Expand the storage on your Windows system and back up photos, video, music, and documents using the ${color} ${Capacity} My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Type-C External Hard Drive from WD. This drive is equipped with ${Capacity} of storage and a USB 3.0 Type-C interface. If your computer doesn't have a USB Type-C port, an included USB Type-C to Type-A adapter helps ensure compatibility with older systems. This drive is also bus-powered, meaning that all its power is provided by the USB cable and no external power cables or adapters are required.

Since WD designed this My Passport Ultra drive for Windows, it comes preformatted NTFS for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7. If you happen to work across both Windows and Mac platforms, WD provides a downloadable NTFS driver for macOS, which enables the reading and writing of this My Passport Ultra drive without any reformatting. Or, make it fully Mac compatible with a simple reformat. Thanks to a 256-bit AES hardware encryption chip, your private files are kept more secure.

${Capacity} Storage Capacity    USB 3.0 Type-C Interface (USB 3.1 Gen 1)    Bus Powered    256-Bit AES Encryption    Preformatted for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7    Downloadable NTFS Driver for macOS    Mac Compatible with Reformatting    WD Security Tools    WD Backup & WD Discovery Software    Includes USB Type-C to Type-A Adapter

WD's My Passport Ultra delivers quick and easy storage for your Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 system with its 5 Gb/s USB 3.0 Type-C port, while the included USB 3.0 Type-C to Type-A adapter helps ensure compatibility with older machines. USB 3.0 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1.

Help keep your private files private with a password of your choosing with WD Security tools to enable the 256-bit AES hardware encryption chip on your My Passport Ultra.

Fusing modern anodized metal and textures, the My Passport Ultra is available in a variety of colors to match your personal style and the latest computers.

Included WD Discovery software connects to popular social media and cloud storage services, like Facebook, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Import your photos, videos, and docs to the My Passport Ultra drive to help preserve your online life. If you work across both Windows and Mac, WD provides a downloadable NTFS driver for macOS to enable you to read and write to your My Passport Ultra drive without the need for reformatting. WD Discovery software can also be used to manage your drive with WD Drive Utilities.

Be it your photos, videos, or business documents, WD Backup software helps make it easy to protect what's important to you by automating your backup routine. After installing WD Backup software, simply plug in your drive and let it take care of the rest.

The My Passport Ultra is formatted for Windows 10 to deliver plug-and-play storage out of the box. With WD Discovery software, you can also download the NTFS driver for macOS, so you can work seamlessly between operating systems without reformatting. This drive is also compatible with Windows 8.1 and 7.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can I replace 2x HGST 10TB Deskstar 7200 rpm on this WD book ?

A: yes but I don't see the need at this time. I like the fact that I can daisy chain two additional hard rives to the rear and never have to remove the first hard drive.

Q: 2. Can I remove Raid 0 hard drives from this array without losing data? And keep it as back up then reuse later whenever I want?

A: The only way to remove a RAID 0 array while keeping the data intact is to remove both of the drives together, and then when you want to access the data again, both drives would need to be placed back inside together. This however is not recommended.

Q: 3. I would like to use this for HD and 4k video editing. I would also like to use them as back up storage. My current external WD HDs are really slow with copying videos and editing. How fast are thesea and are they sufficient for video editing?

A: With speeds of up to 360MB/s these would be on the slow side for editing 4k video.

Q: 4. In RAID-0, can a single drive letter include the whole 28TB, with the device seamlessly managing the whole device?

A: Yes, that is exactly how a RAID 0 volume would behave. You would never see both drives unless you set it up in JBOD (non-raid) where you would then have 2 drives independent from each other.

Q: 5. Does this come with the two drives or do we have to buy that separately?

A: It comes with the two drives.

Q: 6. WD Red Drives are 5400 or 7200rpm?

A: These are WD red drive NOT Red Pro dives which would be 7200RPM. These drives are 5400RPM.

Q: 7. can i edit 4k raw dng straight of the drive?

A: RAW files are very large and intensive to deal with when editing. While this is a great product, it is only rated at USB 3.0, not USB 3.1, for speed. A G-Raid with Thunderbolt 3/USB 3.1 speeds would be a better choice, B&H # GT0G05753, while an option like the Glyph Technologies Atom RAID which uses Solid State Drives would be an even better choice, B&H # GLAR2000GR.https://bhpho.to/2rm2m3dhttps://bhpho.to/2rlzO9U

Q: 8. can i edit 4k raw dng straight of the drive?

A: Yes you can

Q: 9. Can I connect a USB 3.0 Type C cable into my 2.0 port on my CPU?

A: Yes, it is compatible and the cable is included in the box.

Q: 10. Doesn't this have an Ethernet port to connect to my network? Will it work with an old mac mini with OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?

A: No, this is not the model with the Ethernet port. Yes, this will work with your mac mini.