WD4TB My Passport Portable SSD, External NVMe Solid State Drive, USB-C, up to 1050 MB/s, Works with PC, Xbox and Playstation, 2-meters drop resistance, Space Grey

best hard drive ever: lightweight, beautiful design, small, powerful, fast

I connected the ssd drive to my laptop to use Time Machine, backup software. After TM did the formatting, it was ready for backup. Initially, I had some trouble restarting Time Machine and connecting to ssd so I had to reboot the laptop to get it to work again. However, once it began backing up, it was impressively fast—160 GB in just an hour. The drive did become quite hot during the process, which is a bit concerning. Overall, I'm pleased with its performance, but I'm worried about potential mounting issues or damage due to the heat it generates.

Great product with an incredibly compact design.

It's amazing how much storage can be compressed into such a small space! Every time I buy external storage it comes in a smaller package. I've loaded it with a lot of data, it's in use every day, and there is no evidence of any faults. Perfectly adequate speed for everyday use. Comes with a very short USB-C to USB-C cable.

A large memory in a small and portable unit similar in size to an iPhone.I bought this unit to replace an obsolete WD product. Backup WD software already installed in my Mac works seamlessly. The hardware and your files can be password protected incase the unit is lost or stolen, or you have an option to recognise your computer automatically whilst locking if attached to another computer.Overall good value and very compatible with my Apple network.

We were recommended to purchase a WD 1TB My Passport Portable SSD, External NVMe Solid State Drive, USB-C, up to 1050 MB/s, Works with PC,This we could order off Amazon.This would allow us to automatically back up the required programs each week at a certain time.When it arrived we plugged it in and followed the instructions, to set it up.Unfortunately it did not back up the programs that we were using.However I contacted WD. I had to fill a lot of information on their site before we could get to the problem. (Which I realised why later)After which I was amazed that I had a phone call from them.With his help we cleared everything I had done and started again. The guy was very patience and talked me through how to set it up and more. I checked the day after it was set the backup, which it hadHe followed it up with an email a few days later to see if all was ok, which it had.I recommend this product and the support which I received was brilliant.Tremendous service/support.

I ordered this Western Digital product, having bought others of good quality made by them. I was very disappointed because it immediately malfunctioned when I tried to format it in Mac-OS journaled, one of the file formats which is best for Macs. Whatever the design of this device, it should have been able to cope with this. I know of no other storage device which cannot manage being formatted in this way. After it failed its formatting, it was no longer recognised and was useless. I don't know if the original FAT32 format is more useful for other applications (I have never used it) and maybe, in hindsight, I should not have tried to re-format the drive, but I do not remember any advice of this type on the description. Next time I will make sure I only buy drives pre-formatted for Macs. Western Digital do make these, and I will stick to them in future.

Works as it should. Recommended