Western Digital yesterday refreshed its popular portable and desktop hard drive range with a more colorful line-up and increased capacities.
As part of a 'reimagined' design that WD says better reflects how data is now 'much more of a personal commodity', the company's portable USB 2.0/3.0 My Passport drives are available in six vivid colors – Black, Yellow, Red, White, Orange and Blue. The Black color is available pre-formatted for Mac systems, while all the others need reformatting to HFS + Journaled Mac to work with Apple hardware.
The My Passport drives can be had in 1TB ($79.99), 2TB ($94.99), 3TB ($129.99), and 4TB ($139.99) storage capacities.
Meanwhile, the company's redesigned My Book USB 3.0 desktop storage solution will soon be available in 3TB ($129.99), 4TB ($129.99?), 6TB ($199.99), and 8TB ($249.99) capacities, and is compatible with Mac and Windows systems out of the box.
All the WD drives come with an Auto backup schedule feature as part of the Time Machine-compatible WD Backup software, as well as password protection, 256-bit AES hardware encryption tools, and a two-year warranty.
In conjunction with the new HD drives, for the first time Western Digital also announced a range of internal SSD drives for desktop and laptop PC computers.
As part of a 'reimagined' design that WD says better reflects how data is now 'much more of a personal commodity', the company's portable USB 2.0/3.0 My Passport drives are available in six vivid colors – Black, Yellow, Red, White, Orange and Blue. The Black color is available pre-formatted for Mac systems, while all the others need reformatting to HFS + Journaled Mac to work with Apple hardware.
The My Passport drives can be had in 1TB ($79.99), 2TB ($94.99), 3TB ($129.99), and 4TB ($139.99) storage capacities.
Meanwhile, the company's redesigned My Book USB 3.0 desktop storage solution will soon be available in 3TB ($129.99), 4TB ($129.99?), 6TB ($199.99), and 8TB ($249.99) capacities, and is compatible with Mac and Windows systems out of the box.
All the WD drives come with an Auto backup schedule feature as part of the Time Machine-compatible WD Backup software, as well as password protection, 256-bit AES hardware encryption tools, and a two-year warranty.
In conjunction with the new HD drives, for the first time Western Digital also announced a range of internal SSD drives for desktop and laptop PC computers.
WD 2TB My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive, USB-C/USB-A - WDBLPG0020BBK-WESE 4.2 out of 5 stars 165. WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive and Auto Backup Software The My Passport portable hard drive is trusted to store the massive amounts of photos, videos and music you love. The My Passport portable drive is trusted to store the massive amounts of photos, videos and music you love. Available in an array of vibrant, fun colors, the sleek style fits comfortably in the palm of your hand, so you can easily take your treasured content everywhere you go.
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- WD Backup
- File Size: 7.11 MB
Version: 1.9.7117
Release Date: 08/05/2019|Release NotesDescription
WD Backup is an easy-to-use backup application. It automatically protects your files, photos and documents with on premise backups to a WD drive as primary storage. Off-premise backups to a cloud as secondary storage for disaster recovery purpose.Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 10
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
Instructions
Unzip the file into a folder and double click the .exe file to install - WD Drive Utilities for Windows
- File Size: 15.5 MB
Version: 2.0.0.63
Release Date: 08/05/2019|Release NotesDescription
This installer - WD Drive Utilities and WD Security, are contained within the WD Drive Utilities and the WD Security zip files and installs custom Western Digital software for WD USB and FireWire enabled external hard drives under Macintosh computers.Supported Operating Systems
- Windows Vista (32 & 64 bit)
- Windows 7 (32 & 64bit)
- Windows 8 (32 & 64bit)
- Windows 8.1 (32 & 64bit)
- Windows 10
Instructions
Unzip the file into a folder and double click the .exe file to install - WD Security for Windows
- File Size: 14.6 MB
Version: 2.0.0.63
Release Date: 08/05/2019|Release NotesDescription
This installer - WD Drive Utilities and WD Security, are contained within the WD Drive Utilities and the WD Security zip files and installs custom Western Digital software for WD USB and FireWire enabled external hard drives under Macintosh computers.Supported Operating Systems
- Windows Vista (32 & 64 bit)
- Windows 7 (32 & 64bit)
- Windows 8 (32 & 64bit)
- Windows 8.1 (32 & 64bit)
- Windows 10
Instructions
Unzip the file into a folder and double click the .exe file to install