Second, I found the process of copying data from a cloud provider to be painfully slow, something I could easily avoid by just plugging it directly into my computer. The one-touch copy button lets you back up photos and videos with the built in SD card reader or the integrated USB port without a laptop or software. For 1Tb SSD, and the RAV, and the USB Hub, i spend about 370 EUR, and gives me more options than the WD My Passport – think thats about 520 EUR for 1Tb and does not allow me to copy from XQD. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This is obviously a huge improvement over the wireless options and the only way you’ll exploit the faster speed of the internal SSD versus a traditional hard disk (as the bandwidth on the SD slot is also limited as I’ll show in the next section).

There’s lots of different ways you can use the My Passport Wireless SSD and in my review I’ll discuss how it could fit into your workflow as a photographer. I’m planning a trip very soon and I was wondering if this is the best travel backup solution you tried so far?A quick note on presentation: when you’re connected to the drive wirelessly, the My Passport Wireless SSD appears in the Network section of your computer’s drive browser.

The WD My Passport Wireless SSD is designed to backup the contents of SD memory cards in the field, without the need for a laptop or an AC power supply. As always, it is a good idea to update to the latest firmware release, as it might address bugs, as well as add more camera support in the future.

For example, if you have a Dropbox account, you can install the Dropbox service and browse through your Dropbox content.

This gets quite annoying, since you don’t know if what you’ve done has actually registered with the unit, and had me impatiently pressing buttons multiple times. At the end of a shoot, you can simply insert your SD card into the device and relax in the knowledge it’s made a backup of the contents. The WD My Passport Wireless SSD has one more trick up its sleeve: it can be used as a wireless media server, dishing-up photos, music and videos to compatible players. Wi-Fi password protection helps to keep your photography, videos, music and other important files safe from unauthorized wireless access.

This would have been a great solution, since it would have given the option to the end user on how they want to transport the device and what part(s) they want to take with them. If this new backup took place on the same day as a previous one, then this new time-stamped folder will be nestled within the existing date folder. Note the ARW RAW format of the A7 III was readable even though it’s not yet on WD’s compatibility list. Lastly, you will find the model of your device, along with the firmware on the bottom of this screen. The chart, along with the information to the right of it, will display how much content you are storing on the device, grouped by type.