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WD 1TB My Passport Ultra Silver Portable External Hard Drive HDD, USB-C and USB 3.1 Compatible – WDBC3C0010BSL-WESN Silver 1TB PC
$97.29
USB-C and USB 3.1 compatible
Innovative style with refined metal cover
Password protection with 256-bit AES hardware encryption
Formatted for Windows 10
The My Passport Ultra is trusted, portable storage in a design that brilliantly pairs metal and matte finishes to create a sophisticated style. It has plenty of space to store all the content you love. Social media and cloud storage import, WD Backup software and password protection help keep all your memories safe and secure. Easy to use, just plug it in to start saving and backing up.
| Weight | 4.6 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 4.33 × 3.21 × 0.5 in |
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Amazon Customer –
This is a high capacity external hard drive. The drive measures 4.25”x3.25”x0.75” and weighs 255 gm (9 oz). It comes with a 15” USB C to USB C data/power cable as well as a USB C to USB 3 A adapter. It comes formatted and ready to use and pre-loaded with WD Discovery software for Windows or Mac. The drive is an active hard drive (not SSD), powered through the USB cable; no additional power cable is required. The WD Discovery software allows you to set up auto backup options, password protection, import cloud images and documents for Facebook, Instragra, Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, etc. WD recommends this drive for Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 (they have a Mac version for Macs, although it is possible to set this drive to use on Macs as well). You also have the option of not installing the WD Discovery software if you don’t need it. The product comes backed with a 3 year warranty. I am very impressed with this drive. As a photographer, I need high capacity back-up drives, and I regularly fill big ones like this 4 Tb drive. It has a transfer speed of 5 Gbps when using a USB 3 connection. The disk runs at 5400 rpm, slow for a disk that you use for constant data storage and retrieval, but acceptable for backup storage. This drive has the smallest form factor that I have seen for an external 4 Tb drive, making it easier to carry around and store. Since it is an active drive with moving disks, you do need to treat it with care, protecting it from bumps and drops, especially when running. Basically, before plugging it in, make sure it is in a safe, secure place where it won’t be knocked or dropped. I’ve experienced a lot of disk crashes, and over time, I’ve found that WD drives have been more reliable and less prone to crashing than other brands that I have tried. Overall, this is a smooth running, high capacity storage drive that is easy to use and should provide years of service.Read more
CHNR –
As others have pointed out, it works well out of the box, but then seems to hiccup with the Mac OS. I turned off the WD sleep feature as another user suggested and it seemed to help for the next backup. Then the same error message popped up after another backup attempt. I looked through WD’s website and did not find any help. Found an Apple support message that suggested that any sort of disc control, anti virus, or other similar type of third party app / utility might hinder the auto backup features of Time Machine. So I uninstalled all of WD’s apps and it seems to be doing backups without any issue for a solid week now. Bottom line is this is a reasonably priced, reasonably looking external hard drive for time machine to use. Just let the Mac OS be in control and don’t bother with the WD apps / utilities.Read more
erez peled –
This hard drive failed after a month with no physical damage. It was kept in a soft bag and was handled with care and still just stopped working. A data recovery company wanted $1,450 to perform a level 3 recovery of my data. I learned my lesson and set up a NAS server for backup in my home. Needless to say, i will not be buying WD hard drives in the future.Read more
abrahim –
Today I received my WD passport ultra (4tb) and I had an issue with the device not mounting in windows, so I went to command prompt and try to use the assign command no luck. So I went to disk management and found that the drive was not formatted to ntfs like the description said, so I formatted the drive and I accidentally formatted my old dying hard drive where I was supposed to move my files from. I restored all my files by using filezilla and recuva and waisted alot of my time. I expect more from Western digital as a customer ever since 2008, and I expect a plug and play experience from when I open the package. The drive itself is nice in the hand and is really quiet during operation. The drive speed is ok but not mind blowing like an external SSD. The story I just told is a good lesson that you should watch out what you’re formatting (also WD needs better quality control).Read more
itguy017 –
It seems to be well constructed, the top is a thin aluminum and the rest of the body is plastic, so if you want to know, the whole body is NOT metal. The cable that comes with it does not seat well (or at all) in my MacBook Pro, it comes out if you look at it wrong. I tried different USB-C cables but found out that you have to use a gen 2 cable or the speeds are super slow, so now I have had to order a new cable for a brand-new drive.
Jimmy Mosqueda –
I bought this drive because I needed a new one as my old one was filled. A 4TB was perfect! I also have an old Macbook Air with USB-A connections and a new Macbook Air with USB-C, so when I saw that this drive comes with an adapter, I was sold!… until I plugged in the drive with the adapter attached realized how SLOW it is. I did several tests, using both computers and the drive with and without the adapters and discovered that using the adapter slows the drive down by 3x. For example, what would take 5 minutes to transfer data using my old external HD with a dedicated USB-A connection takes 15 minutes with this drive. Disappointing. If you just use it as a USB-C drive without the adapter it’s fine (although no faster than an old drive with USB-A).Read more
Arora –
It is great for mac (I have used it on my macbook pro) and the password protection is easy to set up. Although not major, but I have seen tiny glitches while copying data into it. I have not used it for long (bought it 3 months back) and hence I would recommend this to be your 2nd back-up drive 🙂 I hope you will like my review, if you found it useful please hit ‘Helpful’. It will make my day :)Read more
P. Ippoliti –
Viene venduto in una scatola di dimensioni 14.8×10.5x4cm e del peso di 331gr All’interno si ha l’hd esterno, il cavo USB-C, un adattatore USB-A, il foglietto illustrativo. L’HD ha dimensioni 11×8.1×2.1cm e pesa 230gr. Le versioni con capacità minori (1TB e 2TB) sono spesse 1.3cm e pesano 130gr poichè hanno solo uno o due piatti. La parte esterna è in plastica nella parte inferiore e ai lati, mentre nella parte superiore si ha un “coperchio” di metallo sottile. Sia la faccia inferiore che la superiore hanno un design originale ondulato. Nella parte inferiore ci sono 4 piedini morbidi, e da un lato si ha la porta di connessione dati USB-C ed un led per mostrare l’attività. Le unità My Passport Ultra sono i modelli di punta degli HD portabili per la Western Digital e sono dotati di crittografia hardware per la protezione dei dati con password. Se si vuole abilitare l’accesso ai dati con password occorre impostarne una con il software WD Security, parte della suite WD Discovery. L’unità è formattata in formato NTFS, se volete usare questa unità in ambiente Macwindows, occorre formattarla in standard HFS+ in modo da poter usare la Time Machine che rende inutili le applicazioni di terze parti per effettuare backup. Grazie alla porta USB-C si hanno connessioni affidabili e si può usare il cavo che normalmente si usa per il cellulare. Quasi tutti gli altri prodotti simili hanno la porta Micro-USB 3.0 di tipo B, quella porta si è dimostrata poco affidabile. Aver scelto una porta più moderna è stato un passo avanti che si aspettava da tempo. Il cavo dati è lungo 39cm e pesa 22gr, ad ogni estremità ha dei connettori USB-C che hanno una freccia da un lato e delle scanalature. Servono ad evitare che si metta l’adattatore dal verso sbagliato. L’adattatore pesa 6gr. La velocità di lettura sequenziale è di 130MB/s, mentre l’accesso random ai dati è piuttosto lento circa 0.5MB/s L’HD usato all’interno dell’unità è un modello con integrada l’interfaccia USB-C e non è in vendita al pubblico, la sigla del modello è WDC WD50NDZM-59PW8S1 funziona a 5400rpm, ha 128MB di cache ed ha uno spessore di 15mm. Ogni piatto ha una capacità massima di 1TB, quindi ha 5 piatti. Le unità da 4TB, usano 5 piatti da 800GB di capacità massima. Purtroppo anche questo modello si basa sulla tecnologia SMR, ma ormai tutti gli HD portatili la usano. La Shingled Magnetic Recording (registrazione magnetica a strati) ha il vantaggio di aver incrementato la densità degli HD ma, essendo le tracce magnetiche parzialmente sovrapposte, le operazioni di scrittura non sequenziale sono più complicate e lente. All’interno dell’HD si ha un file per poter installare l’utility opzionale WD Discovery che serve ad effettuare il backup e a gestire l’unità. La capacità effettiva è di 4.54TB, viene visto da windows come: WD My Passport 260D USB Device. Il firmware è 2003. Il consumo di corrente è di 0.4A a riposo e 0.8A durante il trasferimento di dati. Prodotto in Thailandia.Read more
Theis C. –
First of all NOT 4 TB only 3.6 TB, which means 10% of what I paid for is not there. But that’s how it is here in Europe for some sad reason? Second, the wire itself is a terrible quality, it looks like it has been laying in a hot windowsill for years, and there is no flexibility in it. Third, the socket in the hard disk feel shaky and does not fit very well. And last, the wire is not just WD plug to WD plug, plus USB adaptor< (see pictures). Who was the one who came up with that idea, does it even fit anything else then WD or is it only to look like it can be practical, thou it is not. A normal USB wire is not small, sitting on the side of a laptob, but this thing is ridicules. And its very noisy, it sound like a constant helicopter in the distance.Read more
Jens J. –
Habe mir die My Passport Ultra (4TB) für Dateien und Backups angeschafft – eben um meinen PC und Laptop mal etwas aufzuräumen. Für Unterwegs habe ich eine externe SSD von Samsung (T3 500GB) in Gebrauch, von der ich auch einige große Dateien wie aufgenommene Videos rüberkopiert habe. Selbstverständlich habe ich von der externen Festplatte nicht erwartet, die Geschwindigkeit der SSD zu erreichen, allerdings auch nicht, dass durchschnittlich mit nur 14-20 MB/s übertragen wird. Da bin ich selbst von einer älteren “My Passport Ultra” mit 1TB Speicher besseres gewohnt. Was auch nervt ist, dass man mit der mitgelieferten Software “WD Discovery” ständig “My Cloud Home” angezeigt bekommt und dies nicht aussblenden kann. Danke, ich habe kein Interesse das zu kaufen. Was zudem soweit nicht funktioniert hat, ist der mitgelieferte USB A zu Typ C Adapter, über den ich die Festplatte zuerst an mein Ultrabook anschließen wollte. In dem Fall war das nicht schlimm, weil ich auch einen USB 3.1 Typ C Anschluss habe, aber verwunderlich ist das schon. Diese Rezension spiegelt meine erste Erfahrung mit dem Produkt wieder. Ich werde sie in den nächsten Tagen genauer testen und meine Rezension dahingehend überarbeiten. Nachtrag: Ich habe meine Rezension nach oben hin angepasst, an meinem PC komme ich auf bis zu 100 MB/s beim Kopieren von Dateien. Das klingt schon besser, Geschwindigkeitstests via Software stehen aber noch aus.Read more
potatobanana –
Got my second of these drives for use with my MacBook Pro and iPad Pro and both work seamlessly ONCE I replaced the included cable. A short, bulky and ill fitting usb c cable with what feels like a brilliantly built product just ruins it. A good quality usb c cable isn’t expensive and in the bulk WD could be buying would make s minimal impact on the RRP so it’s just laziness. Once the cable drama is dealt with the drive performs great. High speed transfers and compliments my setup well. Have seen a few reviews which moan about the speeds but the included pictures almost always have as picture of as windows setup and my guess is that they are using the included usb A adapter so ofcourse your going to get low speeds, throttled by your equipment. Transferring 4K files from mac and iPad takes no time at all.Read more
Amazon Customer –
This is a high capacity external hard drive. The drive measures 4.25”x3.25”x0.75” and weighs 255 gm (9 oz). It comes with a 15” USB C to USB C data/power cable as well as a USB C to USB 3 A adapter. It comes formatted and ready to use and pre-loaded with WD Discovery software for Windows or Mac. The drive is an active hard drive (not SSD), powered through the USB cable; no additional power cable is required. The WD Discovery software allows you to set up auto backup options, password protection, import cloud images and documents for Facebook, Instragra, Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, etc. WD recommends this drive for Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 (they have a Mac version for Macs, although it is possible to set this drive to use on Macs as well). You also have the option of not installing the WD Discovery software if you don’t need it. The product comes backed with a 3 year warranty. I am very impressed with this drive. As a photographer, I need high capacity back-up drives, and I regularly fill big ones like this 4 Tb drive. It has a transfer speed of 5 Gbps when using a USB 3 connection. The disk runs at 5400 rpm, slow for a disk that you use for constant data storage and retrieval, but acceptable for backup storage. This drive has the smallest form factor that I have seen for an external 4 Tb drive, making it easier to carry around and store. Since it is an active drive with moving disks, you do need to treat it with care, protecting it from bumps and drops, especially when running. Basically, before plugging it in, make sure it is in a safe, secure place where it won’t be knocked or dropped. I’ve experienced a lot of disk crashes, and over time, I’ve found that WD drives have been more reliable and less prone to crashing than other brands that I have tried. Overall, this is a smooth running, high capacity storage drive that is easy to use and should provide years of service.Read more
CHNR –
As others have pointed out, it works well out of the box, but then seems to hiccup with the Mac OS. I turned off the WD sleep feature as another user suggested and it seemed to help for the next backup. Then the same error message popped up after another backup attempt. I looked through WD’s website and did not find any help. Found an Apple support message that suggested that any sort of disc control, anti virus, or other similar type of third party app / utility might hinder the auto backup features of Time Machine. So I uninstalled all of WD’s apps and it seems to be doing backups without any issue for a solid week now. Bottom line is this is a reasonably priced, reasonably looking external hard drive for time machine to use. Just let the Mac OS be in control and don’t bother with the WD apps / utilities.Read more
erez peled –
This hard drive failed after a month with no physical damage. It was kept in a soft bag and was handled with care and still just stopped working. A data recovery company wanted $1,450 to perform a level 3 recovery of my data. I learned my lesson and set up a NAS server for backup in my home. Needless to say, i will not be buying WD hard drives in the future.Read more
abrahim –
Today I received my WD passport ultra (4tb) and I had an issue with the device not mounting in windows, so I went to command prompt and try to use the assign command no luck. So I went to disk management and found that the drive was not formatted to ntfs like the description said, so I formatted the drive and I accidentally formatted my old dying hard drive where I was supposed to move my files from. I restored all my files by using filezilla and recuva and waisted alot of my time. I expect more from Western digital as a customer ever since 2008, and I expect a plug and play experience from when I open the package. The drive itself is nice in the hand and is really quiet during operation. The drive speed is ok but not mind blowing like an external SSD. The story I just told is a good lesson that you should watch out what you’re formatting (also WD needs better quality control).Read more
itguy017 –
It seems to be well constructed, the top is a thin aluminum and the rest of the body is plastic, so if you want to know, the whole body is NOT metal. The cable that comes with it does not seat well (or at all) in my MacBook Pro, it comes out if you look at it wrong. I tried different USB-C cables but found out that you have to use a gen 2 cable or the speeds are super slow, so now I have had to order a new cable for a brand-new drive.
Jimmy Mosqueda –
I bought this drive because I needed a new one as my old one was filled. A 4TB was perfect! I also have an old Macbook Air with USB-A connections and a new Macbook Air with USB-C, so when I saw that this drive comes with an adapter, I was sold!… until I plugged in the drive with the adapter attached realized how SLOW it is. I did several tests, using both computers and the drive with and without the adapters and discovered that using the adapter slows the drive down by 3x. For example, what would take 5 minutes to transfer data using my old external HD with a dedicated USB-A connection takes 15 minutes with this drive. Disappointing. If you just use it as a USB-C drive without the adapter it’s fine (although no faster than an old drive with USB-A).Read more
Arora –
It is great for mac (I have used it on my macbook pro) and the password protection is easy to set up. Although not major, but I have seen tiny glitches while copying data into it. I have not used it for long (bought it 3 months back) and hence I would recommend this to be your 2nd back-up drive 🙂 I hope you will like my review, if you found it useful please hit ‘Helpful’. It will make my day :)Read more
P. Ippoliti –
Viene venduto in una scatola di dimensioni 14.8×10.5x4cm e del peso di 331gr All’interno si ha l’hd esterno, il cavo USB-C, un adattatore USB-A, il foglietto illustrativo. L’HD ha dimensioni 11×8.1×2.1cm e pesa 230gr. Le versioni con capacità minori (1TB e 2TB) sono spesse 1.3cm e pesano 130gr poichè hanno solo uno o due piatti. La parte esterna è in plastica nella parte inferiore e ai lati, mentre nella parte superiore si ha un “coperchio” di metallo sottile. Sia la faccia inferiore che la superiore hanno un design originale ondulato. Nella parte inferiore ci sono 4 piedini morbidi, e da un lato si ha la porta di connessione dati USB-C ed un led per mostrare l’attività. Le unità My Passport Ultra sono i modelli di punta degli HD portabili per la Western Digital e sono dotati di crittografia hardware per la protezione dei dati con password. Se si vuole abilitare l’accesso ai dati con password occorre impostarne una con il software WD Security, parte della suite WD Discovery. L’unità è formattata in formato NTFS, se volete usare questa unità in ambiente Macwindows, occorre formattarla in standard HFS+ in modo da poter usare la Time Machine che rende inutili le applicazioni di terze parti per effettuare backup. Grazie alla porta USB-C si hanno connessioni affidabili e si può usare il cavo che normalmente si usa per il cellulare. Quasi tutti gli altri prodotti simili hanno la porta Micro-USB 3.0 di tipo B, quella porta si è dimostrata poco affidabile. Aver scelto una porta più moderna è stato un passo avanti che si aspettava da tempo. Il cavo dati è lungo 39cm e pesa 22gr, ad ogni estremità ha dei connettori USB-C che hanno una freccia da un lato e delle scanalature. Servono ad evitare che si metta l’adattatore dal verso sbagliato. L’adattatore pesa 6gr. La velocità di lettura sequenziale è di 130MB/s, mentre l’accesso random ai dati è piuttosto lento circa 0.5MB/s L’HD usato all’interno dell’unità è un modello con integrada l’interfaccia USB-C e non è in vendita al pubblico, la sigla del modello è WDC WD50NDZM-59PW8S1 funziona a 5400rpm, ha 128MB di cache ed ha uno spessore di 15mm. Ogni piatto ha una capacità massima di 1TB, quindi ha 5 piatti. Le unità da 4TB, usano 5 piatti da 800GB di capacità massima. Purtroppo anche questo modello si basa sulla tecnologia SMR, ma ormai tutti gli HD portatili la usano. La Shingled Magnetic Recording (registrazione magnetica a strati) ha il vantaggio di aver incrementato la densità degli HD ma, essendo le tracce magnetiche parzialmente sovrapposte, le operazioni di scrittura non sequenziale sono più complicate e lente. All’interno dell’HD si ha un file per poter installare l’utility opzionale WD Discovery che serve ad effettuare il backup e a gestire l’unità. La capacità effettiva è di 4.54TB, viene visto da windows come: WD My Passport 260D USB Device. Il firmware è 2003. Il consumo di corrente è di 0.4A a riposo e 0.8A durante il trasferimento di dati. Prodotto in Thailandia.Read more
Theis C. –
First of all NOT 4 TB only 3.6 TB, which means 10% of what I paid for is not there. But that’s how it is here in Europe for some sad reason? Second, the wire itself is a terrible quality, it looks like it has been laying in a hot windowsill for years, and there is no flexibility in it. Third, the socket in the hard disk feel shaky and does not fit very well. And last, the wire is not just WD plug to WD plug, plus USB adaptor< (see pictures). Who was the one who came up with that idea, does it even fit anything else then WD or is it only to look like it can be practical, thou it is not. A normal USB wire is not small, sitting on the side of a laptob, but this thing is ridicules. And its very noisy, it sound like a constant helicopter in the distance.Read more
Jens J. –
Habe mir die My Passport Ultra (4TB) für Dateien und Backups angeschafft – eben um meinen PC und Laptop mal etwas aufzuräumen. Für Unterwegs habe ich eine externe SSD von Samsung (T3 500GB) in Gebrauch, von der ich auch einige große Dateien wie aufgenommene Videos rüberkopiert habe. Selbstverständlich habe ich von der externen Festplatte nicht erwartet, die Geschwindigkeit der SSD zu erreichen, allerdings auch nicht, dass durchschnittlich mit nur 14-20 MB/s übertragen wird. Da bin ich selbst von einer älteren “My Passport Ultra” mit 1TB Speicher besseres gewohnt. Was auch nervt ist, dass man mit der mitgelieferten Software “WD Discovery” ständig “My Cloud Home” angezeigt bekommt und dies nicht aussblenden kann. Danke, ich habe kein Interesse das zu kaufen. Was zudem soweit nicht funktioniert hat, ist der mitgelieferte USB A zu Typ C Adapter, über den ich die Festplatte zuerst an mein Ultrabook anschließen wollte. In dem Fall war das nicht schlimm, weil ich auch einen USB 3.1 Typ C Anschluss habe, aber verwunderlich ist das schon. Diese Rezension spiegelt meine erste Erfahrung mit dem Produkt wieder. Ich werde sie in den nächsten Tagen genauer testen und meine Rezension dahingehend überarbeiten. Nachtrag: Ich habe meine Rezension nach oben hin angepasst, an meinem PC komme ich auf bis zu 100 MB/s beim Kopieren von Dateien. Das klingt schon besser, Geschwindigkeitstests via Software stehen aber noch aus.Read more
potatobanana –
Got my second of these drives for use with my MacBook Pro and iPad Pro and both work seamlessly ONCE I replaced the included cable. A short, bulky and ill fitting usb c cable with what feels like a brilliantly built product just ruins it. A good quality usb c cable isn’t expensive and in the bulk WD could be buying would make s minimal impact on the RRP so it’s just laziness. Once the cable drama is dealt with the drive performs great. High speed transfers and compliments my setup well. Have seen a few reviews which moan about the speeds but the included pictures almost always have as picture of as windows setup and my guess is that they are using the included usb A adapter so ofcourse your going to get low speeds, throttled by your equipment. Transferring 4K files from mac and iPad takes no time at all.Read more
Amazon Customer –
This is a high capacity external hard drive. The drive measures 4.25”x3.25”x0.75” and weighs 255 gm (9 oz). It comes with a 15” USB C to USB C data/power cable as well as a USB C to USB 3 A adapter. It comes formatted and ready to use and pre-loaded with WD Discovery software for Windows or Mac. The drive is an active hard drive (not SSD), powered through the USB cable; no additional power cable is required. The WD Discovery software allows you to set up auto backup options, password protection, import cloud images and documents for Facebook, Instragra, Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, etc. WD recommends this drive for Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 (they have a Mac version for Macs, although it is possible to set this drive to use on Macs as well). You also have the option of not installing the WD Discovery software if you don’t need it. The product comes backed with a 3 year warranty. I am very impressed with this drive. As a photographer, I need high capacity back-up drives, and I regularly fill big ones like this 4 Tb drive. It has a transfer speed of 5 Gbps when using a USB 3 connection. The disk runs at 5400 rpm, slow for a disk that you use for constant data storage and retrieval, but acceptable for backup storage. This drive has the smallest form factor that I have seen for an external 4 Tb drive, making it easier to carry around and store. Since it is an active drive with moving disks, you do need to treat it with care, protecting it from bumps and drops, especially when running. Basically, before plugging it in, make sure it is in a safe, secure place where it won’t be knocked or dropped. I’ve experienced a lot of disk crashes, and over time, I’ve found that WD drives have been more reliable and less prone to crashing than other brands that I have tried. Overall, this is a smooth running, high capacity storage drive that is easy to use and should provide years of service.Read more
CHNR –
As others have pointed out, it works well out of the box, but then seems to hiccup with the Mac OS. I turned off the WD sleep feature as another user suggested and it seemed to help for the next backup. Then the same error message popped up after another backup attempt. I looked through WD’s website and did not find any help. Found an Apple support message that suggested that any sort of disc control, anti virus, or other similar type of third party app / utility might hinder the auto backup features of Time Machine. So I uninstalled all of WD’s apps and it seems to be doing backups without any issue for a solid week now. Bottom line is this is a reasonably priced, reasonably looking external hard drive for time machine to use. Just let the Mac OS be in control and don’t bother with the WD apps / utilities.Read more
erez peled –
This hard drive failed after a month with no physical damage. It was kept in a soft bag and was handled with care and still just stopped working. A data recovery company wanted $1,450 to perform a level 3 recovery of my data. I learned my lesson and set up a NAS server for backup in my home. Needless to say, i will not be buying WD hard drives in the future.Read more
abrahim –
Today I received my WD passport ultra (4tb) and I had an issue with the device not mounting in windows, so I went to command prompt and try to use the assign command no luck. So I went to disk management and found that the drive was not formatted to ntfs like the description said, so I formatted the drive and I accidentally formatted my old dying hard drive where I was supposed to move my files from. I restored all my files by using filezilla and recuva and waisted alot of my time. I expect more from Western digital as a customer ever since 2008, and I expect a plug and play experience from when I open the package. The drive itself is nice in the hand and is really quiet during operation. The drive speed is ok but not mind blowing like an external SSD. The story I just told is a good lesson that you should watch out what you’re formatting (also WD needs better quality control).Read more
itguy017 –
It seems to be well constructed, the top is a thin aluminum and the rest of the body is plastic, so if you want to know, the whole body is NOT metal. The cable that comes with it does not seat well (or at all) in my MacBook Pro, it comes out if you look at it wrong. I tried different USB-C cables but found out that you have to use a gen 2 cable or the speeds are super slow, so now I have had to order a new cable for a brand-new drive.
Jimmy Mosqueda –
I bought this drive because I needed a new one as my old one was filled. A 4TB was perfect! I also have an old Macbook Air with USB-A connections and a new Macbook Air with USB-C, so when I saw that this drive comes with an adapter, I was sold!… until I plugged in the drive with the adapter attached realized how SLOW it is. I did several tests, using both computers and the drive with and without the adapters and discovered that using the adapter slows the drive down by 3x. For example, what would take 5 minutes to transfer data using my old external HD with a dedicated USB-A connection takes 15 minutes with this drive. Disappointing. If you just use it as a USB-C drive without the adapter it’s fine (although no faster than an old drive with USB-A).Read more
Arora –
It is great for mac (I have used it on my macbook pro) and the password protection is easy to set up. Although not major, but I have seen tiny glitches while copying data into it. I have not used it for long (bought it 3 months back) and hence I would recommend this to be your 2nd back-up drive 🙂 I hope you will like my review, if you found it useful please hit ‘Helpful’. It will make my day :)Read more
P. Ippoliti –
Viene venduto in una scatola di dimensioni 14.8×10.5x4cm e del peso di 331gr All’interno si ha l’hd esterno, il cavo USB-C, un adattatore USB-A, il foglietto illustrativo. L’HD ha dimensioni 11×8.1×2.1cm e pesa 230gr. Le versioni con capacità minori (1TB e 2TB) sono spesse 1.3cm e pesano 130gr poichè hanno solo uno o due piatti. La parte esterna è in plastica nella parte inferiore e ai lati, mentre nella parte superiore si ha un “coperchio” di metallo sottile. Sia la faccia inferiore che la superiore hanno un design originale ondulato. Nella parte inferiore ci sono 4 piedini morbidi, e da un lato si ha la porta di connessione dati USB-C ed un led per mostrare l’attività. Le unità My Passport Ultra sono i modelli di punta degli HD portabili per la Western Digital e sono dotati di crittografia hardware per la protezione dei dati con password. Se si vuole abilitare l’accesso ai dati con password occorre impostarne una con il software WD Security, parte della suite WD Discovery. L’unità è formattata in formato NTFS, se volete usare questa unità in ambiente Macwindows, occorre formattarla in standard HFS+ in modo da poter usare la Time Machine che rende inutili le applicazioni di terze parti per effettuare backup. Grazie alla porta USB-C si hanno connessioni affidabili e si può usare il cavo che normalmente si usa per il cellulare. Quasi tutti gli altri prodotti simili hanno la porta Micro-USB 3.0 di tipo B, quella porta si è dimostrata poco affidabile. Aver scelto una porta più moderna è stato un passo avanti che si aspettava da tempo. Il cavo dati è lungo 39cm e pesa 22gr, ad ogni estremità ha dei connettori USB-C che hanno una freccia da un lato e delle scanalature. Servono ad evitare che si metta l’adattatore dal verso sbagliato. L’adattatore pesa 6gr. La velocità di lettura sequenziale è di 130MB/s, mentre l’accesso random ai dati è piuttosto lento circa 0.5MB/s L’HD usato all’interno dell’unità è un modello con integrada l’interfaccia USB-C e non è in vendita al pubblico, la sigla del modello è WDC WD50NDZM-59PW8S1 funziona a 5400rpm, ha 128MB di cache ed ha uno spessore di 15mm. Ogni piatto ha una capacità massima di 1TB, quindi ha 5 piatti. Le unità da 4TB, usano 5 piatti da 800GB di capacità massima. Purtroppo anche questo modello si basa sulla tecnologia SMR, ma ormai tutti gli HD portatili la usano. La Shingled Magnetic Recording (registrazione magnetica a strati) ha il vantaggio di aver incrementato la densità degli HD ma, essendo le tracce magnetiche parzialmente sovrapposte, le operazioni di scrittura non sequenziale sono più complicate e lente. All’interno dell’HD si ha un file per poter installare l’utility opzionale WD Discovery che serve ad effettuare il backup e a gestire l’unità. La capacità effettiva è di 4.54TB, viene visto da windows come: WD My Passport 260D USB Device. Il firmware è 2003. Il consumo di corrente è di 0.4A a riposo e 0.8A durante il trasferimento di dati. Prodotto in Thailandia.Read more
Theis C. –
First of all NOT 4 TB only 3.6 TB, which means 10% of what I paid for is not there. But that’s how it is here in Europe for some sad reason? Second, the wire itself is a terrible quality, it looks like it has been laying in a hot windowsill for years, and there is no flexibility in it. Third, the socket in the hard disk feel shaky and does not fit very well. And last, the wire is not just WD plug to WD plug, plus USB adaptor< (see pictures). Who was the one who came up with that idea, does it even fit anything else then WD or is it only to look like it can be practical, thou it is not. A normal USB wire is not small, sitting on the side of a laptob, but this thing is ridicules. And its very noisy, it sound like a constant helicopter in the distance.Read more
Jens J. –
Habe mir die My Passport Ultra (4TB) für Dateien und Backups angeschafft – eben um meinen PC und Laptop mal etwas aufzuräumen. Für Unterwegs habe ich eine externe SSD von Samsung (T3 500GB) in Gebrauch, von der ich auch einige große Dateien wie aufgenommene Videos rüberkopiert habe. Selbstverständlich habe ich von der externen Festplatte nicht erwartet, die Geschwindigkeit der SSD zu erreichen, allerdings auch nicht, dass durchschnittlich mit nur 14-20 MB/s übertragen wird. Da bin ich selbst von einer älteren “My Passport Ultra” mit 1TB Speicher besseres gewohnt. Was auch nervt ist, dass man mit der mitgelieferten Software “WD Discovery” ständig “My Cloud Home” angezeigt bekommt und dies nicht aussblenden kann. Danke, ich habe kein Interesse das zu kaufen. Was zudem soweit nicht funktioniert hat, ist der mitgelieferte USB A zu Typ C Adapter, über den ich die Festplatte zuerst an mein Ultrabook anschließen wollte. In dem Fall war das nicht schlimm, weil ich auch einen USB 3.1 Typ C Anschluss habe, aber verwunderlich ist das schon. Diese Rezension spiegelt meine erste Erfahrung mit dem Produkt wieder. Ich werde sie in den nächsten Tagen genauer testen und meine Rezension dahingehend überarbeiten. Nachtrag: Ich habe meine Rezension nach oben hin angepasst, an meinem PC komme ich auf bis zu 100 MB/s beim Kopieren von Dateien. Das klingt schon besser, Geschwindigkeitstests via Software stehen aber noch aus.Read more
potatobanana –
Got my second of these drives for use with my MacBook Pro and iPad Pro and both work seamlessly ONCE I replaced the included cable. A short, bulky and ill fitting usb c cable with what feels like a brilliantly built product just ruins it. A good quality usb c cable isn’t expensive and in the bulk WD could be buying would make s minimal impact on the RRP so it’s just laziness. Once the cable drama is dealt with the drive performs great. High speed transfers and compliments my setup well. Have seen a few reviews which moan about the speeds but the included pictures almost always have as picture of as windows setup and my guess is that they are using the included usb A adapter so ofcourse your going to get low speeds, throttled by your equipment. Transferring 4K files from mac and iPad takes no time at all.Read more