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Our best-selling My Book for Mac external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition, formatted for Mac, now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection.

Mac-ready.

Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users.

See your life safe in one place.

WD SmartWare software – A visual control center with a single screen view of all your data. From it you can back up, retrieve, and secure your files.

Password protection.

An extra level of security with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

Features at a glance

• Automatic, continous backup
• Visual backup control center
• Hardware encryption, password protection
• Compatible with Apple® TimeMachine™
• 2-years limited warranty

  Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design – We’ve made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf.

  Designed for Mac – Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® TimeMachine™, this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users.

  WD SmartWare™ – A control center for your drive that gives you the power to:

  – Protect your data automatically – Relax, your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file.

  – See your backup as it happens – Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content in categories and shows the progress of your backup.

  – Bring back lost files effortlessly – Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you’ve lost all your data or just overwritten an important file.

  – Take control – Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center.

  Find out more about WD SmartWare™

  Drive lock – Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

  Illuminated capacity gauge – See at a glance how much space is available on your drive.

  USB 2.0 interface – Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power supply is needed*.
  * An optional cable is available for the few computers that limit power from the USB port.

  Power miser – My Book external drives are designed to save energy. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on and off with your computer.

  Planet friendly – We designed a small box from recycled materials to minimize waste. We encourage you to recycle it.

  Ideal For

  • Protecting your data with automatic, continous backup
  • Retrieving lost data effortlessly
  • Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music
  • Securing private or sensitive data
  • Using with Apple TimeMachine

    Compatibility

    Formatted HFS+ Journaled
    Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™

    Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.

    What’s in the box

    External hard drive, WD SmartWare software, USB cable, AC adapter, Quick Install Guide.

    Backup software you’ll really use � WD SmartWare

    Five great reasons to love it:

    1. It’s easy – Data backup can be a chore, but it’s your family photos, your movies, your music – your life – and it’s important to protect it. So we made this software extra easy because we really want you to use it.

    2. You can see your life safe in one place –
    See your content displayed in easy to understand categories like movies and photos. Watch the progress of your backup as it happens with the instant-feedback color bars. Now you can truly be sure that all your stuff is backed up.

    • A unique visual interface lets you see the drives connected to your computer.
    • WD SmartWare will automatically scan your computer and find all of your personal files, including e-mail.
    • Content category gauges show how much information you have to be backed up in each category. You can even mouse over a category to see a file count.
    • Simply click Run Backup and WD SmartWare will automatically start backing up your files.
    • As your backup is running the category gauges will change color showing you the backup as it happens.
    • When finished, you’ll see a status screen and information about your backup. You only have to do this once. After the first backup your files will be backed up automatically every time you change or add a file.

      3. It’s always on the job – WD SmartWare is always watching your computer, so when you change a file and save it, create new files, add new pictures, movies, or songs, WD SmartWare will instantly back them up.

      4. You can bring back lost files effortlessly – If you ever accidentally delete an important file, or need to get an earlier version of a file, you can find and retrieve it in seconds with this easy-to-use interface.

      • Restore files and folders by categories – photos, music, video, for example.
      • Find a lost file with the search function.
      • Go back in time to retrieve an older version of a file.

        5. You’re in control – WD SmartWare software is also a control center for your external drives. From it you can:

        • Customize your backup
        • Set drive security
        • Run diagnostics
        • Manage the power settings, and more…
          new price:$61.00
          Product Details
          5.3 x 1.9 x 6.5 inches ; 2.6 pounds
          2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
          Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
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          This review is from: Western Digital My Book for Mac 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (Personal Computers) I was originally planning on buying an Apple Time Capsule hard drive since we have 3 macs and I try to buy only Apple-branded accessories as they work well together. But after researching it, a lot of people don’t like the Time Capsule because it dies almost always around 18 months. (right after the warranty expires) So I searched for an alternative and found the Western Digital My Book for Mac which I ended up buying. The hard drive is small, quiet, and didn’t feel cheap. As soon as I plugged it into my Mac, a pop-up window appears asking if I would like to use it as an Apple TIme Machine. I clicked okay and it backed up everything on my computer to the My Book. The first back up takes several hours, but after that, backing up is very fast via USB 2.0 and with 1 TB of space, I don’t have to worry about filling up with space soon. I mainly use this to back up my machine, but also use it to temporarily store large files to transfer from one mac to the next. Western Digital is known for reliable hard drives so in retrospect, this is probably a smarter purchase than buying a Time Capsule which was much more expensive.

          It comes bundled with it’s own software, but I do not use it. Time Machine works well with this hard drive so I don’t need any other type of software. Some people complained about not being able to delete the software, but its not a big deal. Whenever you plug in the hard drive, the software icon appears on your desktop, but you can unmount it or just ignore it. Doesn’t really take up much space on the hard drive.

          34 of 34 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Time Machine, By Tony B – See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) This review is from: Western Digital My Book for Mac 2 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (Personal Computers) I have two other WD (500GB) drives for my Imac that I use for external storage, but I kept having problems running my Time Machine backups.(not enough space on External to backup). I ordered my 2TB WD from Amazon and hoped for the best. Well I received it and opened the box and plugged it in. I went to my System Preferences and clicked on Time Machine chose my new HD and set it for my backup. That was it, of course it is going to take a bit of time for the initial backup, but that was it. No problems and it runs like a champ. I have already reccomended it to my niece for her mac.