Hard drive
| Hard drive size |
1.8 " |
| Hard drive capacity |
500 GB |
Ports & interfaces
| FireWire 400 |
N |
| FireWire 800 |
N |
Other features
| Internal |
N |
| Mac compatibility |
Y |
| USB cable |
USB |
Power
| USB powered |
Y |
| External power adapter |
N |
Additionally
| Fibre Channel |
N |
| Transfer rate (Mbps) |
480 Mbit/s |
| Ethernet LAN connection |
N |
My Passport Elite, 500GB, USB2.0, USB dock, 480Mb/s, NTFS, Red
Premium backup and storage.
This ultra-portable drive is smarter than ever and features automatic, continuous backup, an illuminated capacity gauge, and convenient USB dock for storage on the go.
Handy USB dock included.
A convenient USB dock makes it easy to connect your drive to your computer.
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.
Drive security and illuminated capacity gauge.
Enjoy the security of password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. At a glance you can see security status and available capacity.
This ultra-portable USB drive is packed with smart features: WD SmartWare software for automatic, continuous backup, password protection, an illuminated capacity gauge and a convenient grab-and-go USB dock.
Product Features
Our smallest portable drive ever - We're experts in portable storage, so we designed a smaller, high-quality integrated USB hard drive inside a premium finished package.
WD SmartWare - See your life safe in one place.
- See your backup as it happens – Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content in categories and shows the progress of your backup;
- 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;
- 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.
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 - Connect My Passport to your computer and see at a glance how much space is available on your drive. As the drives fills up, the light moves up the indicator.
Grab-and-go USB dock - Convenient USB dock makes it easy to connect your drive to your computer.
USB 2.0 interface - Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power supply is needed.
Planet friendly - We designed a small retail box from recycled materials to minimize waste. We encourage you to recycle it.
