Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5682 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WDME5000TE
• Released on: 2008-10-02
• Dimensions: .59" h x 3.13" w x 4.96" l, .40 pounds
• Hard Disk: 500GB

Manufacturer's Description
These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter -- they are powered directly through the USB cable.* Works with Windows and Mac. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security

Sleek and colorful - This beautiful portable drive, available in many eye-catching colors, is light and easy to carry and fits smoothly in your hand or pocket.

USB powered - Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power supply is needed

Synchronized and secure - Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption. (Windows only)

Compatible - Use with Windows and Macintosh computers

Includes Google software - Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software. (Windows only)

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Customer Reviews

Beautiful
Sleek, amazingly compact and very fast - I've yet to find a fault with this little beauty. I'm no techie but it's totally painless to plug in, virtually foolproof to use, and I backed up the contents of two laptops and an old external drive in under an hour. Worth its weight in toffee apples!

Caution using WD Sync Software
I use it as a simple external drive and I am very pleased with it. I am no expert, but I have heard of people experiencing problems using the Sync Software. As the name suggests, this software deletes data on the Passport which has been deleted on the computer hard drive - hence it should not be used as backup software. Luckily I learned of this before my usual habit of diving in without fully understanding the features. So I have not installed the sync software.

wd500gb
This was an excellent unit fast quiet and small, but after 3 weeks it just stopped working, i returned it to amazon have been refunded and have ordered another one. Western digital have excellent after sales service as you can register you product online and any problems you have they are more than helpfull in helping, i had a desktop unit which had power problems and they sent me a new power supply within a week.