MY PASSPORT AIR
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 3
Disk Drive Format
Your My Passport Air drive is formatted as a single HFS+J partition for compa tibility 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

Power/Activity LED

The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state as follows:

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 dri ve 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.
Figure 2. My Passport Air Drive
LED Appearance Power State/Activity
On steady Idle
Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Activity
Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds System standby
USB 3.0 Interface Port
Power/Activity LED