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My Passport
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My Passport is a series of portable external hard drives and solid state drives produced by Western Digital. There are currently six series of My Passport drives; Essential Edition, Essential SE Edition, Elite Edition, Essential for Mac, Studio Edition and the Essential SE for Mac.
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Drives in the series are designed to look like and be the size of a passport. None of them require a power socket although the "elite editions" feature a docking system.
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Standard editions
Essential Edition
Essential Editions include USB 2.0 though new models also include USB 3.0 ports, the white LED Indicator.[1]
Essential SE Edition
Essential SE Editions have both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports and come in 750 GB and 1 TB variations; the Essential SE Edition has the same physical appearance as the Essential Edition.[1]
Elite Edition
Elite Editions have a USB 2.0 port and come in 320 GB (298 GiB), 500 GB (466 GiB)and 640 GB (596 GiB) variations. Elite Editions include a desktop dock and have a LED capacity gauge on the front and a lock indicator. This edition comes in red, blue and black.[2]
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Mac editions
Essential Edition
The Essential Edition for MacBook Pro and Air has a USB 2.0 port and a capacity of 320 GB (298 GiB) and is available in gloss black. It has the same design as the Essential Edition.[3]
Essential SE Edition
The Essential SE Edition for Mac has a USB 2.0 port and a capacity of 1 TB and comes in silver. It has the same design as the Essential Edition.[3]
Studio Edition
The Studio Edition has FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports and a capacity of 320 GB (298 GiB) and 640 GB (596 GiB). The Studio Edition has a capacity gauge on the top side and has a silver appearance.[3]
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Console editions
My Passport X Edition
The My Passport X editions include a USB 3.0 port and come in 1TB and 2TB variations. This specific edition has been marketed as a hard drive designed to extend the storage capacity of consoles such as the Xbox and Playstation.
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