Firewire 800 connection on WD Macport

Hi,

If the MBP has a USB port on it, but not FireWire, then take the drive itself out of the FW enclosure and install it in a USB enclosure. You can then plug that hard drive/enclosure into a USB port and access the data.

What do you mean by "this" in "extract the data from this WD passport for transfer onto a Macbook Pro"

What does FireWire have to do with this?

Unless the disk is encrypted or format unreadable by a Mac you should be able to connect via USB and read/copy the data to your Mac.

Sometimes when an external disk can't be read via its enclosure connection it is due to the enclosure failing and not the drive inside. If this is the case remove the drive from the enclosure and put in another enclosure or docking station.

What are the ports on the WD MacPort?

What are the ports on your Mac?

surely, there is something in common that would allow this to be mounted as an external drive on your MacBook Pro.