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WD 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive for Mac (Silver)

BH #WEBPMV0050BS • MFR #WDBPMV0050BSL-WESN
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WD 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive for Mac (Silver)
Key Features
  • 5TB Storage Capacity
  • USB 3.0 Type-C Interface (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
  • Bus Powered
  • 256-Bit AES Encryption
Expand the storage on your Mac and back up photos, video, music, and documents using the silver 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive from WD. This drive is equipped with 5TB of storage and a USB 3.0 Type-C interface. If your Mac doesn't have a USB Type-C port, an included USB Type-C to Type-A adapter helps ensure compatibility with older systems. This drive is also bus-powered, meaning that all its power is provided by the USB cable and no external power cables or adapters are required.
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WD Ultra Overview

Expand the storage on your Mac and back up photos, video, music, and documents using the silver 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive from WD. This drive is equipped with 5TB of storage and a USB 3.0 Type-C interface. If your Mac doesn't have a USB Type-C port, an included USB Type-C to Type-A adapter helps ensure compatibility with older systems. This drive is also bus-powered, meaning that all its power is provided by the USB cable and no external power cables or adapters are required.

Since WD designed this My Passport Ultra drive for Mac, it comes preformatted HFS+ for macOS Mojave, High Sierra, and Sierra. If you happen to work across both Windows and Mac platforms, WD provides a downloadable HFS+ driver for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, which enables the reading and writing of this My Passport Ultra drive without any reformatting. Or, make it fully Windows compatible with a simple reformat. Thanks to a 256-bit AES hardware encryption chip, your private files are kept more secure.

General Features
USB 3.0 Type-C (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
WD's My Passport Ultra for Mac delivers quick and easy storage with its 5 Gb/s USB 3.0 Type-C port, while the included USB 3.0 Type-C to Type-A adapter helps ensure compatibility with older machines. USB 3.0 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1.
Password Protection with 256-Bit AES Hardware Encryption
Help keep your private files private with a password of your choosing with WD Security tools to enable the 256-bit AES hardware encryption chip on your My Passport Ultra for Mac.
Style & Function
Fusing modern anodized metal and textures, the My Passport Ultra for Mac matches your personal style and the latest Mac computers.
Do More with WD Discovery
Included WD Discovery software connects to popular social media and cloud storage services to help preserve your online life. If you work across both Mac and Windows, WD provides a downloadable HFS+ driver for compatible Windows OS to enable you to read and write to your My Passport Ultra drive without the need for reformatting. WD Discovery software can also be used to manage your drive with WD Drive Utilities.
Mac Ready
Formatted for Mac and ready for Time Machine, WD's My Passport Ultra delivers plug-and-play storage out of the box so you can back up your photos, videos, or business documents with one click.
UPC: 718037871561

WD Ultra Specs

Key Specs
Total Installed Storage
5 TB
Drive Type
2.5" HDD 
Default OS Support
Mac
*Alternate OS Support via Re-Format
System Connection
USB-C 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 1
Drive Type
2.5" HDD 
Default OS Support
Mac
*Alternate OS Support via Re-Format
Encryption Support
Yes, Hardware-Based
External Enclosure
System Connection
USB-C 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 1
Security Features
No
Material
Steel
Fan Cooled
No
Impact Resistance
No
Environmental Resistance
No
Electrical
Power Source
Bus Powered
General
Operating Conditions
41 to 95°F / 5 to 35°C 
Storage Conditions
-4 to 149°F / -20 to 65°C 
Dimensions
4.3 x 3.2 x 0.8" / 110 x 81.5 x 21.1 mm
Weight
0.5 lb / 0.23 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight
0.73 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
8.9 x 4.5 x 1.5"

WD Ultra Reviews

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Will this drive work with (or compatible with) ...

Will this drive work with (or compatible with) Mac OS Catalina?
Asked by: Juli
Yes, the WD 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive for Mac (Silver) BH #WEBPMV0050BS is compatible with macOS Catalina 10.15+.
Answered by: Miguel M
Date published: 2020-09-30

Will it work with my aged desktop IMAC (late ...

Will it work with my aged desktop IMAC (late 2015) with Monetrey 12.7.5, without any additional formatting?
Asked by: Paula
Yes, the WD 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive for Mac (Silver) is compatible with MacOS Monterey without reformatting.
Answered by: Kenneth C
Date published: 2024-07-17

Is there any difference between the Mac and PC ...

Is there any difference between the Mac and PC versions besides default drive format? I can just reformat the "Mac" version to NTFS and it should be identical to the "PC" version, correct?
Asked by: Shao Hwa
As others have said, yes you just need to reformat the drive to NTFS.
Answered by: Bennie
Date published: 2020-07-07

Moving my documents to the drive does that free ...

Moving my documents to the drive does that free up disk space?
Asked by: alan
Copying your documents to the WD 5TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive (Blue), B&H # WEBFTM0050BB, will free up disk space on the source disk as long as you delete the documents from the source disk once the transfer has completed and you are 100% sure that everything was copied successfully.
Answered by: Miguel M
Date published: 2024-09-15

Can this drive be reformatted to ExFat for read ...

Can this drive be reformatted to ExFat for read and write with both Mac OSX and Windows?
Asked by: Brian
Yes, I just did it now.
Answered by: Adam
Date published: 2020-01-26

What are the comparable speeds in writing and ...

What are the comparable speeds in writing and reading for this Newer WD 4TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C Interface (MFR # WDBFTM0040BSL-WESN) compared with the older version WD 4TB My Passport Ultra (USB 3.0 Model WDBFKT0040BGY)?
Asked by: Charles
B&H # WEBFTM040BSL has a first generation USB 3.1 port. The USB port will transfer the same speeds as B&H # WEBFKT004BGY.
Answered by: jessica
Date published: 2024-11-28

Can this be formatted as a time machine backup ...

Can this be formatted as a time machine backup drive?
Asked by: Andrew
Yes, it can be formatted for time machine.
Answered by: Sagi C
Date published: 2021-02-09

Why is the 5TB double the thickness of the 2TB? I ...

Why is the 5TB double the thickness of the 2TB? I really hope they didn't put 2 HDDs in there.
Asked by: Markus K
Thank you Moe. You need to fix the specs listing if they are truly the same. Also the photos. If you look closely you will notice a different thickness on the 2TB and 5TB.
Answered by: Markus K
Date published: 2020-10-26
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