Disk Drive Format; Physical Description; Power/Activity Led; Usb 3.0 Interface - Western Digital My Passport Air User Manual

Disk Drive Format

Your My Passport Air drive is formatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with
Mac OS X operating systems. If you want to use the drive with a Windows computer, see
"Reformatting the Drive" on page 28 and "Troubleshooting" on page 29.

Physical Description

As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport Air drive has:

• Power/Activity LED

• A USB 3.0 interface port
USB 3.0 Interface Port
Power/Activity LED
Figure 2. My Passport Air Drive
Power/Activity LED
The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state as follows:
LED Appearance
On steady
Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second
Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds

USB 3.0 Interface

USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward compatible
with USB 2.0. Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed—up to
480 Mb/s.

Registering the Drive

Always register your My Passport Air drive to get the latest updates and special offers.
You can easily register your My Passport Air drive using the WD Drive Utilities software,
as described in "Registering the Drive" on page 26. Another way is to register online at
http://register.wdc.com.
Power State/Activity
Idle
Activity
System standby
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