Western Digital Passport Portable WDMEA5000AN

Manufacturer: Western Digital My Passport for Mac 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDMEA5000AN (Black/Silver)
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List Price: $139.99
Amazon Price: $109.00
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Product Description

With a sleek black and silver design that fits smoothly in your hand and pocket, the elegant little My Passport for Mac portable USB hard drive from Western Digital has mega-capacity for all your digital content. Formatted for Macintosh, this stylish portable hard drive is perfect for Mac users on the go. Use it to pack up your office files and take them home, carry thousands of songs or pictures and back up your Mac laptop using Apple Time Machine. Because the drive is powered directly through the USB cable, there is no power adapter to carry.

Product Features

Mac formatted HFS+
USB powered
Compatible with Apple Time Machine
Carrying important files between work and home or on the road
Backing up photos, music, video, or any files

Customer Reviews

WD 500GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive for Mac (Black/Silver)

Review Date: June 15, 2009

Reviewer: D. Nunnally (Los Angeles, CA USA)

I really love it!! Not only does it feel like I have an endless amount of space, but it was also so easy to set up! Just hook up to your computer and follow the directions. Everything that I was looking for in a Portable Hard Drive!!

Got a Mac? get a WD

Review Date: November 7, 2009

Reviewer: Syed Wasi (New York, USA)

Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) I am not a WD promoter, i like all good makes, WD/ Hitachi/ Transcend.

Recently i bought a MBP 13″ aluminum, and wanted to get a external drive for time machine backup.The good thing about wd passport is that they are really portable and easy to carry in your pockets/coats.

This thing works like a charm, the advantage of buying a Mac formatted drive is that you dont need to go through the Disk Utility/ or reformatting as HFS+, but otherwise else its the same as buying a normal WD passport drive.

Usually the wd passport with the firewire i/f costs more, but even USB is good enough unless you’r like moving huge video/audio files etc.

Great purchase, and no regrets! wd rocks.

Doesn’t work well on older Macs!!

Review Date: August 11, 2009

Reviewer: Fly Fisher (NJ)

I was prepared to love everything about this product as friends have raved about how compact and easy it is to use, but if you have an older Mac, you will have problems powering the device from the older USB port. I bought a number of different powered USB port devices but it still did not work. Every now and then it would show up on in my Finder screen but the it would drop off just as quickly. All I can say is be very careful with this device if your trusting your precious data with it (another words beware!!)

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