
My Passport
™
Studio
Portable Hard Drives
Portable high speed
®
storage for Mac
Premium all-metal enclosure
Compatible with Apple® Time Machine
Password protection and hardware encryption
®
®
My Passport Studio comes standard with
the high-performance features and premium
style that creative professionals demand.
Two super-fast FireWire
a MacBook
®
-inspired, metal enclosure
®
800 ports and
make this drive the ideal companion for the
photographer, videographer, graphic artist, or
creative professional on the go.

My Passport Studio
Portable Hard Drives
Product Features
Two FireWire 800 ports
With two super-fast FireWire 800 ports,
you can save and access data at top
speeds. Use the second FireWire port
to daisy chain an additional external
drive or other peripheral to your
Mac. This drive also offers a USB 2.0
interface for added connectivity.
Premium aluminum enclosure
The durable, anodized aluminum
enclosure is the perfect complement
for your Mac computer and resists
scratching and ngerprints.
High capacity, small enclosure
Offering high capacity in a small metal
enclosure, My Passport Studio is the
ideal companion for the photographer,
videographer, graphic artist, or creative
professional on the go.
Product Specications
WD Security
WD Security allows you to set
password protection and hardware
encryption for your drive to protect your
les from unauthorized use or access.
WD Drive Utilities
Register your drive, set drive security,
run diagnostics; and more using
WD Drive Utilities.
™
™
Formatted for Mac
HFS+ Journaled so it works right out of
the box with your Mac computer. Can
be reformatted for Windows.
Compatible with Apple
Time Machine
Back up your les with Apple
Time Machine.
No power adapter required
The drive is powered through the
FireWire or USB port, so there’s no
need to lug around a bulky power
adapter.
WD quality inside and out
We know your data is important to
you. So we build the drive inside to our
demanding requirements for durability,
shock tolerance, and long-term
reliability. Then we protect the drive with
a robust enclosure designed for beauty
and protection.
CAPACITIES AND MODELS 500 GB DIMENSIONS 750 GB & 1 TB DIMENSIONS LIMITED WARRANTY
500 GB
750 GB
1 TB
PACKAGE CONTENTS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY
Portable hard drive
FireWire 800 cable
USB cable
Quick Install Guide
INTERFACE
FireWire 800
USB 2.0
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Passport, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Studio, WD Security, and WD Drive Utilities are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein
that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specications subject to change without notice. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which
your product was purchased. Please visit our web site at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specic countries in these regions.
© 2011 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
As used for storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and
gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
4178-705215-A00 Sept 2011
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WDBK8A7500ABK
WDBK8A0010BBK
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Data transfer rate:1
FireWire 800 800 Mb/sec (max)
USB 2.0 480 Mb/sec (max)
Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C
1
A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certied cable are
required to obtain Hi-Speed USB performance.
0.7 in (19 mm)
5.0 in (126 mm)
3.3 in (84 mm) )
0.56 lb (0.25 kg)
Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
Formatted HFS+ Journaled
Mac OS® X, Leopard®,
Snow Leopard™, Lion
0.9 in (22 mm)
5.0 in ( 126mm))
3.3 in ( 84 mm)
0.68 (0.31 kg)
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2 years
3 years
Americas/EMEA
APAC/Japan