A:AnswerIt shouldn’t degrade any data like a normal HDD, I am inclined to believe that there is in fact an SSD enclosed within the unit so if you drop it or even just normal use shouldn’t affect this product that much if not at all.
A:AnswerNormally apps are not installed drives like this one. It's really more for storing things like pictures, videos and documents. Would not recommend installing SIMS on this unless you consider yourself a pro computer user.
A:AnswerYou'll need to format the drive to ExFat to do that. Make sure to format it on your windows machine to ExFat and then you can use it on both Mac and PC.
A:AnswerNot sure from a WD prospective, but it shouldn't matter if it stays plugged in. I try to put a couple of small blocks under the drive so there is air space around it let it pass on whatever heat it accumulates. But the best people to ask is the manufacturer !
A:AnswerThe hard drive will be limited by your USB connection speed. Generally you need to increase you available memory (RAM) to make your pc able to handle more. If your PC has a large amount of RAM already (8+GB) then maybe your CPU is just slow.
Your pc could also be infected with various malware that could be slowing it down... if you dont know how to check, maybe take it somewhere for analysis.
This wont make your pc faster or make working with files faster than an internal drive normally.
A:AnswerThere are many ways to transfer data to the hard disk. Do you use thumb drives? It can be a similar process. Whatever program you are using needs to be told to save/store in the Passport, as in "Save As" and then pointing to the passport drive. These are the types of questions best asked to the Geek Squad at Best Buy if you are having difficulties. You can also search online for more information.
A:AnswerGenerally format for extrenal drives is extFat or FAT32. I dont own a mac but if a mac can read those formats then you can format the external drive to that and windows and mac could use it. If mac cannot use FAT32 or extFAT then you will have to choose what tonise it for or partition the drive and basically make it 2 drives in one. For 2TB drives they have to be extFAT to use all storage in a single partition.
