My Passport® Studio comes standard with two super-fast FireWire® 800 ports and a MacBook®-inspired, metal enclosure make this drive the ideal companion for Mac professionals. I've tried resetting the PRAM on my Mac computer, and I used Mac's Disk Utility application to repair the disk (note: Disk Utility said that my drive was fine). My Passport Studio Portable high speed storage for Mac. Seeing that my newer 1TB WD My Passport Essential SE (Model No: WX71A31E5201) is built to perform better, faster and more reliably than my older model, I don't think this is the case. However I don't think this is the case since I easily transferred these types of files on the older 500GB WD My Passport Mac USB hard drive (Model No: WD5000MEA) that I also own. I am transferring large (5-10GB) HD video files, so I'm wondering if this is overloading the drive.
The next time you connect the disk, Mac OS X will attempt to repair any damage to the information on the disk" To eject a disk, select it in the Finder and choose File > Eject. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off. Ideal for - Transferring files in blazing fast speed with USB 3. WD Drive Utilities - Register your drive, set drive security, run diagnostics and more using WD Drive Utilities. In text: "The disk was not ejected properly. WD Security - WD Security utility allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to protect your files from unauthorized use or access. And I keep getting this error message pictured here: For some reason my 1TB WD My Passport Essential SE keeps randomly ejecting itself from my mac computer.