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Product Details
- Size: 500 GB
- Brand: Western Digital
- Model: WDBGCH5000ASL-NESN
- Released on: 2012-08-30
- Platform: Windows
- Format: CD-ROM
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.00" h x 5.00" w x 2.00" l, .31 pounds
- Hard Disk: 500GB
Features
- Ultra-fast transfer rates with USB 3.0 interface
- Compatible with Apple Time Machine
- Password protection and hardware encryption
From the Manufacturer
My Passport for Mac Portable Hard Drive – Rapid transit for your digital life.
My Passport for Mac features an ultra-fast USB 3.0 interface for blazing-fast transfer rates. This sleek, portable drive is designed for photographers, graphics professionals and road-warriors who want to take their digital life with them. It's compatible with Apple Time Machine and offers password protection with hardware encryption to keep your data private. It's an ideal companion for your MacBook.
With the blazing-fast speed of USB 3.0 connectivity, this drive lets you access and save files in record time. Reduce transfer time by up to 3 times when connected to a USB 3.0 port.
Performance may vary based on user's hardware and system configuration.
This compact enclosure offers up to a massive 2 TB of storage. It's the ideal companion for anyone with lots of photos, movies, videos and files that they want to take with them.
Use the WD Security utility to set password protection and hardware encryption and protect your files from unauthorized use or access.
Ultra-fast transfer rates - When connected to a USB 3.0 port My Passport for Mac lets you access and save files in blazing speed. Reduce transfer time by up to 3 times when compared to USB 2.0 transfer rates.*
*Performance may vary based on user's hardware and system configuration.
USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility - With this single drive you get compatibility with your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0 when you're ready to step up to the next generation.
Sleek, compact design - This compact enclosure offers plenty of storage making it the ideal companion for the graphic professional, student, or road warrior.
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.
WD Drive Utilities - Register your drive, set drive timer, run diagnostics and more using WD Drive Utilities.
Formatted for Mac - HFS+ Journaled so it works right out of the box with your MacBook. Can be reformatted for Windows.
Compatible with Apple Time Machine - Back up your files with Apple Time Machine.
WD quality inside and out - We know your data is important to you. So we build the drive inside to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and long-term reliability. Then we protect the drive with a durable enclosure designed for style and protection.
Ideal for
- Adding extra storage for your videos, music, photos, and files
- Backing up your files with Apple Time Machine
- Securing your files from unauthorized access with password protection and hardware encryption
- Connecting and powering through your USB interface
What's in the box
Portable hard drive, USB cable, Quick Install Guide.
Compatibility
Formatted HFS+ Journaled for Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard , or Lion or Mountain Lion
Requires reformatting for Windows operating system
Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system.
Features at a glance
- Blazing-fast USB 3.0 connectivity
- Sleek compact design with plenty of storage
- Compatible with Apple Time Machine
- Password protection and hardware encryption
For more great WD products, visit the Western Digital Store at Amazon.com
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Interface | USB 3.0 | USB 2.0 | FireWire 800, USB 2.0 | FireWire 800, USB 2.0 | Thunderbolt (x2) | Thunderbolt (x2) |
Capacity range | 500 GB - 2 TB | 1 TB - 3 TB | 500 GB - 2 TB | 1 TB - 3 TB | 4 TB - 8 TB | 2 TB |
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RAID | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||||
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
92 of 94 people found the following review helpful.
By Lincoln
For 10 years now I've been a loyal customer of Western Digital hard drives. They are my brand of choice when it's time to upgrade or expand my system. In the last 10 years, I have not had even a single hard drive crash or failure. This is significant considering that I currently own 4 WD external drives and 4 WD internal drives. I've also owned and gave away another 2 externals drives and 4 internal drives. That makes 14 Western Digital hard drives with zero problems.
This new WD My Passport Mac specific hard drive meets all of my expectations. It is very fast at USB 3.0 transfer speeds. Plus the actual hdd stored inside is impressively fast too. I've gotten ride of 2 Seagate external hard drives because of slow disks - even when they are housed in USB 3.0 cases. The disk speed is important.
The specs on this drive are no different than the other new WD My Passport hard drives, EXCEPT that this drive is formatted HFS+ Journaled for Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion or Mountain Lion. To use this with Windows it must be reformatted. So if you are a Windows user or looking for a drive to use with both Windows and Mac - you are better off purchasing a standard WD My Passport.
43 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
By R. Padilla
This is a fantastic hard drive for photo or video editors that work on the road. It's very small and very light. Its USB 3.0 speeds are very good, making it a great choice for a Photoshop or Final Cut scratch disc. It's smaller and cheaper than portable Thunderbolt drives. Of course it's not as fast, but for mobile photo and video editing it offers a compelling price/performance combination. I used the drive as a video scratch disc on a MacBook Pro 2012 -- which has USB 3.0 -- and was very pleased with the performance.
For home use, it's not as compelling, though still very good. Generally speaking, you can get faster and cheaper external drives, with the caveat being you'll also need an external power source for the extra performance. The USB 2.0 speeds are good, but not extraordinary. For people that don't travel and/or can't take advantage of USB 3.0 speeds, there are several cheaper choices that are also a bit faster.
The Western Digital utilities included in the drive are good for novices, but people familiar with hard drive care and security can ignore them.
Overall, this is a quality drive that's good for most uses and outstanding for certain users. For home and office use, it's a good drive. For photo and video editors that travel, this is a fantastic product that offers fast USB 3.0 performance at a relatively low price. For people that don't want to pay the high price for a portable Thunderbolt scratch disc, this is an appealing alternative.
51 of 58 people found the following review helpful.
By Mitchell Eng
Apparently, it "looks" like aluminium because of the grey/silver casing but it is not. I spoke with an Amazon CSO, and she said that it really was aluminium so I bought it. I feel so cheated! That's the materials part.
On the actual purpose of the product which is to store data, it works fine. But I wouldn't recommend this and would recommend the other 2 TB WD Drive in black instead which is cheaper and does the same thing. For Mac users, even though it says formatted for Windows, don't worry; you can use Disk Utility to reformat the drive when it comes.
So the difference between this and the 2 TB WD in black? The casing. Just a different colour. And you pay more because it says "For Mac".
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