8TB My Book for Mac Desktop External Hard Drive

My Book for Mac desktop storage is Mac-ready, compatible with Apple Time Machine, offers password protection with hardware encryption and fast transfer rates with USB 3.0.

High capacity in a sleek design– With up to 8TB capacity, there’s plenty of room to store and protect your Photos libraries and iTunes music.

Fast, seamless Time Machine backup – Back up your files quickly and easily with Apple Time Machine.

WD Security™ – WD Security software allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to protect your files from unauthorized use or access.

WD Drive Utilities™ – Register your drive, set drive timer, run diagnostics and more using WD Drive Utilities.

Mac-ready – Works right out of the box with Max OS X. Can be reformatted for other operating systems

USB connectivity - Fast USB 3.0 data transfers and backward compatible with USB 2.0 computers.

Manufacturer Part Number
WDBYCC0080HBK-NESN
EAN/UPC
0718037845296,718037845296
Full Product Specifications

Note:

  • The full product specifications below are from the manufacturer and may contain information related to other package quantities that will not apply to the product that you are reviewing. Please confirm the actual content and/or package quantity from the main product specifications page.
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  • These specifications may have been copied from the same product in other region/country in which case there might be minor differences in region-specific data such as Input Voltage, Terms of Warranty etc.

Product Specifications:

Average latency: N/A
Average read seek: N/A
Battery: N/A
Cache/Buffer: N/A
Data transfer rate: 5 Gb/s (maximum) in USB 3.0 mode and 480 Mb/s (maximum) in USB 2.0 mode
Interface: USB 3.0 and 2.0
Rotational Speed: N/A
Write Speed: N/A

Product Dimensions:

Height: 6.72 in (170.60 mm)
Length: 5.48 in (139.30 mm)
Width: 1.93 in (49 mm)
Weight:

  • 2TB: 1.96 lb  (0.89 kg)
  • 3TB: 2.23 lb (1.01 kg)
  • 4TB: 2.27 lb (1.03 kg)
  • 6TB: 2.34 lb (1.06 kg)
  • 8TB: 2.23 lb (1.01 kg)
Colors available: one color only, black

Country Code / Origin: Product of Thailand or Product of Malaysia

Environmental Specifications:
  • Operating Temperature: 5° C to 35° C
  • Non-op Temperature: -20° C to 65° C
Power Specifications:
  • AC input voltage: 100 – 240V
  • AC input frequency: 47 – 63 Hz
Languages for software: 18
  • •English
  • •Chinese, Simplified
  • •Chinese, Traditional
  • •Czech
  • •Dutch
  • •French
  • •German
  • •Hungarian
  • •Italian
Languages for User Manual: 24
  • •English
  • •Arabic
  • •Chinese, Simplified
  • •Chinese, Traditional
  • •Czech
  • •Danish
  • •Dutch
  • •Finnish
  • •French
  • •German
  • •Greek
  • •Hungarian
Limited Warranty2:
  • Pan Am: 3 years
  • EMEA: 3 years
  • AUS/NZ: 3 years
  • Multi-City Asia: 3 years
  • Japan: 3 years
Previous Product Model:
  • Product Name: My Book for Mac
  • Ref Order Number: WDBEKS
Regulatory:
  • NRCAN compliant: Yes
  • RoHS compliant1: Yes
Software included:
  • WD Security, WD Drive Utilities