WD 4TB My Book Review

WD has refreshed several of their popular portable and external storage solutions, including the My Passport, My Passport for Mac, and the My Book, the latter which we will be looking at for this review. The newly designed external storage solutions feature a new modern, sleek-looking build that is noticeably smaller than the previous model as well as a generous 8TB in maximum capacity.

The company’s automatic backup solution, WD Backup, is also included. We’ve touched on this software in many of our WD reviews, indicating that it allows users easily manage all their content via a clean, user-friendly process. More specifically, the handy backup automatically protects all of your files on your computer with on-premise backups to a WD drive as primary storage. Off-premise backups are sent to the cloud, which is useful for increased protection and disaster recovery. You can also further protect your files using the included password protection and hardware encryption.

WD My Book Specifications

• Capacities: 3TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB
• Interface: USB 3.0
• Dimensions:
• Weight:
• Warranty:  3 years

Design and build

The new WD My Book is both smaller and uses very different design than the older model, as it now sports angled corners compared to the rounded front panel used before. In other terms, it looks a lot less like an actual book now; however, it still uses a  3.5" HDD. 

Conclusion

Overall, WD’s new My Book is a solid choice for the general consumer looking for a solution to back up a large amount of data, such images of their entire computer and large media files, leveraging a relatively large storage pool of 4TB. Moreover, the WD Backup software gives users will a seamless and easy way to manage and back up all their content to either the WD drive as primary storage, or to the cloud off-premises. That being said, all of this was possible in previous models of the My Book Line, as nothing else has been upgraded besides the new modern looking, more compact design. Though the more design-savvy consumers will appreciate this.

Pros

• New modern, compact design
• Easy-to-use backup software
• Good performance for its intended application

Cons

• No component upgrades

Bottom Line

Though only an upgrade in appearance and size, the new 4TB My Book offers mainstream consumers with a very reliable way to back up their content via a generous capacity point.

WD My Book 4TB External Hard Drive at Amazon

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