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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 1156 reviews

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  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    harddrive

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

    nice and fast hard drive. i highly recommend this.

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

    Great!

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

    It has worked amazing with helping me back up files!

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

    Xbox one

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

    I use it for my Xbox one. Works so far no issues and easy added storage.

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

    Small, fast, affordable

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

    I've had several external drives, but this one is my favorite. Although it's a 2.5" drive, it is plenty fast, frequently surpassing 100 mb/sec transfer speed for large files. The included encryption is a nice bonus for protecting sensitive files. Highly recommend.

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

    What I wanted in external drive

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

    Needed external drive, this one fit the bill. Capacity I was looking for.

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

    Storage

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

    Works fine for my purposes. Has enough speed to copy things around.

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

    A fine hard drive for Mac

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

    The hard drive works exactly as I hoped it would, as I partitioned it and have half of it for Time Machine and the other half for hard backups and storage. My only complaint with it is that you have to download a special add-on for it to work with Time Machine. It's not a big deal in the long run, but it's a little strange that a hard drive with a USB-C plug requires additional content to work.

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

    I like it

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

    Backed up all my crap so when my computer died I didn’t lose everything again

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

    Passport External Storage

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

    Great for storage! Super fast loading, uploading, & file review - no issues.

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

    External Hard Drive

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

    I can’t really say because it didn’t work for my intended purpose. I figure it’s was me and or my equipment at fault.

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

    Easy setup

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

    Easy to use plug and play setup needed one quickly and chose this device

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

    I buy ‘em a handful at a time!

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

    Works great! I’m a photographer and videographer and these help to not fill my computer’s hard drive. I buy them a handful at a time.

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

    Works as expected

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

    Nice compact package. Need more characters for a review

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

    Good quality

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

    This came in excellent conditions, this was really helpful to me and my computer since I needed space ASAP. Thank you.

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

    Solid so far

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    So far so good, I downgraded from a desktop to a notebook with an expandable hard drive. I hope it works for years to come.

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

    External Hard Drive

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

    Good price for lots of memory. But this review thing is irritating. Wont let you just leave a couple of words.

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

    Fine

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

    Works well does the job reliable easy to ship I like it will buy more

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

    Decent Hard Drive

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

    This hard drive is sleek and available for decent value.

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

    Storage back up

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

    This product saved my files, it was a good purchase. I am glad I have it.

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

    Don't purchase for Time Machine Backups

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

    I purchased this to do Time Machine backups on my MacBook Air running MacOS Ventura. When set up for backups, Time Machine formatted it APFS. The drive works, but will not spin down and shut off when ejected. Even after disappearing from Finder, there is disk activity on the drive and the LED is blinking. Neither WD nor Apple has a clue but if I reformat it as MacOS Extended I can copy files to and from it and it ejects every time without a problem. You cannot use MacOS Extended for Time Machine. It must be an APFS volume.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend