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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 852 reviews

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96%would recommend to a friend

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Customers regard the My Passport for Mac hard drive favorably, particularly praising its ease of use, ample storage capacity, and reliable performance. Many appreciate its compact size and consider it good value for the price. While some users found the instructions unclear, the overall experience is overwhelmingly positive. The USB connectivity is generally well-received, functioning as expected for most users.

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  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    MacBook Pro

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It's a great machine, but I received it with one of the four USB-C ports not working. Bummer.

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

    A bit cumbersome

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

    It works but it’s not user friendly. I had to work with Mac tech support to set it up.

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

    Nice looking product, small package

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I didn't think it was an easy to use, intuitive, design and connection process.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Works great

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Was purchased in a pinch works fine not sure it’s worth the price I paid.

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

    My Passport

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased the wrong thing. We didn't realize that it was for Mac.

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

    Basic

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It seems to be doing the trick, but it is just back up.

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

    So far so good.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Difficult to figure out but hope it has backed up all my stuff.

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

    When it works it's fine

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this for my iMac and I have constant problems when using it with Time Machine. Backups fail constantly and I haven't been able to resolve the issues yet. This replaced an old Seagate drive with which I never had any problems. I won't be buying another WD drive.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Really I don’t know at this point.

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

    I will know when a problem raise and a back up will needed!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not as indicated

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

    I purchased this product because I needed space on my Mac. This product didn't work for me. Firs there was no instruction on how to use it so I had to go on Youtube to get instruction on installiation; than after having to wait four hours for download, got error message that I neededmore space eventhough thos product states there are 1TB of space. Product did not allowed for selection of specific items/data I wanted to save to allow space on Mac. I attempted to returned it, with the change from Best Buy card to the Bet Buy Visa card, elite status was removed without prior knowledge, so I am now stuck with a product I cannot use.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Hard to judge

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

    Bought because my girlfriends macbook was getting full. Not as easy as just copying files over, need to format it correctly etc. not the Passbooks fault but makes the product more advanced to use.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Had a high amount of sector errors after a year

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was the first WD External Hard Drive I've had that had issues after a year of use as a Time Machine Backup drive. Sadly for me after a year passed, I ran DriveDx and noticed that the reallocated sector count was showing failing sectors. So...I erred on the side of caution, got a 512GB SSD for my new mac mini and use that as a daily backup. So yeah...I might not be buying WD My Passport drives in the future. Their other brands are fine though.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Fair/poor quality

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Below average quality and performance. Spend the extra money and buy Lacie or G Drives. Take it from a pro, these are garbage.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Not what I expected

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

    Bought this hoping to back up my older macbook pro. Unfortunately it can only be used with the latest version, so not really useful to me.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Good price but not impressed

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Found this on sale but was not impressed with its performance. Returned and bought a Glyph Dive instead.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Loud

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Data won’t encrypted do not recommend. Transfers at a slow paced compare to an older model

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    It's ok, does the job

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

    This hard drive is okay. It works well. Sometimes is doesn't seem to sync with my Mac

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    External Hard Drive

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

    Despite the assurances of the salesman that all I had to do was plug this in, that was not true. This is a very unfriendly user device. I had to keep changing my password. I still have no idea if anything got backed up or not. I won't try to attach it again. If I still had my receipt, I would take it back.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Okay

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

    For 20 bucks more just get the 2tb. Otherwise this one works just fine.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Just too hard to setup

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

    Pain-in-the butt to setup. Probably going to fail like the last two WD - My Passport for Mac devices I purchased. No idea what I was thinking when I bought another one.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend