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I have a old my passport studio was a mac one It sort of stopped working a while back but now it seems to work but connection is very slow the firewire800 port used to be quick but now is extremely slow did the diagnostic test and both failed

Drives do wear out! I have two of these. One died I ended up placing a SSD into the case as is such a sturdy case. Here’s how to take it apart: How to Disassemble a WD “My Passport Studio” Hard Drive You do want to carefully copy off anything important before you can’t any more.