So, My Passport Ultra offers the best value for money. However, the price difference is not so large. You will have to pay more for cloud connectivity, USB-C support, and a plastic-aluminum casing. As a last resort I may have to invest in a Time Capsule which will always be compatible with a Mac. Not many features set apart My Passport Ultra and My Passport.
Express Yourself The rich, black shine and artful composition makes the My Passport for Mac drive fashionably fun. And we back up (pardon the pun) the trusted My Passport for Mac drive with a 3-year limited warranty. Or is it Apple’s fault? I wonder how many Apple users use WD external hard drives for Time Machine? Good thing I use a separate Cloud storage backup. WD builds drives to demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance and long-term reliability. It’s now several hours later and have heard nothing. What a crock! I can’t conceive of WD, a giant in the storage industry, not having a driver to backup the latest Apple OS. Eventually I had to leave a call-back number. Sadly, I waited on hold a long time then got disconnected! I had to call back yet again and work my way up to the 2nd tier and waited on hold again. I worked my way up to 2nd tier support level in order to talk to a more tech-savvy person. No help there. I finally was told that El Capitan is not supported by my WD drive, therefore this is an issue for Apple and not their problem. I tried everything, incl running their utilities, downloading new firmware and calling WD support. I have a WD My Passport For Mac external hard drive that worked fine, then I upgraded my OSX to El Capitan.
