It mounted as a Windows-formatted drive just fine so in Disk Utility I went to just format it. I went to erase (and later partition) the My Passport by attaching the My Passport via its USB 2.0/3.0 connector. I’m running High Sierra, the latest MacOS, and there is a subtle change that I didn’t know about that was done to the Disk Utility. This is where my first lesson (and tip for you) comes in to play. That way too, I could use it as a Time Machine drive. But I was looking at this for my Mac so I decided that right out of the box, I would reformat the entire drive for my Mac. It even has Windows backup software at your beck and call. Now this particular WD My Passport came formatted and ready to go for Windows. And the more space you have for backups, particularly and specifically for Time Machine, the further back in history you can go with your Time Machine backup. Since FCP files are notoriously large, I wanted to be sure I had space for them. So the high capacity would allow me to hopefully achieve both goals. First, the My Passport I received in order to write this article was the 4 TB version. Let’s start out with the easy one: setting up a backup strategy. Resolution #1: Regularly Backup My Hard Drive Along my journey towards achieving my resolutions, I learned some interesting tidbits of information and tips so I will be sure to share them along the way. This article is less of a review and more of a couple of use cases.