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WD WDBLUZ0010BSL-EESN My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive, USB 3.0, 1 TB

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  • Ultra-fast USB 3.0 interface
  • Sleek, compact design with plenty of storage
  • Compatible with Apple Time Machine
  • Password protection and hardware encryption

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Size Name: 1TB

Product Information

Size: 1TB
Technical Details
BrandWestern Digital
Item Weight141 g
Product Dimensions11 x 8.2 x 1.5 cm
Item model numberWDBLUZ0010BSL-EESN
Series1TB My Passport Mac
ColorSilver
Form Factor2.5"
Hard Drive Size1 TB
Software IncludedYes
  
Additional Information
ASINB00CUYONL6
Customer Reviews
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4.6 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank 15,369 in Computers (See top 100)
Shipping Weight281 g
Date First Available30 May 2013
  
Warranty & Support
Warranty, Parts: Replacement parts covered under manufacturer's warranty terms for 12 months from date of purchase

Warranty, Labor: Labour cost covered under manufacturer's warranty terms for 12 months from date of purchase
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Product Description

Size Name:1TB

Product Description

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.

Ultra-fast USB 3.0 Connectivity.
With the fast speed of USB 3.0 connectivity this drive lets you access and save files quickly. The My Passport for Mac can also 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.
WD My Passport for Mac - Ultra-fast
Massive Capacity in a Small Enclosure.
This compact enclosure offers up to 2TB storage. It's the ideal companion for anyone with lots of photos, films, videos and files that they want to take with them.
WD My Passport for Mac - Massive capacity
Password Protection Secures your Drive.
Use the WD Security utility to set password protection and hardware encryption and protect your files from unauthorised use or access.
WD My Passport for Mac - Password protection
My Passport for Mac

Ultra-fast Transfer Rates -- When connected to a USB 3.0 port, My Passport for Mac lets you access and save files quickly and reduces 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 and the ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0.

Sleek, Compact Design -- This compact enclosure offers plenty of storage making it the ideal companion for the graphics professional or student.

WD Security -- WD Security utility allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to protect your files from unauthorised 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. The My Passport for Mac 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.

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
Ideal For
  • Adding extra storage for your videos, music, photos, and files
  • Backing up your files
  • Securing your files from unauthorised access
  • Connecting and powering through your USB interface
Compatibility
  • Formatted HFS+ Journaled for Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard, or Leopard
  • Requires reformatting for Windows operating system

Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system.

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Ideal for High capacity storage to keep your creativity with you Stylish storage with a metal design High-performance storage for creativity on the road
Available colours Silver Black Black
Connection USB 3.0, USB 2.0 USB 3.0, USB 2.0 Thunderbolt
Capacity range 500 GB - 2 TB 500 GB - 1 TB 2 TB - 4 TB
High capacity for all your photos, music and videos
Compatible with Apple Time Machine
Password protection
256 bit hardware encryption
All metal design
RAID 0/1
Integrated Thunderbolt cable
Can be used as a boot drive

Box Contains

Portable hard drive
USB cable
Quick Install Guide

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By Pete F. TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 25 Jun. 2013
Size: 2TB Vine Customer Review of Free Product ( What's this? )
This portable hard drive is a neat device that can be used for backing-up hard drives, providing additional storage for large files or to transport large files to wherever you intend to use them (from home to office for instance). Physically it is roughly the size of a 2oz tobacco tin, measuring approx. 85mm x 112mm x 18mm (W x L x H). It does not need any formatting, unless you intend to use it on a PC rather than a Mac. it plugs straight into your Mac via a USB 3 cable which is provided in the box (backwards compatible with USB 2) and does not need a power cable as it is powered through the USB cable.

Even some of the more recent models of Mac computers still use USB 2 ports so the data transfer speed is not as fast as it could be. However, that being so, this device can still transfer data a lot quicker than my previous external hard drive which was a Lacie, USB 2, 320GB external hard drive. My first back-up of the entire contents of my hard drive (approx. 250GB), to the WD drive, took just over two and a half hours, which I thought was extremely good. It was only the fact that a small LED light was constantly flashing while the WD Drive was working, that reminded me that it was performing a back-up, it is very quiet when in operation.

I notice that in other reviews there is mention of the fact that no carry case is supplied with this device, this is not a problem for me as I will be using it for my desktop iMac and therefore do not envisage carrying the drive around. However, having done some research, it appears that cases to fit this drive can be easily obtained online ranging from about £5 - £20.

A user manual can be downloaded directly from the Western Digital website.
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Size: 2TB Verified Purchase
Purchased to back up my Mac Book Pro - I purchased off the back of positive reviews and wasn't disappointed. It's really easy, simple ,compact and fast. I would recommend to other Mac users. The drive is compact and plugs straight into the laptop via the USB hubs and needs no formatting.
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Size: 500GB Verified Purchase
I wanted to buy an external hard drive as I heard rumours online of Macbook Airs with 128gb SSDs crashing. Therefore I needed something to back up my laptop.

Now this product is extremely fast, looks excellent and it's pretty small and compact. I love the silver design and the 3.0 USB connection is extremely quick. It backed up my hard drive pretty quickly using time machine. I didn't need to format this hard drive or anything, just plug it in, then time machine. I partitioned it first because you don't need 500gb all on time machine with a 128gb SSD. Maybe 300-400gb.

Here comes the but. The product says 'for mac' but the other windows My passport hard drive is perfectly fine too, and it's cheaper. Just format it. You can format this 'for mac' hard drive so it works with windows really easily. I think the product is slightly misleading in this respect.
The only reason I chose this product over the other product was because this product came out in 2013, and the older version came out in 2012. So initially I felt that I was getting a newer version and paying 15% more would be worth it. In all honesty though, these products are exactly the same. Go for the cheaper version.
However if you're a lazy person who can't be asked to format an external hard drive then buy this product. Just plug it in and it'll work. No need to fiddle around with disk utility.

Update June 2015: I have changed my review after 18 months of using this. I've used this with no problems for 18 months, backs up to Time Capsule no problem, saves storage. No problem. But it's broke. I've wiped the storage probably less than 10 times to partition it and then reupload the files from the computer, and I think that might be what killed it.
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Size: 2TB Vine Customer Review of Free Product ( What's this? )
Having just taken delivery of this I immediately put it through its paces.

First of all the hardware. This is a small box around the size of a pack of playing cards (a bit thicker). It's light enough to be genuinely portable - though if that was truly the intention perhaps a soft carry pouch would have been included? The USB 3.0 lead has a standard USB input to the computer but a proprietary one on the end which connects to the hard drive. The cable is 18 inches long, which initially seemed to be a bit short, but on reflection I think this is fine as a longer cable just adds yet more clutter to the desktop. Nevertheless if your set up involves a longer distance to the hard drive location it is a point to note. The other cable saving element of this is that it doesn't need an external power supply.

It comes bundled with some extra bits of software on the drive and as this is specifically formatted and badged as for Mac these are obviously Mac specific. They are a set of diagnostic tools allowing you to check out the health of the drive and some security software. There is also a package called Turbo Boost which as I already have another WD Drive I already have installed.

So how quick is it? I tested this by copying a file from the iMac desktop to various other hard drives. Each was connected directly to the iMac. The folder I copied contained a collection of files which came to around 420mb. I'm not suggesting that these results are some sort of laboratory controlled benchmarking test they are just some tests I ran to help inform this review.

1. To an oldish WD USB 2.0 hard drive. This took 52.5 seconds.
2. To WB My Studio drive connected by firewire with a thunderbolt adapter. 8.1 seconds. Second test 6.2 seconds.
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