Htc one harman kardon usb for file transfer mac os x. I bought a new My Passport 1TB drive USB 3.0 drive. It KEEPS asking me to scan and fix the drive because of errors. I have an old (about 7 y/o) external 2.0 Toshiba e drive that has NEVER given me a problem with not ejecting before disconnect. How to load an emulator on mac mac. I was told by a so called expert that my problem with My Passport is that it was not ejected before turnoff or disconnect. Now I have a problem with the My Passport that when I try to delete many of the files(not all) that I get an indication that the files are corrupt upon delete or cut. These files SEEM USEABLE.

Product Description. WD 1TB My Passport for Mac Portable Hard Drive is a portable storage that perfectly complements your on-the-go lifestyle. It is designed to fit in the palm of your hand, there is enough space to store photos, videos, music and documents. Can't eject WD external hard drive (self.24hoursupport) submitted 3 years ago * by kittehstrophic For some reason, I cannot eject my WD passport external hard drive on my Mac (OS X 10.8.5).

Why are these files corrupted and my old Toshiba are not? It is a pain to wait forever until the disk is ready when it appears there is no activity. I also have read in reviews that My Passports die within 6 months and that in some the controller is defective.

I am thinking about deleting the whole new drive and see if I get any errors by trying to eject it every time. So yes the answer to your question is It can cause damage if the Drive is being written to when it is unplugged. Though this is not confined to USB3 it affects all USB Devices. The normal thing to happen is the Partition Table to get mucked up which generally causes the drive to be unreadable but occasionally the partition Tables will be different to each other so you get reported file errors. Running Check Disc Repair generally fixes the problem however.

As for the Passport failures you need to understand that External Drives like it are not considered as Permanent Storage they are at best Temporary Storage subject to rapid failure. Like all electronic devices Heat & Vibration wreak havoc with electronics so the longer devices like your Passport External Drive are used the more likely they are to fail. They get very hot very quickly and are not mounted in a secure way to prevent vibration. All external Drives should be treated as at best temporary and likely to fail sooner rather than latter. When you think that way they are very reliable and work well. It's only when you constantly expect them to work when being abused that they give real problems which when all is said and done is nothing more than you can expect. To HAL 9000: Thanks for your insight.

My passport is brand new. I am now using a!TB internal Black wd hdd with a docking station for USB 3.0 and are having no problems. Never had any problems with wd until the my passport drive. I had an old Toshiba external usb 2 drive and still have it with no problems. It is 7 years old or older and still backsup.

Now wondering what to do with the My Passport Ultra 1TB. That keeps producing error and I guess I need to return it. But it seems to copy all right but then I can't cut and paste with it or delete certain corrupt files which appears numerous. Should I try to RMA it. It has 3 years warrenty.