Western Digital My Passport Go 1TB Software for Mac Power on the Mac computer and attach the WD My Passport Go 1TB to it. The Mac computer asks if you want to use the WD storage device to back up data. Click the Decide Later option. Double click WDApps.dmg. Double-click the WD icon to begin the.
The My Passport for Mac drive works with Apple Time Machine, and included WD Security software helps protect your data. More Space for iTunes and Photos SSD-based Mac computers are great, but sometimes you need more space for your ever-growing iTunes and Photos collections.
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Apple My Passport Hard Drive
Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with 1TB WD Passport...) from the side list.
Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. A panel should drop down.
In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
Click on the Apply button and click on the Done button when it is activated.
Quit Disk Utility.
Aug 15, 2018 11:02 PM
As long as you are using macOS to manage the drive then yes the WD drive is compatible. If you are using the WD software, then you need to contact WD to see if their software is compatible as I'm sure the WD website may contain misleading information.
FYI, it is much safer to just have macOS manage the WD drive. To do so just move everything on the WD drive to another drive temporarily. Then use the WD software to disable any security features on the WD drive. Then uninstall the WD software by following the manufacturer's instructions. Now use Disk Utility to erase the WD drive as GUID partition and MacOS Extended (Journaled) if you are only using it on a Mac or as GUID partition and ExFAT if you will share it with a Windows computer. Now move all your files back to the WD drive.
Once everything is working you can upgrade to Catalina. Just make sure to have good verified working bootable backups before upgrading in case something goes wrong or you decide you don't like Catalina and want to revert back to the current macOS.