Power
External power adapter |
Y |
USB powered |
N |
Performance
Data transfer rate |
480 Mbit/s |
USB data transfer rates |
480 Mbit/s |
Mac operating systems supported |
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |
Hard drive
Hard drive capacity |
500 GB |
Hard drive speed |
7200 RPM |
Drive device, buffer size |
8 MB |
Ports & interfaces
USB version |
2.0 |
USB connectivity |
Y |
My Book Essential 500GB, 7200RPM, 8MB, USB 2.0, 1.18kg, black
Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. At last, beauty, brains, and simplicity together.
<b>Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design</b>
- 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.
<b>WD SmartWare</b>
- See your life safe in one place.
<b>See your backup as it happens</b>
– Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content in categories and shows the progress of your backup.
<b>Protect your data automatically</b>
– Relax, your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file.
<b>Bring back lost files effortlessly</b>
– Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you've lost all your data or just overwritten an important file.
<b>Take control</b>
– Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center.
<b>Drive lock</b>
- Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.
<b>Illuminated capacity gauge</b>
- See at a glance how much space is available on your drive.
<b>USB 2.0 interface</b>
- A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers.
<b>Power miser</b>
- 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.
<b>Planet friendly</b>
- We designed a small retail box from recycled materials to minimize waste. We encourage you to recycle it.