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Model:
WDBCTL0040HWT-NESN
SKU:
2832018
Your price for this item is $179.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars with 1848 reviews

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  • Ease of Use

    Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars

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88%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers find value in the My Cloud 4TB External Hard Drive's ease of use, large storage capacity, and relatively quick setup. Positive feedback also highlights its performance, remote access capabilities, and competitive price. However, some users experienced challenges with the software and interface, suggesting areas for improvement. The instructions could also benefit from greater clarity and detail.

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The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome storage space

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was a great purchase. It was well worth the money and has so much storage.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love the personal Cloud

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great for pictures, music and videos without having to pay for more memory!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good Product for older iMac

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have an older iMac, 2007 version and runs Safari 10.6.8, and it works great.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this back up all of my Apple computers and so far it works great!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Tricky to set up, but great drive overall. Compatible with everything in our house

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Cloud on my network

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This has given me a place to put all media and computer backups in one place.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love the idea of having all that storage

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I haven't had a lot of time to load much on there but the software was so easy to upload.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to use, easy to download to, nice screen, big letters on the keyboard

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Network Drive Works Great!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have used this drive for a few weeks and it has worked great for my needs.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great for home network

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    was easy to set up and move all my stuff to. easy access from any device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love the storage

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy backup Huge storage capacity Room for all our music, photos and videos!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is one of the best tings I have bought I use it to stream my movies

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Setup

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Anyone can setup very easy

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great product plug it in setup passwords and you have your own home cloud.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Drive is everything that was expected. Setup was quick and easy. Plenty of storage space.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    good NAS drive but some options can be improved

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    requires a bit of technical knowledge to configure. read and write speeds are a little slow. sleep mode function appears to be a bit buggy as it does not always go to sleep mode and there is no setting option to customize it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Nice device but software needs some work.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I rate the WDMyCloud NAS 3.5 stars, to be exact.... I got it to replace my aging Apple Time Capsule and it works just fine with Time Machine and Windows File History. Separating your router and storage drives is always a better idea. However, the WD Sync app, which is supposed to make this device function like Dropbox, is FAR from prime-time. It misses files that are supposed to be sync'd, it gets stuck mid-sync job and it isn't as intuitive as Dropbox is, so be prepared for some headache. Having said that, i still think its a cool concept and worth the effort if you're willing to invest the time.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for storing everything on your devices

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy acess to all of your files. A great way to back up all your files.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Backup drive for PC. Includes SW, security, etc. Easy to install and use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Meh

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It's slow, it doesn't update it's index well and there's no way to load it via USB. Also, after a few movies via DNLA, all the thumbnails are for some random movie

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works well

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice item to keep all your files in one location. Would highly recommended.

    I would recommend this to a friend