Can Western Digital My Passport Ultra be a bootable drive for my MBPro?

I have not found a definitive answer and wanted to see if anyone has used this drive (external, 1TB) as a bootable drive for Mac (I'm running 10.06.8) -- want a boot drive before attempting upgrade of my OS)
WD site does not list it as confirmed to work as mac boot drive, but it also does not list it as a "does not work" drive. It's just not mentioned.

Thanks -- I know it's possible generally, but I was hoping someone with this specific drive would be able to confirm,
i called WD and the guy said yes -- but at first he did not know that there was software to create a bootable drive, so I'm dubious of his competence.

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Can Time Machine back up to a Western Digital "My Passport Wireless" over wifi?

I bought a Western Digital "My Passport Wireless" external hard drive / NAS to use as a Time Machine backup for my new MacBook Pro. I plugged it in via USB, formatted it to HFS+, and ran Time Machine. All good.
This hard drive has a wireless chip in it, so one can connect to it via wifi, either directly or through a router. When I dismounted the drive and connected via wifi (via my router), my expectation was that I could run Time Machine and do periodic back-ups without having to remember to plug in the drive, etc.
I can see the drive and read/write to it. I am connected as 'admin', not 'guest'. It is named "MyPassport", both when connected via USB and via wifi. When I try to use the drive via wifi for Time Machine, I'm asked: "Do you want to stop backing up to “MyPassport” and use “TimeMachineBackup/TimeMachine” instead, or back up to both?" When I select "Use both", I'm then told: "Time Machine can’t access the backup disk “TimeMachineBackup/TimeMachine”. The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error 2.)"
Should it be possible for Time Machine to recognize the same archive, whether connected via USB or wifi?
If I cannot, can I at least back up a new archive over wifi. I recognize that the first go at this would take a long time due to slow wireless transfer speed. What does OSStatus error 2 mean?

So you think that you know better than Apple.
NAS is not supported by Time Machine, you can take all the risks you like but do not advise others to do so. It doesn't matter what WD say, they want you to buy one, Apple are the deciders of what is supported or not.
Here's what WD say:
Note: WD does not provide technical support for Time Machine related issues. For assistance with backing up to a WD NAS drive, using the Time Machine application please contact Apple. As the backup application is built into the OS, they are the only ones qualified to diagnose a Time Machine related issue.
Good luck.

How do I figure out if I have usb 3.0? I am trying to buy compatible external hard drive (western digital my passport for mac) and I can not figure out if it will work with my mac book.

how do I figure out if I have usb 3.0? I am trying to buy compatible external hard drive (western digital my passport for mac) and I can not figure out if it will work with my mac book.

Dont buy a Western Digital, get a Hitachi or Seagate (Toshiba is made by Hitachi). These are the most reliable, and the HD used inside Macs.
ALL HD can be made compatible with your MAC (including a WD if you already bought same), ......they just need to be formatted for the Mac platform, format them in Disk Utility as Mac OSX extended journaled.

I am trying to use an external HD and need to configure it for the MAC. Can someone explain how to configure the HD (Western Digital - My Passport SE)?

Can someone help explain how to add an external HD to the Mac? I have a Western Digital My Passport SE and need to configure if for the MAC and add it to the HD location on my Mac.

Connect the external drive to the Mac. You can do that while the Mac is on, (If the drive is one that has to be plugged into a wall outlet do that too and turn the power on.) If there is a light on the drive it should turn on.
Now double click on the hard drive icon - top left of the screen of your computer. When it opens look for the Applications folder. Double click that. Next look for a folder called Utilities. Double click. In there you will see a file called Disk Utility.app. Double click on that.
You will now see something like this, with two items on the left. The second one is your new drive.
Select it - one click. And click on Erase - one of the buttons at the top, You will see this.
You must select the Format, it's a drop down - the one shown in the image above is best. You can change the name from Untitled if you want. The name can be changed later if you prefer.
At this point look at the bottom right. There is a button there called Erase. Click on it. Then go get yourself a cup of coffee - this will take a few minutes.

E3200 +Western Digital My Passport 2 TB in time machine osx lion, is it possible?

hi, im going to buy a router linksys e3200, i saw, this router has an usb port for connect an external hd, i read not any hd works with this router, is it true?
i would like to know, does this router work with time machine in osx lion?
does this router work with the western digital my passport 2tb hd?
thanks

Hi elverde, you can open links below.
http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=a00bdf3f6081412fafa709d15ae9d322_.xml&pid=80&respi...
http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=7fdabf9de4f64eddba63d50b11138532_List_of_tested_US...

HT201510 time machine on a western digital my passport wireless.

Has anyone had success in seeing up time machine to backup wirelessly on a western digital my passport wireless?
a bit of guidance would be greatly appreciated
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A third-party NAS is unsuitable for use with Time Machine, especially if it's your only backup. I know this isn't what you want to hear. I know that Time Machine accepts the NAS as a backup destination. I know that the manufacturer says the device will work with Time Machine, and I also know that it usually seems to work. Except when you try to restore, and find that you can't.
Apple has published a specification for network devices that work with Time Machine. None of the third-party NAS vendors, as far as I know, meets that specification. They all use the incomplete, obsolete Netatalk implementation of Apple Filing Protocol.
If you want network backup, use as the destination either an Apple Time Capsule or an external storage device connected to another Mac or to an 802.11ac AirPort base station. Only the 802.11ac base stations support Time Machine, not any older model.
Otherwise, don't use Time Machine at all. There are other ways to back up, though none of them is anywhere near as efficient or as well integrated with OS X. I don't have a specific recommendation.
If you're determined to keep using the NAS with Time Machine, your only recourse for any problems that result is to the manufacturer (which will blame Apple, or you, or anyone but itself.)

Problème Disque dur Western Digital My Passport Essential 1 To USB 3.0

Bonjour,
J'ai acheté un hdd Western Digital My Passport Essential 1 To USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 Silver.
P/N WDBACX10010BSL
S/N WXK14AA0X1511
Le problème est le suivant : Le disque n'est pas visible, alors j'ai regardé dans le gestionnaire de périphérique un point exclamation d'affiche jaune en disant "WD SES Device USB Device".
Je suis aller sur le site Western Digital pour recherche le driver, après avoir lancer la rechercher il n'y aucun driver disponible en tapant le P/N.
Si quelqu'un pourrait m'aider à résoudre ce problème.
Message was edited by: ageofempiresz

Le problème était le fichier système formaté sous mac. *Les partitions étaient en mac os x étendu.* Windows ne pouvait lire ce système de fichiers.
Alors on essayé différentes file system. *Il faillait choisir MS-DOS (FAT32) pour mac et Windows.*
Après ce formatage nous avons essayé sur un machine Windows vista ou 7. Maintenant ça marche.
Merci de ton aide.

Western Digital My Book Studio II external hard drive won't mount on Mountain Lion

I have the Western Digital My Book Studio II external hard drive. It was working fine. After upgrading to Mountain Lion, the disk does not mount. I can't find any help on the Western Digital site. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a solution?
Immediately, I'm more concerned about getting the data off this drive than getting it to work. If I take it to an Apple Store with another external drive, could they transfer the data to it for me?

Also, check the Western Digital website for software updates. They have made numerous updates recently.
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?wdc_lang=en
Firmware update for Mac users
Mac release 3.1.0.10E (updated 9/4/2012)
See: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/wdsmartwareupdate/firmware.asp?id=wdfGeneric&os=ma c
WD Universal Firmware Updater Release Notes 1
WD Universal FW Updater 3.1.0.10E: Fixes:
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WD Universal FW Updater 3.1.0.10D: Fixes:
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HT4757 Can the digital camera RAW compatibility update 3.13 work for iPad?

Trying to transfer photos from my Nikon 3200 to iPad using the camera kit. Can the digital camera RAW compatibility 3.13 update work for iPad? Attempts to download it directly to iPad sends it to Evernote and then message comes up that synchronization failed. Not a tech geek by any means so if you can help, please explain as simply as possible. Thanks much.

45 views and no replies? Isn't there anyone that can answer if I need this update or not or is my question not clear? Does anyone else have a similar question relating to the Digital Camera Raw compatibility update 3.11?

Will a western digital 1tb passport se work with lion?

Hi, bought a western digital hard drive at the same time as i bought my mac but it wont work with lion. can anyone help?

My WD Passport is working with Lion.
Did you reformat your drive using Disk Utility to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?
If you have and are still having problems, I would return it and get the Seagate GoFlex drive.

IMac Backups on Western Digital My Passport for Mac

I have a Western Digital 1TB My Passport for Mac which regularly backs up my iMac. It is creating a backup file apparently every day. I decided to remove all but the most recent 3 backup files and moved them to trash, but am unable to empty the trash. How do I empty the trash now?

Time Machine back ups in the trash are not a good combination.   You may find this link helpfull ...
Solving Trash Problems
and you should also look at Pondini's document   ...
http://pondini.org/TM/ Troubleshooting.html   Section E6 in particular.

OS X MAVERICKS 10.9.1, Late 2013 iMac i7 and Western Digital 4TB My Book Live Duo External Drive

How do I properly configure the external hard drive and Time Machine (TM) to be sure that TM backup are performed properly and the backups can be used to either restore my iMac fully or certain files can be restored in the future, if required.
I would like to know the drivers and software I need to install on the iMac to support the external hard drive, step by step instructions for correctly setting up the external drive would be useful. Should I use the external drive as RAID 0 ( the drive is actually two-2TB drives in a case), or use its 4TB capacity without RAID?
Additionally, is there a way to test the restoration of files from the external drive to the iMac. I do not want to render the iMac to an unusable state.

Be aware that Western Digital drives have had issues with Mavericks. http://wd-mavericks-data-loss.com/#!
I would format using Apple's Disk Utility rather than the drive software.

Booting from Western Digital My Book Premium Edition External Hard Drive

I have heard that it is not possible to boot up a Mac from a Western Digital My Book Premium Edition (II) external hard drive. Does anyone know if the same goes for a WD My Book Premium Edition drive (I guess it's the one previous to the (II))? I've already tried calling WD, but the support there was useless (the guy had no idea, and just said they don't support such applications).
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Steve

I don't know if I was reading about Edition I or II, but a member here said it is not Mac bootable. There's lot's of fairly reasonable drives on the market. OWC's FireWire drives are Mac Bootable. USB drives are not.
You can also buy a regular drive and install it in an OWC enclosure. They have the Mac friendly Oxford chipset.
 Cheers! DALE

Format new 1 TB Western Digital My Book Home Edition External Hard Drive?

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How can I save my photos on a removable hard drive for easy viewing?

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