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Plus forget your password and there’s no coming back from that. Or you may find you can’t access your drive.

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And that may mean you waiting for an updated version of this software from Western Digital.

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This is upgraded to 256-bit AES hardware encryption on the October 2020 versions of the Extreme SSD and Pro SSD drives.Īpple has a habit of regularly updating their Mac software. You’ll have to download the Mac version from Western Digital’s site. The Windows PC compatible version of the software comes on the drive. And to use it you need the Western Digital software. You’ve Western Digital’s hardware encryption.

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Video Credit: SanDisk Protection On the Extreme Portable SSD For Your Mac’s Data SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD : Enhanced Speed

With the announcement of the uprated drives SanDisk put out a new promo video. Or knocking about in your backpack, would be a good idea. Getting a case while your SanDisk Extreme Portable in transit. Still, if your footage is important to you. And you have up to 6ft 6ins (2 meters) drop protection. What’s not part of the IP 55 standards is drop protection. Which is more than casual splashing of water.īUT its USB C port has no cover or protection on it.Īnd that has to be its most weak place for water getting in. From any direction for at least 3 minutes. Specifically, the SanDisk Extreme Portable can put up with a jet of water coming out of a nozzle 0.25 inches in size.Īt 3.3 gallons per minute at 4.4 psi pressure from 9.8 ft away. The second 5 means the level of liquid protection. But when if does, it’s low enough not to stop your Extreme Portable SSD working. At this level dust is not entirely prevented from getting inside. The first 5 of the 55 is to do with dust particles getting inside. IP 55 sets the levels electrical gadgets need to reach to achieve that rating. So what does this mean for the Extreme Portable SSD and Pro SSD? And the standard gets you away from vague terms like ‘robust’ and ‘water resistant’. And it means that you know exactly what this drive can stand up to. Ingress – stopping stuff from getting inside.ĭust and water inside any of your electrical gadgets can affect how it works.

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But remember you don’t have a full RUGGED drive here.īut what you do get will keep you working in some mildly hostile environments.

You’ll get some rugged, take with you out into the wilds features. Rugged Features Of Your SanDisk Extreme SSD Portable The speeds you’ll see will depend on your generation of Mac. Impressive when seems only a few years ago a mechanical drive boasting 110 MB/s would have us high 5-ing

SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD Black Magic APFS Test The SanDisk SSD drive achieved 450.5 MB/s write speed.

With the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD out of the box ExFAT formatted. Using the Black Magic Disk Speed Test software. I tested the 1TB SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD on a 2020 MacBook Pro. And store your files on it super quick compared to a mechanical drive. Netting this down it means your Mac can get to your SSD quicker. It’s an interface specifically designed for SSD’s and their high speed. This is an industry standard way solid state drives and flash drives talk to computers. Non-volatile memory (NVM) host controller interface. So it’s not going to take up much room in your rucksack, purse or equipment bag. The feel on the matt surfaces is like touching suede.Īnd you may think it seems far too small and light to hold that much info. That gives you that 6 foot drop protection the drive boasts. You’ve rounded corners and rubber around the sides. Whether you’d want to treat your SanDisk that way is up to you. A place where you can clip and fasten your SanDisk Portable SSD to your backpack.

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