Western Digital 1TB My Book Mac Edition USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

by Western Digital

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001O1MKPC
• Item model number: WDH1U10000AN
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 17, 2008

Product Description

They're your photos, your music, your videos, your important files. Make extra room for them and keep them safe on a My Book Mac Edition USB 2.0 external hard drive from WD. This drive is all about simplicity. Plug it into your computer's USB 2.0 port and start saving. It's so simple and integrated that the drive even turns on and off with your computer. With just the essential features for add-on storage it's perfect for all your precious digital assets.

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't be easier!, March 30, 2009

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D. Ramos "PC Soprano" (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Paired with Apple's Time Machine backup software (which is part of the current OS X.5 operating system), backup are a breeze! I bought this to use with my MacBook which lives in the living room most of the time but does move around. When I want to run a backup, I just plug in the USB cable from the hard drive to my Mac and the rest is automatic. If you would be using this with a desktop model, you could leave it connected all the time. I just hook it up every few days and it backs up everything that's changed on my computer. (Also, part of the great thing about Time Machine is that it keeps more than just the most recent backup. It keeps all the past backups as well until you start running out of space.)

Also, this drive is whisper quiet which is great since I keep it in the living room. Don't notice it at all!

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Set Up, Somewhat Slower, April 23, 2009

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J. Wild (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews
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Setup: VERY easy. Hook up power source and USB, and then drag the files/folders I want backed up and drop them on top of the My Book icon on the desktop. And that's it! With Time Machine, it backs up regularly on its own and is working pretty quietly.

Aesthetic: Small, does not take up much desk space at all. Sleek. I like the narrow white/light blue activity light. The drive also shuts off when the computer shuts off/goes to sleep, which is a) an energy saver and b) prevents the light from glowing at night when I am sleeping.

Value: 1 TB for $119 and pre-formatted for Mac? Waaaaay better than Time Machine, which is both a hard drive and a wireless router. Why pay for a wireless router when I already have one?

Con: I am on OSX 10.5 with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 1 GB of memory in a MacBook Pro. The *only* complaint so far: my computer slows down a bit when the automatic back ups run sometimes. I may get the pinwheel for 3-10 seconds, especially when I am switching between applications. I usually have no more than 2-5 apps running at once. But nothing freezes up or crashes. Just slows a bit.

Besides that, highly recommend for ease of setup and seamless use with Time Machine.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, March 30, 2009

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M. Wood - See all my reviews
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It literally took under a minute to set it up out of the box, and it syncs perfectly with time machine! So far, I have had no problems with it. I would definitely recommend this if you have a lot of movies or large programs that slow your mac down that you want easy access to.