Customer Ratings & Reviews

The only item that I would change on the drive would be to put the "on" light on the front of the casing. Otherwise the drive is perfect and super easy to use.

We really like the small size and ease-of-use of this hard drive. We have several WD hard drives and will continue to buy as needed.

Love this drive. I didn’t even realize it was USB-C until I got it. I’m glad peripheral makers are finally jumping on board the USB-C bandwagon. It’s much better than the existing USB format and almost all of my devices within the past 2 years have a port. It does include a USB-C to USB-A adapter in case you need to use it on an older computer. 4TB of storage is overkill for most people, you could easily backup your computer and store much more on it at the same time. Definitely the best feature of this drive is the built-in hardware encryption. Without it, anyone could plug in your drive and view all of your personal files. Having it built into the hardware allows you to have security without the performance hit that you get with software encryption. It’s also super easy to use, just plug in the drive, install the WD Secure software, and click the option to set a password. It will even work on PCs without WD Secure installed by launching a special virtual disc that will allow you to unlock your drive. As a bonus, it includes an NTFS driver and the WD Secure software to allow your encrypted drive to work on macOS also! However, on macOS Mojave (the latest) you will need to contact the vendor of the driver to get the latest version. The one included on my drive did not support Mojave. Works great with the latest version though! Unfortunately I don’t think Linux users will be able to take advantage of the hardware encryption features but the drive should work just fine without security if you format it for a Linux based file system. Pros Metal build USB-C! 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption Mac or Windows Compatibility Includes Backup Software Includes USB-C to USB-A adapter. 3 Year Warranty Cons: No Linux Compatibility (for hardware encryption)

Excellent product, have used WD items before and always had good luck with them

Does what it's supposed to do. Storage is no problem. Wish there were additional in store options but made it work.

It's a 4 star because it was a little more expensive than what I wanted in a 4TB external. I bought it anyway because it was at a time when HHD's were hard to come by due to the pandemic.

I purchased this product for extra storage on my computer. It seamlessly operates with the computer and the backup software works flawlessly.

Out of the box, this item was properly formatted and offered with a suite of applications to enhance and maintain its reliability.

One of my big problems with a lot of these portable drives is that they slide around or are so light that the cord can move it. This one is well with and doesn't slide around. It boots up quickly and quietly.

Very nice product. Everyone loves this product. Would tell everyone

works perfect on ps5 only on ps4 games not ps5 because is designed only for old hardware not ssd wish it is lol

Got this drive last year almost to the day, and found out it no longer works today. Do not recommend.

Sleek and easy to carry. Price was reasonable. No concerns

Good speed, 106m/s on old win 7 PC. Used it to backup data.but only lasted 20 days. Drive failed, returned and got my book

The drive works perfectly. I bought it due to the security feature of being able to lock it. Although I thought it could work with MACs too, but the MAC can only read from it, not write to it. Still a great drive.

Needed this for my work. Great for storing lots of data.

It seems to work great. I used it on my Apple MacBookPro as a back up drive for time machine app.

Each WD drive I have ever purchased has worked flawlessly and the built-in encryption is a plus. Very much a fan of WD products.

Good build quality and it seems to work well with my mac book air

This is a great hard drive. I first got the Seagate and it didn’t work out of the box. Should’ve gone with this one from the start.