This is a major deal breaker for me. I only bought this as a backup for my SD cards in the field, but it is approximately 10x slower than importing on a Mac. Why is this so slow? Lack of memory is probably the first cause. I had the same issue with a ChromeBook. Disappointed $200 doorstop …

Hi guys! Am i glad my order didn’t go through. Only now do i see the flaws on this forum on the primary reason why i could buy this hdd. Let me explain the siuation: I’m going backpacking for a few months and will document my travel with a GoPro. MicroSD cards cost a fortune, but still I bought…

vcdsmet wrote: Problems: will it work with a converting piece from microSD to SD and then transfer? 64 gigs is pretty impossible to transfer as I read here. Any ideas or alternatives you guys can think of? Much appreciated, Vince If you have a Mini or MicroSD …

Yup, micro SD works as well. Already did a full 64GB transfer with RAWs, as you need to be WiFi connected for the transfer to work all the way a fully charged MPW didn’t last all the way sorry to say, about 500 RAWs short before it died.

I found setting to Performance (vs Battery Life) improves transfer speed. I’m able to transfer 100 Raw images (about 24Mb each, so 2.4GB) in 6 minutes 36 seconds. This pace was consistent with other transfers of smaller numbers of images. At this pace 64GB should take just under 3 hours. Still slo…

Yes, a small number seems to ga faster, and also go for perfomance but with my testings from 16GB and up to 64GB it’s when the perfomance suffers as well as with battery mode. Could be some “inhouse” things that the MPW tries to do with those files and when the numbers are many itcan’t keep up… can’…

Tallblondie wrote: WD is aware of the problems because I have taked with them. Hoping for a quick fix soon. Any update on this? Have you talked to them again? The reliability of the SD backup is critical for me, and I won’t always be able to run the MPW on external power.

Only that they are working to try to fix this via firmware,

I noticed that the newest firmware update addressed: Resolved issue of entering standby mode during SD card transfer Revised SD card transfer algorithm for faster transfer speed Has this helped the transfer rate? If so, How long does it now take to transfer a 64GB high speed card?

Will test it today if my ISP is ready after some maintinance work that started yesterday.

Look here at the last post for a test: http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Passport-Wireless/Mainly-a-SD-card-transfer-test-and-other-thoughts/td-p/807195/page/2

Why is the SD card import so slow?

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