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WD 2TB My Passport USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive (Black)

BH #WEBS4B0020B • MFR #WDBS4B0020BBK-WESN
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WD 2TB My Passport USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive (Black)
Key Features
  • 2TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-USB 3.0 Interface
  • Bus Powered
  • Data Protection with Hardware Encryption
Start saving your precious memories and critical files with the 2TB My Passport USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive from WD. The My Passport comes formatted NTFS for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, connects to your notebook or desktop computer via its micro-USB 3.0 interface an included micro-USB 3.0 to USB Type-A cable. On the inside, it sports a hard drive that delivers 2TB of storage capacity for storing your photos, videos, music, and other content. To power this drive, the My Passport runs off the computer's USB bus-powered port.
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WD External HDD Overview

Start saving your precious memories and critical files with the 2TB My Passport USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive from WD. The My Passport comes formatted NTFS for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, connects to your notebook or desktop computer via its micro-USB 3.0 interface an included micro-USB 3.0 to USB Type-A cable. On the inside, it sports a hard drive that delivers 2TB of storage capacity for storing your photos, videos, music, and other content. To power this drive, the My Passport runs off the computer's USB bus-powered port.

This edition of the My Passport drive comes with a redesigned black chassis, which complements your other gear. Another notable feature is WD's Backup software, which lets you create scheduled backups, to help preserve your data automatically. In addition to backing up data, WD has armed this drive with hardware encryption and WD Security software to safeguard your sensitive files from unauthorized users.

General Features
Back up Automatically
The My Passport drive comes preloaded with WD Backup software to ensure that your photos, videos, music and documents don't get lost. You can set it to run automatically based upon your schedule. Just pick the time and frequency to back up important files from your system onto the My Passport drive.
Password Protection with Hardware Encryption
The My Passport drive's built-in 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption with WD Security software helps keep your content private and safe. You can activate password protection and set your own personalized password. Additionally, the drive can display a "return-if-found" message as the password prompt to help find its way back to you if it ever accidentally gets left behind.
Easy to Use
My Passport portable storage is ready to use out of the box so you can start transferring files, saving your memories, and backing up critical data right away. It comes with WD Backup, WD Security, and WD Drive Utilities software to help protect your data.

WD External HDDSpecs

External Enclosure
Security Features
Password Protection
Material
Plastic
Weight
0.37 lb / 170 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight
0.525 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
6.85 x 4.55 x 1.5"

WD External HDD Reviews

Quick and reliable storage

By Yuichi
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2023-02-09

This is a very cool external drive for my Mac Mini. Quick and easy connection and responses are totally workable. First time I woke up my Mac Mini plugged with My Passport I was surprised that I could see the contents on this drive. It came back after I reconnected. I wonder if there's a way to keep it available no matter the Mac went on sleep or not.

1.8 TB, not 2.0

By Elaina
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-27

My computer displays it as 1.8 TB, not 2.0. Other than that it works well.

wd 2TB My Passport - AWESOME

By Leslie
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-24

GREAT!

Compact drive

By Charles
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-23

Excellent hard drive ,so compact I can easily place.it on my pocket. Amazing advances in technology ,highly recommend .

Time Machine Back Ups

By Curtis
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-23

Having had an issue with an older WD 4TB My Passport External Hard Drive, you may wonder why I bought another one. Well, turns out that I believe the issue with the older one was actually an issue with my iMac and OS update. After recovering the data from my older ED, I reformatted it, and it has worked flawlessly since. Let's just hope that it continues to. I purchased this one just to log my Time Machine back ups.

Great for Mac

By Leslie
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-23

This one is perfect for Mac users, and very fast. You have to partition the disk and one works for time machine and the other half for your files to save space on your Mac. (I am not a window user so I wouldn't know how it works on a different system) Thank you B&H you are great. Fast, delivers and great support.

Great backup drive when traveling

By Marty
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-02-02

I was able to back up my photos every evening on vacation to this drive. I didn't need as many media cards and I had a backup for my photos. It is small and lightweight but has a fast transfer speed

Capacity makes it worthwhile

By Gerald
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-30

The capacity you get with this unit is very helpful and a good deal for the cost - which isn't too much. I recently lost two hard drives from my tower PC and have been clawing backups off my Blackarmor NAS. Unfortunately with the Win 11 upgrade I can't do that directly from my PC so I'm copying them to My Passport using my Mac. Its slow, but it's working. Hopefully it will load back to the new drives on my PC a bit more quickly

See any errors on this page? Let us know

what is the maximum transfer speed ?

what is the maximum transfer speed ?
Asked by: Luciana
The theoretical maximum transfer speed is 5 gbps.
Answered by: Geoffrey
Date published: 2019-12-11

question

what is the difference between this HDD and this: B&H # WEMP2WDBYFW MFR # WDBYFT0020BWT-WESN?
Asked by: Alejandro
There is no functional difference between these two drives.
Answered by: Michael
Date published: 2019-09-24

Are these OEM WD devices from WD?

Are these OEM WD devices from WD?
Asked by: David
No this retail package WD not OEM.
Answered by: ilich
Date published: 2022-01-25

Does anyone know how many write cycles to be ...

Does anyone know how many write cycles to be expected from this drive before it fails? Thanks.
Asked by: Stephen
The manufacturer gives a 3 year limited warranty, but they do not have a spec for the drives rated life.
Answered by: Reuben
Date published: 2022-01-06

Can it be used on a ps5?

Can it be used on a ps5?
Asked by: Ira
Yes, with the proper formatting, the WD 5TB My Passport USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive can be used with a PlayStation 5.
Answered by: Michael
Date published: 2021-12-30

The description states that it is "mac compatible ...

The description states that it is "mac compatible with reformatting." Will it work with my late 2015 i-mac using Sierra OS 10.12.6?
Asked by: Wayne
I know that MacOS can read NTFS drives, but not sure you'd be able to write. Your best bet would be to format as ExFat which is read/write for both Windows and Mac for copying files back and forth. You would need to format as HFS+ to use as a Time Machine backup drive.
Answered by: Doug
Date published: 2021-11-28

Can it be used with an iPad Air?

Can it be used with an iPad Air?
Asked by: John
I have an Ravpower FileHub travel router. You can transfer pictures and videos wirelessly from an iPad to the hard drive.
Answered by: Tom
Date published: 2022-02-12

Super Duper software for back-up using WD ...

Super Duper software for back-up using WD external Hard drive will only back up APFS format. Will it work?
Asked by: Fred
That program will back up APFS and HFS+ drives.
Answered by: Daniel
Date published: 2020-12-27
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