{"id":24638,"date":"2019-12-27T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=24638"},"modified":"2019-12-26T09:46:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T17:46:44","slug":"mypassport-makes-it-easy-to-take-your-media-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/mypassport-makes-it-easy-to-take-your-media-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"MyPassport Makes it Easy To Take Your Media With You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The WD MyPassport allows you to take your large files on the go – whether to work, while traveling, or across the room. Great for back-ups, movies, music, & more.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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You may not have thought about getting a portable external hard drive before, but let me tell you, they are extremely helpful. <\/p>\n

Since we recommended the WD MyPassport in our Christmas Gadgets Gift Guide for Dads<\/a>, we thought we’d go into more detail on how MyPassport can help the whole family.<\/p>\n

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Uses for MyPassport<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Backing Up Your Family’s PC’s<\/h3>\n

How often do you back up your family’s data on their PC’s?  As your kids get older, you’ll find more PCs and laptops in your home. <\/p>\n

To protect your family’s data from hard drive crashes, theft, or loss (leaving a Chromebook\/laptop somewhere), you should back up data on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

The beauty of the WD MyPassport is that you can plug it into each of these devices using its USB plug to copy data to the drive. <\/p>\n

Easily set up a folder for each family member to keep their data straight on the hard drive.<\/p>\n

Better yet, teach your kids to back up their own data using MyPassport.<\/p>\n

MyPassport comes with WD Backup\u2122 software preloaded to help you with backups.  It can even be set to run automatically to your own schedule. <\/p>\n

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Downloading Movies<\/h3>\n

I travel somewhat often and love to take movies on the go with me.  They are especially essential for long family road trips. <\/p>\n

Home videos are great to take along on road trips.  Let your kids watch themselves as babies and young kids.  They’ll be entertained for hours!<\/p>\n

I love that both Netflix and Disney Plus allow you to download movies.  Here’s the catch. <\/p>\n

They are downloaded onto your device in a proprietary format.  You are not allowed to designate where they are downloaded, so you can’t use your MyPassport for this.<\/p>\n

However, you can temporarily move stuff over from your PC or Chromebook to MyPassport to ensure you have space on your hard drive.<\/p>\n

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Music Storage on the Go<\/h3>\n

Have a lot of tunes?  Make a copy of them and put them on your MyPassport.  Then you can play your favorite songs anywhere.<\/p>\n

You can move music back and forth from your phone to your MyPassport by using a PC to move songs.<\/p>\n

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Family Memories Backup<\/h3>\n

Keep a copy of all of your priceless photos and videos on MyPassport to ensure you have them in case anything happens to your PC or Mac.<\/p>\n

Yes, you can keep a copy in the cloud, but it never hurts to have a physical copy at home with you.<\/p>\n

Oh, as as an added bonus, its included WD Discovery\u2122 software allows you to easily connect to Google Drive, Dropbox, facebook to back up your pictures and files.<\/p>\n

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Moving a Large File<\/h3>\n

There have been a number of times where someone else has needed to give me a large file, like a huge picture slideshow,  but couldn’t send it via email.<\/p>\n

Saving it on a WD MyPassport is a snap and then you can plug it into any PC or laptop.  <\/p>\n

You can even plug it directly into the TV and change the source to point to your MyPassport USB input to watch the slideshow or listen to music.<\/p>\n

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Presentations<\/h3>\n

Giving a large presentation at work?  Save it to a MyPassport as slides or a PowerPoint Show and plug it directly into the TV at work.<\/p>\n

Your slides will work like a charm.<\/p>\n

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Move Files Back & Forth from Work<\/h3>\n

Speaking of work, do you often have big documents that you work on at work and like to take them home to work on as well? <\/p>\n

No need to bog down your laptop.  Just save the file to MyPassport to work on the drive and save all changes.  Easy.<\/p>\n

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MyPassport comes in a number of different colors and sizes, from 1TB to 5 TBs.  Prices have come down quite a bit from even a year ago.    <\/p>\n

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The 1 TB MyPassport is on sale now for $59 and the 5TB is on sale for $109 directly from the WD website<\/a>.  That’s a $40 savings on the 5TB drive.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the thing.  Consider going for the larger drive.  With the current $40 savings, you’re getting a great deal. <\/p>\n

And best of all, you can do so much more with a 5 TB drive. <\/p>\n

You could do all the things suggested above.  Just make a separate folder for Movies, Photos, Music, Backups, Work, etc. and you can store everything on one drive.<\/p>\n

Or if you prefer some separation, MyPassport comes in different colors from black to blue to red.  Buy a different color for each purpose.  Black for back-up, Blue for movies, and Red for work.  Or for each PC in the house.<\/p>\n

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2020 is nearly here.  A little bit of organization can save you trouble and stress throughout the year. <\/p>\n

While the WD MyPassports are on sale, take advantage now and buy one\/some to give you more “space” in the New Year.<\/p>\n

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*I was given a WD hard drive in exchange for my opinion.  All expressed thoughts are my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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