You can carry a lot of data with the new My Passport and the many color options open up new organizational possibilities.

The new WD My Passport portable drive has lots of storage space, good performance and supports strong encryption; It's available in some vivid color options and comes in an eye-catching design

There's no USB-C (so no future-proofing) and the high-capacity versions of the drive are bulky

I bought this drive to transfer files from my old Windows XP Professional Computer to my new computer running on Windows 10. Since Win XP can only see drives up to 2 Tb, I bought this small 1 Tb drive to make sure the transfer would go without problems. Was I wrong !!!

I bought two for mirrored backup and archival storage. Works as advertised. Wish it was thinner, but not a big deal. A bit larger than a pack of cigarettes and about as thick. Have not tested performance since that's not terribly important to me - seems to be quick enough.

I've been using a WD HD as my backup drive for a little over a year. It's my Time Machine drive on my desktop so it stays plugged in and on all the time. So far so good. Their HDs seem to be well made and reliable. The prices are competitive.

Nice hard drive, got it for a good price. Cable is short but not an issue. Using the included backup software. The software allows me to get to the files when not at my primary computer (does not create an unreadable backup that is only accessible from the software)

Easy to Use; Features; Quiet

I always use "Passport" size external HDDs for backups and my old 2TB had not enough space anymore. This one has huge capacity for such a small box and will last for a few years. High recommendation.

Huge capacity for such a small box; USB 3.0 - fast transfers; Good deal when on sale

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I use this drive to provide Time Machine backups for the 3 Macs in the house. Two of my Macs have USB2 ports, so these ports dominate the write speeds to the disk. Even though the TM backups took 20 or 30 min each, these were the first time backups which amounted to 60-90GB.

Silent, low power, reliable (so far); The small form factor and self-powered aspects are pluses as well

None; Update(2016/Jan): I used it a few times (maybe 4) and had it unplugged sitting on my desk; I used it just now for another Time Machine backup and it started to act weird; It would unmount spontaneously.

I've been using these Western Digital external HD's for ages and I've never had a problem with them. I back up every day using the security password feature and it's great. I've used external HD's from a variety of manufacturers, including Transcend, and I've gotten the best service out of the...

This hard Drive was easy to install an it works great with both My Mac at home and my PC at work. No hassle at all.

I bought this a couple of weeks ago to replace my older 3TB WD My Book (which is still going) and as usual WD hasn't let me down, the build quality is spot on and the performance is excellent (see attached screenshot of ATTO).