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title: "My Passport Ultra for Mac"
brand: "wd"
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# USB-C ultra-fast interface 4TB massive storage 256-bit AES hardware encryption My Passport Ultra for Mac

**Brand:** wd
**Price:** € 340.28
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 💼 Elevate your Mac storage game with style, speed, and security.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** My Passport Ultra for Mac by wd
- **How much does it cost?** € 340.28 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/102318027-my-passport-ultra-for-mac)

## Best For

- wd enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted wd brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Advanced Security:** Built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection keeps your data fortress-strong.
- • **Sleek Metal Design:** Anodized aluminum finish that complements your Mac’s modern aesthetic.
- • **Cross-Platform Ready:** Works effortlessly with Mac and Windows via included software and HFS+ driver.
- • **Massive 4TB Capacity:** Carry your entire digital life—photos, videos, and work files—wherever you go.
- • **Seamless USB-C Compatibility:** Plug-and-play with the latest Macs plus USB-A adapter for legacy devices.

## Overview

The WD 4TB My Passport Ultra for Mac is a sleek, portable external hard drive featuring a durable anodized metal design, USB-C connectivity with backward compatibility, and a massive 4TB capacity. It offers advanced 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection to safeguard your data, supports both Mac and Windows platforms out of the box, and comes with a 3-year limited warranty for reliable, long-term use.

## Description

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## Features

- Sleek Metal Design Fusing modern, anodized metal and textures, the My Passport Ultra for Mac portable drive matches your personal style and the latest Mac computers
- USB-C Compatible. Featuring USB-C technology, the My Passport Ultra for Mac portable drive delivers quick and easy storage for your Mac, while the included USB-C to USB-A adapter makes sure it’s compatible with older machines.
- High Capacity. With up to 5TB1 of capacity, you have plenty of room to keep your photos, videos, music, and documents with you and in your control, wherever you go.
- Compatible with Mac and Windows. My Passport Ultra for Mac is ready to deliver plug-and-play storage out of the box. With the included software2, you can also work across both Mac and PC. We provide a downloadable HFS+ driver for Windows 10+, to enable you to read and write to your My Passport Ultra for Mac drive without reformatting.
- Password Protection with 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption Built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection helps keep your digital life's contents secure. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password using the included software2 (Windows Only).
- 3-Year Limited Warranty The My Passport Ultra for Mac drive is built using tried and true components for lasting endurance and comes with a 3-year limited warranty to deliver premium storage you can rely on.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Brand | WD |
| Product Dimensions | 11 x 8.2 x 1.27 cm; 231.33 g |
| Item model number | WDBPMV0040BSL-WESN |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Series | My Passport Ultra |
| Colour | Silver |
| Form Factor | Portable |
| RAM Size | 4 TB |
| Hard Drive Size | 4 TB |
| Hard Disk Description | Portable |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB-C |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 5400 RPM |
| Power Source | Hand-operated |
| Hardware Platform | Mac |
| Operating System | Mac reformatting, Windows 7+ |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 231 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |

## Product Details

- **Digital storage capacity:** 4 TB
- **Hard disk interface:** USB-C
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Brand:** WD
- **Special feature:** Portable
- **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard disk description:** Portable
- **Compatible devices:** Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet
- **Installation type:** External Hard Drive
- **Colour:** Silver

## Images

![My Passport Ultra for Mac - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1LDRFOMlPL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color, Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does a cable come with it?**
A: Yes it comes with a very short cable which will connect it to USB (the normal, rectangular kind). Also, know this isn’t the question but FWIW, I’m using it with my Mac PowerBook as a "Time machine" back up, but I had to format it with the disk utility first.

**Q: Could i use a wd usb-c cable with this?**
A: It appears the My Passport and the My Passport Ultra take you to the same Questions and Reviews. Amazon seem to do this a lot and need to fix it. The Ultra supports USB-C (and seems to be more expensive). Check before you click to buy. One last thing, it's not worth paying more for the Mac versions, though you may need to reformat.

**Q: I've a pc and a mac...can i format it in 2 partitions ? one mac formatted and another windows pc formatted ?**
A: This should be possible, though if you want to use the drive with both mac and windows devices you would be better off formatting the partition in exFAT format, which allows both OSX and Windows read and write access.  Of course, this is best done when the drive is new and has no data on it, otherwise you would lose data stored on the device!

**Q: Just took delivery of this for my mac running catalina.. can't import my files(images) from icloud because it keeps asking for social media**
A: It will auto back up all your files on your Mac if you connect to Time Machine, are your files in iCloud different from those on your Mac?

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WD 2TB My Passport for Mac portable external storage, USB 3.0,
*by P***L on 9 September 2024*

5 Stars – Compact, Reliable, and Mac-Ready!I recently purchased the WD 2TB My Passport for Mac, and I couldn't be more pleased with its performance. Here's why I highly recommend it:Pros:Mac Compatibility: This hard drive is truly plug-and-play with Mac devices. It’s already formatted for macOS, and I had no trouble connecting it to my MacBook Pro. It also integrates seamlessly with Time Machine, making backups incredibly easy.Compact Design: The hard drive’s compact size and sleek midnight blue color make it portable and stylish. It easily fits into my bag without taking up much space, perfect for those always on the go.Fast Transfer Speeds: With USB 3.0, transfer speeds are impressive, and I was able to quickly move large files without any hiccups. It has made storing my media files, backups, and work documents effortless.Security Features: The built-in password protection is a great bonus for those who prioritize data security. The included software is easy to use and allows for efficient device management and backup.Storage Capacity: 2TB provides plenty of space, perfect for large files like photos, videos, and design projects. It’s ideal for someone who needs reliable external storage without worrying about running out of space too soon.Cons:Short Cable: The USB cable included is a bit on the short side. If you like to have more flexibility in where you place your drive, you might want to invest in a longer cable.Overall, the WD My Passport for Mac delivers everything I need: speed, security, and reliability in a compact package. Whether you’re using it for daily backups or transferring large media files, this hard drive is a fantastic choice!Would I purchase again ? "yes I would"

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seems very good, so far...
*by E***M on 7 October 2020*

This review is for the My Passport 2 TB standard version (not Ultra) - I just got this drive yesterday, and I'm a bit wary of writing such a positive review so early on, but I know if I don't do it now then I never will and I'll forget all the details. I'll definitely update it if I do start to have any problems with it later though. Be warned - this review might be very long, but there don't seem to be that many reviews of this particular model so I'd like to cover everything that would have been useful to me in case any of it helps anyone else.The reason I went for this particular drive is that I needed a portable drive of at least 2 TB, but wanted it to be as small and light as possible, so while 4 TB would have been nice, those seem quite a bit bigger and heavier and the reviews for them seem worse in terms of both performance and reliability, so decided to stick with 2 TB. All the drives I could find to have plenty of reports of them failing etc in the reviews, but the WD ones *seemed* to have less, and I get the impression that most knowledgeable people on other forums etc with experience of different drives tend to favour WD for reliability over other manufacturers these days. I almost went for the Ultra version, as my new laptop has USB-C and it does seem nicer than the extra-wide MicroUSB 3 connector, but I didn't particularly want it to be made of metal (it's just extra weight for me), and my laptop's USB-C ports are usually taken up by the charger and a hub anyway. Plus lots of reviews say the USB-C cable that comes with it is really bad, and I didn't like the choice of colours. So when I realised the standard version was £20 cheaper, available in black, and doesn't seem to have any real drawbacks apart from the wider connector (maybe the performance is slightly worse, but I'm not sure because that's not really mentioned anywhere) I decided to go for that one instead.Amazon's packaging of it wasn't great - I saw other reviews saying to order other items at the same time as a hard drive so that they get packed around it in the box, so I did, but unfortunately that didn't help because the packaging consisted of one small strip of the large air bubble type stuff placed on top of all the items, which left literally half the outer box empty for everything slide around in. Just picking up the box after it was delivered, everything loudly slid over and thudded into the other side of the box. It seems to have survived ok though (and of course it was in its own retail box which I would hope provided some protection). From looking into it I've found people saying that hard drives these days can survive huge forces as long as they're not turned on at the time, so anything that was enough to damage it in transit would have caused visible damage to the casing too (in this case even the cardboard retail box it was in doesn't have any signs of damage), and that it would be likely to not work properly at all straight away rather than just failing later. So I think it's fine.I currently have two similar-style drives - an older WD My Passport (Essential SE, apparently) 1 TB from sometime around 2010 which has a MicroUSB 2 connector, and a slightly newer Samsung M3 1 TB with MicroUSB 3 (same as this drive), so it's interesting to see how this compares to those. The first thing I noticed when unboxing it was that it is considerably smaller than either of those (about half the height, despite having double the capacity), and also noticeably lighter. So I am impressed and pleased with that - it looks very sleek, and the casing feels solid, so definitely no complaints about the plastic of the drive itself from me. When plugged in and spinning, it is slightly noisier than my Samsung M3, but still pleasantly quiet (no noticeable seeking noises at all so far, just the constant spin). And this is with a Razer Blade Stealth (late 2019) laptop which is almost completely silent when not doing much, and the drive in front of it at the moment, so I probably wouldn't be able to hear it at all if I wasn't in such a quiet environment.The cable that came with it seems to be working fine so far, but possibly is of similar bad quality to the USB-C version - it is quite stiff, possibly a bit wobbly when connected in the ports on both ends (although no loss of connection so far even when moving it) and is noticeably thinner than the cable (of the same type) that came with my Samsung M3 drive. So I might still get a better cable at some point, at least if/when this one starts to have any connection issues.In terms of performance (which I'm surprised isn't mentioned at all in the product details/marketing etc, other than I think I saw the USB 3.0 maximum speed of 5Gbit/s mentioned somewhere which is obviously ridiculous as the drive won't be capable of anywhere near that), I'm getting maximum read/write speeds of 126/116 MB/s in ATTO Disk Benchmark, and sequential read/write speeds of 138/116 MB/s in CrystalDiskMark (just as it came, with NTFS formatting and nothing on it yet). My Samsung M3 (which I remember performance being a point of when I bought it, although I hadn't been able to make full use of that until recently as my old laptop only had USB 2) seems to be maxing out at about 85 MB/s for both read and write (although with a lot more data on it, if that makes any difference), so I'm pleased with this.One issue I have with my old My Passport drive is that it always seems to spin down (to a lower speed if not completely off, I'm not sure) about 20 seconds after it was last accessed, and then takes about 5 seconds to get going when something tries to access it again, which can get very frustrating. I've tried increasing/turning off the sleep timer in both WD Drive Utilities and the Windows Power Management "Turn off hard disk after" setting, but neither makes any difference, it seems to have its own fixed internal idle timer for some sort of low-power mode which even WD's own software can't change. Thankfully that doesn't seem to be an issue with this new drive.I've tried enabling the encryption on this drive to see if it makes any difference to performance - it doesn't, but as the "encryption" process is so basic (it's basically just setting a password on the drive in the "WD Security" software, and it seems to take effect immediately), I'm guessing the drive is actually encrypted at the hardware level all the time (as otherwise it would surely take time to encrypt/decrypt the existing data when setting/unsetting the password). So I'd say that's a drawback as it means even if you don't use the drive encryption, if the controller fails but not the drive itself, you can't take out the actual drive and connect it up to something else, but on the other hand you apparently can't do that with these particular WD drives anyway as the controller board is soldered directly to the drive rather than it using standard SATA connectors or anything. I'm not sure how the password system would work if you connect it to other devices such as phones/tablets etc (on Windows, the drive having a password set causes it to appear as a CD drive with an executable file on it which you run and enter the password into, which then causes the actual hard drive to show up as well), but if I wanted the drive encrypted I don't think I'd rely on this as a solution anyway as WD's system apparently has a lot of vulnerabilities.I also tried enabling write caching for the drive in Windows (before trying the encryption), but it seemed to make barely any difference at all (write speeds very slightly higher, read speeds possibly actually lower, but probably all within the margin of error anyway) so I'm going to leave that off as it's not worth the extra risk if the drive gets disconnected by accident (especially if the cable does become dodgy).I think that just about covers everything I've thought of so far, so I hope someone finds it useful :)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ You arent getting a full 5tb drive
*by B***N on 9 July 2025*

WD is an amazing brand, I love their drives. In-fact, I love them so much that I have a 3 of these exact drive. The performance on them is outstanding, they have yet to fail me once. My biggest and only complaint is 4.50tb isnt 5TB and is kind of false advertising. I wish they'd actually ship with the exact size.

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