![]() To recover data from a WD My Passport drive, you need to connect the hard drive to your Mac and use a suitable data recovery software application to retrieve lost data from it.įor the purposes of this article, we’re using a data recovery software application called Disk Drill, which we selected because of its ease of use, great performance, and generous free trial version that lets you preview all recoverable files without paying. Obviously, we recommend you start with the first method and consider the second one only as a last resort. We will describe two methods: one inexpensive (WD My Passport for Mac data recovery software) and the other one potentially costly (data recovery services). Okay, so your data is really nowhere to be found, which means it’s time to retrieve it. How to Retrieve Files from My Passport on Mac Note: Are you having trouble following our instructions because your drive is not showing up in Finder? Then you should check out our list of fixes. Specify the kind of files you want Finder to locate.Choose Kind in the far-left pop-up menu.Click the Plus icon below the search bar.Click the magnifier glass icon in the top-right corner and type in any search term you want (you can immediately delete it).If you don’t remember the names of your lost files, then you can tell Finder to find all files of the same file type: Specify that you want to search only the external drive.Type in the name of the file you’re searching for and press Return/Enter.Click the magnifier glass icon in the top-right corner.If you remember the names of your lost files, then you can do the following: ![]() Instead of rummaging through your WD My Passport drive folder by folder like a treasure hunter searching for lost loot, we recommend you take advantage of Finder’s search feature, making it your own personal Sherlock Holmes. How to Find Files on My Passport for Macīefore we explain how to retrieve lost files using Western Digital recovery software for Mac, you should double-check that the files are really lost. Important: If your WD My Passport drive is encrypted, then Western Digital recovery software for Mac won’t be able to recover any data from it. Built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection helps ensure that sensitive data won’t fall into the wrong hands. The drive uses a single USB connection for both power and data, and the latest version supports data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps. The compact, lightweight construction of the WD My Passport drive makes it great for storing and transporting large quantities of data, including business documents, photos and videos, music, file archives, and more. WD My Passport drive is a portable external hard drive manufactured by Western Digital, an American hard drive manufacturer that has been in the computer storage industry for over 50 years.
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