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Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Silver)

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Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Silver)

(80 customer reviews)

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Features

Maximum capacity
Compatible with Apple Time Machine
Hardware encryption, password protection
Automatic, continuous, visual backup

Description

Maximum capacity for your Mac.

Designed for Mac, this sleek, portable drive now features more capacity than ever to store all the important memories of your digital life. It's also compatible with Apple Time Machine and includes password protection and hardware encryption.

Maximum capacity
Only a few millimeters thicker to accommodate our highest capacity mobile drives. Plenty of room for all your creative files.

Mac-ready
Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™ this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users.

Password protection
An extra level of security with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

Features at a glance

Maximum capacity

Compatible with Apple® Time Machine™

WD SmartWare visual backup software

Password protection and hardware-based encryption

3-year limited warranty

Maximum capacity. Maximum style. - Store all your favorite videos, music, photos, and important files. Although it’s still sleek and compact, it’s ideal for storing the large files of creative professionals.

Designed for Mac - Formatted for Mac® and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-a

nd-play ready for Mac computer users.

Drive lock - Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

WD SmartWare™ - See your life safe in one place.

See your backup as it happens - Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content in categories and show the progress of your backup.

Protect your data automatically - Relax. Your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file.

Bring back lost files effortlessly - Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you’ve lost all your data or just overwritten an important file.

Take control - Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center.

Ideal for

Extra storage for your creative files and important data

Protecting your data with automatic, continuous backup

Retrieving lost data effortlessly

Securing private or sensitive data

Using with Mac and Apple Time Machine

What's in the box
Ultra-portable hard drive, WD SmartWare software, USB cable, Quick Install Guide.

Compatibility
Formatted HFS+ Journaled, Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™.
Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.

Product Details

Product Length:	4.3 inches
Product Width:	3.2 inches
Product Height:	0.7 inches
Product Weight:	0.42 pounds
Package Length:	7.0 inches
Package Width:	6.1 inches
Package Height:	2.0 inches
Package Weight:	0.45 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 80 reviews

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 3.5

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63 of 68 found the following review helpful:

So small, yet so big in storage Jul 08, 2010 By Craig Frooninckx
Upon arrival, it came in such a small box that I thought it was something else. How can 1 TB be in such a small devise? I'm not sure, but it's there. And it's great that it runs off of USB power, it doesn't require a separate power source like other external hard-drives. Plugged it in to my Mac, started loading it up with pictures, movies and songs and performance was great. This is what plug and play was meant to be.

48 of 51 found the following review helpful:

Great portable drive for your Mac Jun 21, 2010 By Sheri Fogarty
I've been using a Lacie drive for a few years now with my Mac. I use Time Machine to keep regular back-ups. Time Machine is great as it reminds you when you haven't backed up for 10 days and it only backs up changes so after the first back-up, it's pretty quick.

My Lacie drive is getting full and I've been looking around for a replacement so I was thrilled to get a chance to review this for Vine. It's a one Terabyte drive and weighs only 6.7 ounces. And it's small too! 4.3 x 3.2 x 0.7 inches. It could easily fit in your purse or laptop bag.

My previous drive is a Firewire drive which is quicker then USB, but it's also MUCH bigger and not easily portable. I did my regular back-up on Time Machine on my old drive and then selected 'switch drive' and selected the My Passport icon. There was no initial set-up needed and it backed up almost 400 G of data in under seven hours - I left it overnight the first time and when I woke-up it was done. It works great with Time Machine so you can retrieve your data easily by date or all at once.

There is included softwear for smart back-up and storage but as I use Time Machine already I didn't need it to back up my computer. I will update this review if I try it as it does have some interesting features such as backing up on the spot whenever you add or change a file. You can also lock and password protect the drive as well.

Pros:
Small size.
Easy to carry around.
Large Capacity.
Plug and play for Mac and Time Machine.

Cons:
USB is somewhat slower to back-up then Firewire drives.

We've used Western Digital drives before and have found them to be very reliable. A great, small ultra portable drive for your Mac. Highly recommended.

54 of 60 found the following review helpful:

SmartWare Software, more like CrapWare Dec 14, 2010 By Cam
It had been a while since I had purchased a WD My Passport drive. Having had a good experience from past WD portable products, I decided to get this as my main backup drive for my MacBook Pro using Time Machine among other things.

I wasn't aware about this SmartWare software that came with the drive. This is partly my fault for assuming that whatever software that came with it, it could be easily deleted like most other software thrown in portable drives from other manufacturers. This is not the case with WD's SmartWare. It comes in a form of virtual CD (VCD image) on the hard drive.

*** There is no way to remove this and reclaim the 650MB it consumes ***

The only way to kill the annoying pop-up and disk mount when you plug it into your Mac, is to run the configuration utility for it and select, disable from appearing/mounting. You have to download the latest version of the utility, and also the latest firmware for the drive. It felt like a chore, cause I hate installing crap I don't need on my Mac in the first place.

This is pointless in a Mac (considering that this drive is marketed as a Mac drive in the first place), as you will use Time Machine for backups over this crappy utility. I can see this option perhaps useful on a PC and even on a PC, I wouldn't use this myself.

I regret purchasing this and I'm disappointed in WD forcing this to the consumer. At least give us the option to reclaim the space. I know 650MB isn't that big of an impact on a 1TB drive, but that's not the point. When you reach the maximum capacity of the TB, you'd be agreeing more and more with this review.

33 of 36 found the following review helpful:

Sleek portable drive with nice silver matte finish Jul 01, 2010 By WriterGirl "WriterGirl"
When I ordered this, I wasn't paying attention. It is for a Mac OS and I have Win 7. When I received it, I went to WD's support page to get the instructions for reformatting this drive. I reformatted it for my system and it works great. I get 930GB after formatting, more than enough storage for my files. I love the elegant silver matte finish. Its size is much smaller than other 1TB external drives and it barely weighs much, so it is truly portable. I have two other WD external portable drives and they have always worked well. I am quite pleased with this product.

14 of 14 found the following review helpful:

NOTE: You do NOT need to install the included software to use this product! Oct 05, 2010 By DNA
I bought WD Passport for Mac 1TB few days ago and I'm loving it! It's so easy to use "caveman can do it"... seriously, you can start using it just by attaching the cord (included in the product) to the drive and your computer and start coping/moving files to the drive. I read some negative reviews about the software (SmartWare) that comes with the drive, but know this... YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL IT TO USE THIS PRODUCT! If you don't like it don't install it, it's that simple (you can uninstall it if you already installed it, go to "Extras" folder in the Smartware VCD and you'll find the uninstall application there). I use the product for backing up files using Time Machine and move files manually from my work laptop. I highly recommend this product.

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