WD 4TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive for Mac (Silver)
$97.49
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Description
Expand the storage on your Mac and back up photos, video, music, and documents using the silver 4TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive from WD. This drive is equipped with 4TB 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.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.73 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 6.3 × 4.1 × 1.6 in |
| Storage Capacity | 4 TB |
| Connection Interface | 1 x USB 3.2 / USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB Type-C) |
| Read Speed | Maximum: 480 MB/s |
| Pre-Format | HFS+ |
| Encryption | 256-Bit AES |
| Internal Interface | SATA (Unspecified) |
| Type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Security Features | None |
| Power Source | USB Bus Power |
| Material | Steel |
| Cooling System | Passive |
| Certifications | NRCAN, RoHS, as per Manufacturer |
| Operating Temperature | 41 to 95°F / 5 to 35°C |
| Storage Temperature | -4 to 149°F / -20 to 65°C |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 4.3 x 3.2 x 0.8" / 110.0 x 81.5 x 21.1 mm |
Reviews (1311)
1311 reviews for WD 4TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive for Mac (Silver)
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Otis Rodriguez (verified owner) –
I bought this to keep backups of my document, photo and music files in a safe location. I’ve used the 500 GB and 1 TB versions successfully, and this one works just as well.
Rod Hettinger (verified owner) –
After trying many, many external drives from multiple brands over the years, I’ve settled on these WD drives as the most reliable, easiest to handle drives for external backups. They *just work*. I purchased the larger 2TB model to serve as an external Time Machine backup for a Macbook Pro laptop with a 500GB internal drive.
Jewel Bartell (verified owner) –
Great website, very easy to use. Fantastic prices on great products. Shipping to Australia is very reasonable and very fast. Already backed up my entire photos library with the passport ultra. Love it! Thanks B&H!!!!
Reyes Baumbach (verified owner) –
I filled almost the entire drive without mishap, about 3.5TB of data. Ran warm (not hot to touch), no noise. No problems. I have 8 x 2TB My Passport Ultra drives with no problems. I expect this 4TB drive to be have no problems as well. That said, while transferring data, it seemed slower than previous 2TB My Passport Ultra drives, so I did a very informal copying test. 2TB My Passport Ultra (older drive): Ext HD to internal HD: 100MB/s (read speed) internal HD to Ext HD: 60MB/s (write speed) 4TB My Passport Ultra (drive I just bought): Ext HD to internal HD: 70MB/s (read speed) internal HD to Ext HD: 37MB/s (write speed) So, while the 4TB drive is still plenty fast, it is significantly slower than the 2TB drive. If storage capacity and reliability are top priorities, it’s a good unit for the price. If you’re counting on the speed, then the 2TB drive is a clear winner.
Winnifred Padberg (verified owner) –
I own multiple of these drives and use them for video editing. They aren’t the fastest drives in the world but serve their purpose well. I will continue buying these until I find a better value. The wires have a tendency to go bad which makes you think the drive is failing but if you switch a different USB cable it seems to be fine.
Merritt Langosh (verified owner) –
Works as described for fast backing files
Isaias Boehm (verified owner) –
It work perfectly as a back up disk drive 🙂
Kayley Nitzsche (verified owner) –
Using this to back up video during location production. Heavier than I expected. Non deluxe enclosure, but who cares? Nice to have color coordinated pares for original and back-up.
Natasha Mills (verified owner) –
The drive is fast. The price and free shipping were great. Excellent deal. Thank you B&H.
Camden Pagac (verified owner) –
I bought two of these because they were on sale. For the price, they are not bad hard drives.
Maverick Little (verified owner) –
Love it! Perfect for extra storage.
Dawson Kirlin (verified owner) –
I needed an external hard drive so this has worked about well.
Quinton Lemke (verified owner) –
i use this to backup my photos Easy t use and very solid
Darwin Lindgren (verified owner) –
I use it mostly for backup and for travel. Stores thousand of photo and videos.
Kristoffer Wunsch (verified owner) –
Excelent product; it fulfill my expectation.
Josie Bosco (verified owner) –
I used this simply to transfer footage and pictures to a client at an event. Extremely quick transfer on USB 3.0 and great for the price.
Johnny Kertzmann (verified owner) –
This is a very large capacity backup drive for an economical price at B&H. It is easy to install and use. But the WD backup doesn’t seem to back up new or changed files into the designated folder. So to ensure that everything is backed up,. I manually highlight the files and copy them to the backup drive folder, then I do some spot checks to make sure they copied. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong, or perhaps there is an issue with the WD backup software.
Lenna Nicolas (verified owner) –
Worked as advertised straight out of the box. I was looking for an external drive with at least 4TB storage (this has 5TB) that would interface with the Thunderbolt interface on my iMac 2020 and this fit the bill.
Kaleigh Zboncak (verified owner) –
I have used WD HDD for the past 30 years, depending on the workstation and what I used the workstation for, I will get their RED/BLUE/BLACK/GREEN for server series or I used the Passport model for on/off-site for clients when I need to bring in the module I am deploying. WD HDD – depending on the model have a 1-3 year warranty and I love the fact it is literally plug ‘n play. I wish they had more colors as I color-code my workstations and the visual helps identify an external HDD with it’s paired workstation.
Emmie Harber (verified owner) –
Purchased this due to the great price and the nice small size. Works well so far!