Category: Western Digital

Western Digital launched its first portable SSD drive since merge with SanDisk

John Aldred

Many thought Western Digital were a bit stuck in the times, clinging onto HDD technology. All the others were making the big push towards solid state, especially Seagate, and WD seemed to lag behind. Then, last year, Western Digital completed its acquisition of memory card manufacturer, SanDisk. Now, Western Digital have unveiled its first portable SSD; […]

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Western Digital’s My Passport Wireless Pro lets you quickly back up your memory cards without a computer

John Aldred

Even if you shoot to two cards at once with a dual slot DSLR, one of the biggest issues that many location photographers face is that of creating backups when out in the field. I’ve long recommended the Western Digital My Passport Wireless as a self contained solution for such a need, but it can be painfully […]

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Western Digital unveils world’s first helium-filled 10TB hard drive

Gannon Burgett

Do you have a lot of backup drives laying around your office? Would you prefer to have them consolidated into a single, more efficient drive? If so, Western Digital’s new 10TB helium-filled hard drive is just for you. Increasing the capacity from its predecessors, the HGST Ultrastar He10 is a new 3.5” hard drive that […]

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Western Digital Releases 10TB Helium-Filled Hard Drive

Eric Reagan

Western Digital has released a new 3.5″ format 10TB hard drive in the HGST Ultrastar He10. The new 10TB adds to the HelioSeal line of drives that are helium-filled for more efficient operation (56% more efficient that traditional air-filled drives). The Ultrastar He10 is preceded by 6TB and 8TB versions and is the third-generation in the […]

The Three C’s of File Management – Copy, Clone, and Cloud!

David J. Crewe

Editor’s Note: Please welcome David J. Crewe to the Photofocus team.  He’s a professional photographer from Chicago and we’re super happy to have him here.  Please post a welcome message in the comments or drop him a line. As a professional photographer in the digital age, protecting your data is one of the most important things […]