--- title: Western Digital My Passport Air date: 2014-08-15 09:55:20 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/08/15/western-digital-my-passport-air/ author: Lester Chan categories: - Storage tags: - hard drive - My Passport - My Passport Air - portable hard drive - USB 3.0 - Western Digital --- The USB 3.0 [Western Digital My Passport Air](http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1040) is the best looking portable harddisk to complement the design of your MacBook Air/Pro. Two different capacities are available, the 500GB is retailing for **S$129** and the 1TB is retailing for **S$219**. The enclosure is made up of anodised aluminium and it measures (length x width x depth) 112mm x 83mm x 11mm and weighs 160g. It is meant to be used with a Mac and hence it comes pre-formatted in HFS+ Journaled. Personally, I find it a little expensive considering the fact that a similar model from Western Digital, the [Western Digital My Passport Slim](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2013/10/21/western-digital-my-passport-slim-1tb/), is only retailing for S$149 for the 1TB and S$239 for the 2TB. In terms of performance, using [Blackmagic Disk Speed Test](https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/blackmagic-disk-speed-test/id425264550?mt=12), I managed to get a read and write speed of about 110MB/s which is about 10MB/s slower than it’s nearest competitor, [Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/08/14/seagate-backup-plus-slim-portable-drive/). [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Disk Speed Test](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14892773606_17928c4c77_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Disk Speed Test")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14892773606_ee48cc4fe4_o.png "Western Digital My Passport Air - Disk Speed Test") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Front](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14729172407_66dcd5df42_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Front")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14729172407_a51a796b96_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Front") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Back](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3862/14892754946_5b50bf922e_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Back")](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3862/14892754946_a1b17a44bb_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Back") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Open](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/14729138228_24e23a60f9_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Open")](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/14729138228_6d6fd028c9_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Open") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Box](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14729138298_1ee739433b_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14729138298_83e9354a25_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Contents](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14915739205_16609e7a1b_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Contents")](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14915739205_3027479db6_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Box Contents") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - USB 3.0 A To Micro B Cable](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14729171847_490efa7a93_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - USB 3.0 A To Micro B Cable")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14729171847_1990831533_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - USB 3.0 A To Micro B Cable") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Top](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14915739195_5923e3da3a_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Top")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14915739195_87452520e5_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Top") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - Bottom](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14915380132_c72aff558c_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Bottom")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14915380132_4e240edda9_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - Bottom") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - USB 3.0 Micro-B Port](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/14892754326_905f6c3773_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - USB 3.0 Micro-B Port")](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/14892754326_570913de5d_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - USB 3.0 Micro-B Port") [![Western Digital My Passport Air](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14729171347_9253e46a12_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14729171347_d904b9743b_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - With MacBook Pro](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3873/14912668371_6332d7bf1d_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - With MacBook Pro")](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3873/14912668371_94d0906977_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - With MacBook Pro") [![Western Digital My Passport Air - With MacBook Pro](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3845/14729171177_a9caa8e93e_c.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - With MacBook Pro")](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3845/14729171177_8e36e73bfd_o.jpg "Western Digital My Passport Air - With MacBook Pro")