WD 256GB My Passport SSD External Portable Drive, USB 3.1, Up to 540 MB/s - WDBKVX2560PSL-WESN

Extremely lightweight and compact. I needed more memory for Photoshop and Liggtroom, the 2TB version was on sale for $299 and I couldnt pass it up. So far so good I partioned the drive (1.86TB available) for Storage, Camera Raw cache and a Photoshop Scratch Disk. Working like a charm so far. Appearently this is made by SanDisk which is where you register the product for the warranty. Its so light I can keep with my laptop at all times plugged in. Perfect for my needs and the price made it a no brainier.

I love that the SSD has a password feature. It runs games smoothly and cuts down load times significantly. Obviously as you add files it will slow down games if you use it to game. Amazing Product.

The external drive works great so far no complaints. The price was a little high, but that is common place for a SSD drive compared to a HDD. I like the compact size, it doesnt take up much space when I use it my for my desktop or laptop.

Quality ssd. I was very impressed by the size. I bought a 2TB one, and it is generally the length and width of a credit card or smaller. It is fairly thin, and can fit in a pocket very easily.

All works fine, only thing is that it just doesnt get to the max speed listed in the specs, not real life proof... There are some lexar SSDs that go up to 900mbps... This one is listed as 540mbps but it often works at 300 or so... Yet I give it 4 stars because who needs that stupid high speed, it works fine.

Just started using it. It warms way-up. Could be a hand-warmer.

Limited testing on an Inspiron 7573. No optimization beyond token attempts to keep drivers up to date. Windows 10, usable as D: second I plugged it into a port. No issues moving to other ports. Approximately the same size as a business or credit card, although not as wide. Will be lost the first time My kids unplug it. Downloading an installing a single Steam game at 10MB/sec Connected to usb-c port (has DisplayPort logo next to it) Writes to drive burst above 30MB/s but mostly stayed around 20-25ish. Avg response time 3-8ms. Connected to USB port marked SS for superspeed Writes solid at 20-23is, no burst, but response time 10-20ms. Please note, connected to usb-c i’ve seen write bursts to 140MB/sec. I don’t know if I can truly say the top speed of this drive, but the port on your machine may make a significant different

The out of the box formatting is not accepted by apples backup app, Time Machine. I am using the latest, Mac OS X 15.13, Catalina. I reformatted the disc and Time Machine is now working, backing up to this disc. Very slowly I might add. I have 222gig on my mac air and time machine says I have another 20 hours to go. Western Digital wants to take over as your Finder. I mistakenly installed the WD app before I reformatted and now my original 1T external Passport only shows as mounted under the WD app. NOT in the finder. Why cant they keep it simple?

I have a 2017 15 MBP with 256gb drive and needed more space as I am headed into creating videos. I am also a software developer and needed an external drive that wouldnt lag. I received this drive and tested it by completely rebuilding my iOS app. It took 1min 39sec on my internal drive and only 1min 42sec on this external drive. Thats a negligible impact and exactly what I hoped it would be. Highly recommended.

I have the larger spinning hard drive version of this also and this is much smaller and weighs next to nothing. I really like it, carry it in my laptop day pack for work and use the included encryption program. Am probably going to buy a 2nd one.