500Gb External Hd

I HAD A 500GB EXTERNAL HD SO WHEN THAT FILLED UP I GOT THIS. USING W A MACBOOK PRO AND IT WORKS AS IT SHOULD. I KEEP ALL MY MUSIC, PHOTOS, VIDEOS AND MOVIES ON IT.

I bought this as a gift for my boyfriend and have a WD 500GB Passport of my own already (I don't own any other brands of external HD's so I can't comment on how this product would compare to other brands). Great price from B&H (couldn't find anything better on Amazon or via Google shopping) and there was no charge for shipping. Product came undamaged in a few days as promised and thus far I am happy with my purchase.

Excellent external HD.

Good external HD

Best external HD I own

After replacing a 500GB HD with a 1TB, I noticed my laptop was really hot. The Thermaltake keeps the laptop cooler than it was when I was running the smaller drive. The fan can be turned on or off and a wheel adjusts the speed. The LED lights can also be turned on or off. And the tabs at the back let you set up the pad at an angle that's comfortable for you. It's a very well designed product and I'm happy I bought it.

I have 500GB Transend HD,which I find perfect. However, I store hundreds of thousands of photos and I needed more space. It took 5 hours to download 480GB of information from the old disc to the new one. It connects immediately, copying large files of photos (8GB) happens very quickly - about 3 min. I have the disk with me all the time, so it is crucial that it is well protected. It is reliable, easy to use and fast. It doesn't get warm even when I use it actively for over an hour.

For several years I have been using the small Samsung USB-C external drives (almost credit-card sized) -- I used two 500GB and one 1TB drives along with Carbon Copy Cloner and my MacBook Air. That worked well (although the 1TB became corrupted and unusable about 3 months ago) and I would especially back up the drive before any flight and separate the drive from my laptop at TSA. I just upgraded to a (wonderful!) MacBook Pro 14 and attempted a Migration Assistant transfer from the Air using a fresh Samsung backup. I let it run for about 8 hours and it never got past the first Looking for applications and documents... stage. To cut to the chase: I thus ordered this 500GB LaCie drive and did a fresh CCC backup from the MB Air. It took 7 minutes to backup 400GB of data! Using the Samsung with USB-C it would take 13 mins for ~22GB. (See screenshot of CCC logs.) I hooked the LaCie up to the MB Pro and started Migration Assistant. The whole process took ~15 minutes. Previously it would take hours. Sorry for rambling on. TLDR; A wicked fast external drive worth every penny. And Thunderbolt makes a huge difference!

I bought this for my main external storage for the Steam Deck, it has had at least 500gb in data transfers, between downloading, completing, removing, and downloading more games!

Got this 3TB WD external to replace a 500GB external. Needless to say, in this day and age, 500GB doesn't really get you as far as you would like. It was also a WD Passport, not a thing wrong with it - just not enough storage space. I Travis frequently and need to have all my work and personal docs and files available. This drive fills the bill and more! Zippy fast, lots of room. Great product! I'm sure I'll be getting another in the near future since I do a lot with GoPro cameras and those files can be pretty large. And of course the price is right and you can't beat B&H service!