Loading Content On Your Drive; Loading Content Using A Usb Connection - Western Digital MY PASSPORT WIRELESS PRO User Manual

Loading Content on Your Drive

6
This chapter includes the following topics:

Loading Content using a USB Connection

Loading Content using a Wi-Fi Connection
Using a Compatible Wireless Camera
Backing up a Computer to the Drive
One of the first things you'll want to do with your My Passport Wireless drive is to load
content using USB, wireless, Android/iOS mobile device, or compatible wireless camera
connections. Another way to load content is to back up a computer to you drive.
Note:
L L oading Content using a USB Connection
The best way to transfer a large number of files to/ from your device is by using a USB port connected
to your computer. This process is faster than using the the My Passport Wireless Wi-Fi network. Use
the following steps to transfer your data using the USB port.
Note:
1. With the 3.0 USB cable included with your device, connect the My Passport
Wireless device to your computer,
2. On your computer, open the File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac).
3. Do one of the following:
•
Windows
double-click the My Passport Wireless drive.
•
Mac
the My Passport Wireless drive.
4. Drag and drop files from your computer to the My Passport Wireless drive (or from
your computer to the My Passport Wireless drive). A copy of your files are saved on
the drive.
My Passport Wireless Pro
User Manual
To load content from an SD card, see "Moving or Copying Content from an SD
Card"
When you connect your computer and drive this way, the drive's wireless
network is disabled.
: In the left pane of the File Explorer window, click
: In the left pane of the Finder window in the DEVICES section, double-click
Loading Content on Your Drive
and
Computer
30