Your older Apple mobile devices without 4k support will get an error message. But you’ll need your iPhone or iPad to support 4K videos. There’s only the share check box on your My Passport Wireless Pro. Unfortunately, there is no separate user name and password login that you can set up to protect your files. Who wants anyone on the coffee shop’s Wi-Fi to go in and mess with your files on the Wireless Pro. Say in a coffee shop then be sure to uncheck the option in the settings to share and allow public access to your files. Perfect if you’re on holiday and want to entertain the kids from your My Passport Wireless Pro.īut if you’re connecting to a public Wi-Fi. Or if you’ve access to existing Wi-Fi you can give many devices access to the Internet via your WD My Wireless Pro. You create your own discrete network with your Wireless Pro. So your Mac, iPhone or iPad can directly connect where there’s no existing Internet access. You can create a hotspot for your gadgets within 150 feet of your WD My Passport Wireless Pro. Streaming over Wi-Fi With Your Wireless Pro Most of its competitors don’t allow you to do that. And you don’t want to interrupt viewing of a video while waiting to power up. And stream video or transfer your photos or videos over Wi-Fi at the same time.Ī nice feature when you’re near a power outlet and your running out of charge. Your My Passport Wireless Pro lets you charge from a power outlet. You’ll need to press the battery button to re start its Wi-Fi and connect. Your My Passport switches off its Wi-Fi when no devices are using it. To get yourself the best Wi-Fi results when streaming HD. You’ll need to keep your My Passport Wireless drive within 6 meters of your iPhone, IPad or MacBook. You can do this via the WD My Cloud App dashboard. Or another option is to switch off the 2.4 Ghz band if you’re not using it to save battery. And unless you need faster Wi-Fi performance switch off to save your battery. You get support for 802.11g/n, 802.11ac and 802.11 a/n.īut beware that using the 5 Ghz, the fastest Wi-Fi band will run you through your WD My Passport battery. With a 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz bands that you can stream and attach to at the same time. Wi-Fi On your WD My Passport Wireless Pro You’ll then be able to connect over Wi-Fi and take a look at the folders and files on your drive.

Then you’ll need an iPhone or iPad with the WD My Cloud App installed. If you want to check that all your files have transferred ok. Or to transfer your files to your Wireless Pro.Īnd without needing your laptop with you out in the field. You’ve the choice by changing your options to just copy from your SD card to your My Passport Wireless Pro. You’ve support for SD 2.0 with speeds of up to 25 MB/s and SD 3.0 for speeds of up to 65 MB/s. And you’ll start the transfer of your photos and videos from your SD card to your WD My Passport Wireless Pro. Press and hold the button on the top for two seconds.

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