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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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    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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  • Rated 4 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 to back up my photos and other stuff. It works great.

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

    Fulfilled the need

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

    Was looking for a way to back up all of our devices to one source in the most secure way. Still not convinced typical cloud services are as safe as they claim.

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

    Easy to setup

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

    The product worked well with my MAC timemaching wireles backup.

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

    Good hard drive, wish it automatically backed up.

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

    My only complaint is that it doesn't auto back up new media I put on my devices.

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

    Good Product

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

    This is a good product. A bit tricky to figure out your pictures.

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

    Great for backing up data

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

    Great for backing up data from laptop. Data can be sent from laptop via wifi and does not have to directly be connected to save files into My Cloud Hard Drive

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

    Great for backing up phones.

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

    Recently had my phone stolen but everything was backed up with this.

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

    ONLY works with wireless...

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

    I purchased this hoping for a wireless and USB option but it wasn't there.. still seems like a good product if wireless connection is your only concern.

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

    Easy setup and use

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

    Really easy to follow directions and set up. Backed up computer and phones. Easy to transfer data between devices. Great price for the amount of storage.

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

    Good product

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

    It is working well. I'm saving all my information in this device

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

    Seems to solve my media consolidation issues.

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

    This seems to solve my issue of consolidating old media from four different hard drives while allowing the sharing of information with out of state family. So far , so good.

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

    Great Product. Best performance

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

    I love WD. I had a Passport 1TB which works great. Now, with the My Cloud, it is even better. Great experience backing up things on fly instanteneously.

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

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Slows down over time

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

    The MyCloud was pretty good when I first purchased it, but after a year it started slowing down. Connection times are so bad now that my Mac can't event connect TimeMachine for backup. This seems to be a well know problem with these devices. It is very disappointing. I liked the idea of connecting from anywhere from almost any device (Mac, Windows...), it was a great selling point. I recommended these to a number of folks, but now I'm about to get rid of it. Everyone I talked into buying one of these is seeing the same problem(s). WD disks are good, but their software leaves a lot to be desired.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    easy initial setup

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

    trying to figure out how to stream the videos to my android not working yet

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

    Not what I had hoped for but not bad

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

    Salesman told me things that were not true about this device's capabilities and services offered by WD, but it serves my primary purpose of sharing files among our devices and backing them up. Disappointed in the streaming and non availability to Apple TV. iTunes media server works but is kind of clunky

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Superb NAS Device

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

    The best yet of a WD NAS device. The capacity is finally getting to about where it needs to be, but twice the size would be better if you take a lot of photos or videos.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Hard to setup

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

    Hard to setup. Not intuitve at all and the directions are not clear.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Like it

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

    Like having wireless access. Not the easiest to figure out

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

    So far no problems with it.

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

    I like the WD my cloud. It works good for the situation that I have. Both myself and my wife can save out pictures to it.

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

    Awesome

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

    Work like it's suppose to, fast and worryfree. Great stuff

    I would recommend this to a friend