Expand the storage on your Windows system and back up photos, video, music, and documents using the silver 2TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive from WD. This drive is equipped with 2TB of storage and a USB 3.0 Type-C interface. If your computer 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 Windows, it comes preformatted NTFS for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7. If you happen to work across both Windows and Mac platforms, WD provides a downloadable NTFS driver for macOS, which enables the reading and writing of this My Passport Ultra drive without any reformatting. Or, make it fully Mac compatible with a simple reformat. Thanks to a 256-bit AES hardware encryption chip, your private files are kept more secure.
Jeremy Hilpert (verified owner) –
Apart from additional configuration for Mac OS (not unexpected) the drive is satisfactory. It is a conventional hard drive and not a solid-state drive (SSD). Therefor, it is much larger than a Seagate 2TB drive that I have.
Ignatius Gerlach (verified owner) –
Excellent drive. The software preforms backups and checks the drive.The drive also has a nice look to it.
Virginie Lebsack (verified owner) –
The 2x 2TB kit drives are the perfect solution for my archive needs. I use 1 for complete backups of 500GB main drive (SSD) and 1TB internal HDD; the other for ongoing photo and document backups. Along with an ongoing 4TB “live” backup of whole system these drives complete a reasonable backup strategy. These drives are really fast and have included USB 3.0 cables.
Petra Tromp (verified owner) –
I Google searched and amazon shopped for a 1.5 TB hard drive and B&H had the best deal. The product is great. I’ve backed up two computers and a dropbox account into one centralized area. I’ll be using this device for backups and general storage for years. The order was quick, easy and I could login using my Google+ account, there was no mistake on my identity. Great Experience.
Camryn Rau (verified owner) –
It’s great! I would recommend.
Kimberly Davis (verified owner) –
A great backup system with easy to use backup software. Purchased for my freshman son in college. A family friend, who was a senior in college, had their laptop stolen a few months ago. Buying a new laptop was easy. Her biggest issue was losing all her personal documents (notes, research papers) and electronic textbooks. The ebooks were expensive to replace and the lost notes were irreplaceable. We decided to purchase our son a backup system that was easy to use. The WD Passport Ultra allows you to set a schedule for backup (set it and forget it). Ten minutes after opening, my son had his backup scheduled. You can also use the cloud. Compatible with USB 3.0, file transfer appeared very quick (backward compatible with USB 2.0 too). It fits into a shirt pocket so my son had no problem slipping it into a pocket in his backpack. It also came with a pouch to protect the unit. Overall, a great backup option for someone who values their files.
Edwardo Douglas (verified owner) –
very good product, stable and the mailing service is excellent.
Louisa Fritsch (verified owner) –
I bought this as a project drive. I have 3 active projects on the drive. I usually get drives with multiple ports incase something happens, but all of the Passport drives I’ve owned, I’ve never had that problem. They are fast to load onto a computer, I can edit 4K ProRes without proxy’s.
Arely Douglas (verified owner) –
I love the Passport Utra models. Compact and fast for data back-up.
Jody Aufderhar (verified owner) –
I erased/reformatted the drive when I got it, works fine with my Mac. The data transfer speed is good, and it is bus powered (less cables!). Good for in office backups, and it’s a perfect size to stuff into a safe deposit box for offsite storage. But for travel, I prefer the Ultra Metal Edition of this drive.
Mauricio Dietrich (verified owner) –
. I have at least 5 of these hard drive. Plug it and you are ready to go. Dependable
Leopoldo Torphy (verified owner) –
very compact , mobile and fast.
Doris Schiller (verified owner) –
performs as advertised. haven’t had it long but used it extensively & have had no issues. fast!
Raheem Strosin (verified owner) –
Iuse it to save my pictures and my entire music collection also is fast and quiet.
Audra Aufderhar (verified owner) –
USB 3.0, and 2TB – what else can you ask for. This external is great for the price along with the free cloud software (I don’t use this but it is nice for those who might need it). I would highly recommend this external.
Aiden Abshire (verified owner) –
Nothing to say. Free. Still in the box
Missouri Pollich (verified owner) –
This is like my fourth drive. It performs as advertised. Like with my other drives first thing I do is to reformat it with exfat file system: can use it with Mac and Windows computers. Only ‘negative’ thing that I can say is that the connection cable that comes with it is too short …you can’t even sit the disc either on the floor or on top of the tower …I guess for laptop use the length would be. Still, five stars. Buy a case to carry it around.
Marquis Bergstrom (verified owner) –
Fast transfer, small size, large capacity.
Alene Feeney (verified owner) –
This hard drive has been very useful and reliable. I use it for my PC and it works excellently.
Tillman Upton (verified owner) –
Amazed at the form factor and performance. Able to play HD videos with no issues. Solid construction and quality all around.