WD 5TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive for Windows, USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 for PC & Mac, Plug and Play Ready - WDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN

Good price-to-capacity ratio (purchased during Prime sale). The drive makes pretty significant thumping movement and sound at power up and also thumps every few seconds at times due to the preventive wear leveling feature. It is quite a bit distracting when you first encounter it -- I was originally thinking about returning the drive -- but after a few days, the periodic thumping has diminished and is no longer bothersome.Performance seems pretty good - I am getting an average 1.7 Gb/sec (~200 MB/sec) writes doing backups (it was as high as 2.5 Gb/sec when I first started using the drive and it was largely empty).It is quite satisfying to have ongoing backups that can now reach back a few months.

To enhance my media playback experience, Instead of transitioning to a NAS system I decided a more simple solution, a WD compact hard drive with 13 TB of storage capacity. This decision was driven by the desire for a more straightforward setup and seamless integration with my Zidoo media player. The installation process was seamless, and the video playback through the hard drive was flawless. The system effortlessly updated the video posters, resulting in an overall enhanced visual and auditory experience. The ample storage space provided by this hard drive allows for future expansion, and I may consider investing in a more extensive NAS system in the future. But for now, I wanted to keep it simple and less costly and I achieved both.

Purchased this 4TB WD Elements drive as recommended for our Tablo Quad OTA DVR. Nice quality looking unit that installed easily and worked flawlessly for recording and viewing 8-10 hours per day for 28 months. When it crashed it could not be recognized by the Tablo or either computer I attempted to use for troubleshooting. Yes, we lost our recordings but at less than 14 cents per day, I felt we got our money's worth. Just installed our new 5TB WD Elements drive from Amazon for a clean new start. These drives are truly "Plug and Play".

I was able (as a non-tech person) to utilize this item and it was relatively easy. I first watched a few youtube videos to see how and what to do (very helpful, to me). I copied to files I wanted and hope that in the future if needed they will not corrupt. Thanks for making the device easy to use.

I recently upgraded my MAC and needed a larger drive for my TIME MACHINE backups. Since my past experience with WD drives has always been good, I got this one. I cannot speak for future reliability, but based on my experience with the other WD drives, some I still use a few years later, I am not anticipating any issues. It is not a huge drive, so easy to hide away near your computer, if you're on desktop. I would not want to carry this around, but it i snot so big that you could't if you wanted to.However, this drive is NOT plug and play for MAC (hence my four stars). But formatting it for MAC is very easy. The main thing is: DO NOT -- and I repeat DO NOT -- install the software that comes with the drive. As others have stated, it creates nothing but issues and you do not really need it. To this day, I have never used it with any of my WD drives. Here is what you do:1) Plug the drive. Your MAC will recognize it as 'Elements.'2) Go to your Applications folder and open UTILITIES, then DISK UTILITIES.3) Find the 'Elements' drive on the left side of the window and select it. Then, on top of the window click ERASE.4) Another dropdown window will open, asking you to choose a format. For newer MACS choose the first item on the list: APFS. It will also ask you to NAME your drive. Do so. Then, proceed to erase. Your MAC will do the rest.If you're setting this up for TIME MACHINE, another window will open after your drive is formatted and mounted, asking if you want to use this drive for that purpose. Proceed from there. Otherwise, your drive will already be mounted on your desktop and ready for your use. That's it. Takes less than 5 minutes.My only gripe about this drive is it needs to be plugged in. The rest is fine.

Quiet.Fast.I was worried about the flashing LED while the system was off, but it seems to have outgrown that.Plus the LED isn't a blinding aircraft landing light like on some cheaper brands. You hardly notice it and have to actively look to see if it's flashing. Definitely worth the extra 20 bucks or so to get Western Digital.

Este HDD es el final! Muy buena calidad y durabilidad, tengo años con el y sigue como el primer día. Tengo un software que examina su funcionalidad para detectar cualquier problema que tenga hasta hoy (5+ años) y no hay ningún problema.

Wd makes the best hd it what I always buy this no different this is a great backup faster than my four terabyte that I had bought Western Digital last time of course I got a high-powered cable to it I recommend buying this