aluminum enclosure is the

perfect complement for your MacBook Air.

WD Security™ software—WD’s security utility allows you to set password protection

and hardware encryption for your drive to protect your files from unauthorized use or

access.

WD Drive Utilities™ software—Register your drive, set the drive sleep timer, run

diagnostics and more using the WD Drive Utilities software.

Compatible with Apple Time Machine—Works with your Mac right out of the box and

is compatible with Apple Time Machine.

Durable enclosure protects your drive—We know your data is important to you. So we

build the drive inside to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and

long-term reliability. Then we protect the drive with a robust, all-metal enclosure

designed for style and

beauty.

Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at http://

www.westerndigital.com. For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation

and information, go to http://support.wdc.com/downloads.