WD 2TB Black My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBCGL0020BSL-NESN

I love my new Passport. It was delivered on time and is pretty much plug and play with three simple steps. It went right to work backing up my Mac. One note however: The USB needs to be plugged directly into your Mac. It wont work if you try to use a hub. At least it didnt on my 7 year old Mac desktop.

I am not satisfied with this Product and will return it some time soon. This will be the second time Ive had to do this with this Drive - its a hassle when your Graphics dont read and get lost. I have a Seagate External thats only 500 Gigs, but has performed flawlessly for over 6 years compared to this WD Unit @ 1 Tb. Im a Senior Student and was a fan of Western Digital Products, in fact, my Daughter purchased the Seagate as a Christmas Gift to me. I bought the W.D. Unit just to mess with her and now shes kidding me about being Old School It seems Fragile and delicate and flakey + the only reason I havent thrown it in the Gulf of Mexico, is the fact that I purchased a warranty! When I can get it to show up on my Mac, Ill dump my Data on the Sea Gate External Drive - may need to inquire about another Sea Gate - THX Update I complained back in 2015, got a second unit and it crashed. Just remembered I was to wait on Amazon for a review, that was 2 years ago. I guess Im supposed to forget about it, but I didnt, still waiting for a resolution, so I just wrote this update because the unit is Crap - still!

Perfect backup for my daughter who is backpacking in Asia. Small and light weight. If her computer dies or is stolen she will not loose her work (always have to be prepared!) I purchased a small case for it to go in and it is great. Plug and Play for her Macbook Pro

Once upon a time, I purchased an external hard drive with the intention of using it on my iMac and as it turns out, it was formatted for Windows. Yeah, I know, I should know better, but then again, should I? Its not like Im an IT professional and I bought one that seemed to be the right one for my computer, thinking that any ole external hard drive would fit the bill so long as it was a reputable brand and had enough memory, but oh was I wrong about that. After not being able to get it to work on my iMac (and after letting so much time pass that I couldnt possibly return it), I decided to donate it to my PC that also happened to need an external hard drive. So with this external hard drive that is, not just compatible with the iMac, but actually MADE FOR MAC (meaning that there is no need to format so that it will work on the iMac, since it is formatted to work with the iMac straight out of the box), we are in business again! Both my iMac and my PC are backed-up and it couldnt have been easier. For the non tech-person like myself, its nice to be able to just plug-in and have everything work without the formatting and hard-to-understand pop-ups... So far, everything is great and lets hope that it stays that way.

Just what I needed for storing files on my Macbook. Great deal on Amazon. It works specifically for Mac, so you dont need to reformat it. Be sure to get the one that is Mac compatible. It comes with the USB cable, and dont forget to register it to the WD website.

My wife loves to take pictures of our sons, this was a great addition as she was running out of room on the computer. In under 3 minutes she has upgraded her memory and backed up her files. The only problem is the cords seem to be a little long and are easy for the subject of her pictures to pull them out of the computer. Get this if you are low on hard drive space and dont feel the need to upgrade to a new computer.

I purchased this hard disk to store all my photos and videos as they took up too much space on my Apple and I did not want to upload anything to cloud based servers. It was easy to setup and install files. I like the fact that it has 1TB of storage and does not need to plugged into an electrical outlet. Would highly recommend this product.

My younger sister suggested it and so far - my daughter loves it - no problems at all on her MacBook Pro. Plug & Play - that easy. Cant quite give it 5 stars because its still brand new. But so far - so great!

Returning mine today. WD took over a week to send the booster cable, and that didnt work any better. I can only assume the drive is defective, since the USB ports are working with other devices. Dont know if this is an iMac thing or not, but I need this for archiving and cannot consider it reliable. === Just received this drive and could not install it. Turns out that the power required is more than my older iMac puts out. Customer service at WD promptly offered to send a power boost cable (gratis), which apparently is a two-headed USB cable, that is, take up two USB ports on the iMac. Luckily I have two available. Otherwise I would have to get a power USB hub -- or return it and buy an external desktop HD. Just a warning to other users of older computers. The WD site itself mentions some computers may need a booster cable and offers a part number, but doesnt actually sell one as far as I can tell.

I needed a good backup drive to protect my data. I found this to be reliable and easy to use. I back up my computer every night and it does the job well.