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Background and Identification

My Book by Western Digital is a series of portable external hard drives. The My Book external hard drives have varying capacities, depending on the edition and model. There are nine series of My Book drives including the Essential Edition, Home Edition, Office Edition, Pro Edition, and World Edition. The My Book was available with between 80 GB and 1 TB of data storage. Western Digital (WD) is an American computer hard disk drive manufacturer and data storage company based in San Jose, CA.

The My Book hard drive includes Western Digital Backup software for Windows and Apple Time Machine compatibility for MAC and is designed to back up photos, videos, music, and documents. The hard drive features built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security tools that are designed to keep content secure. Password protection can be enabled on the My Book hard drive. The My Book hard drive includes USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports to connect to most devices like computers and tablets.

The WD logo is placed in the center of the hard drive’s front face and includes a black body with a textured lower-half and a shiny upper-half. My Book hard drives are designed to look visually like a black hardcover book, though the Pro/Studio series drives are silver and the World Series drives are white. My Book hard drives originally included vent holes at the top of the device that spelled out messages in Morse code.

Technical Specifications

Capacity: 4 TB

Interface:

  • USB 3.0
  • USB 2.0

Compatibility:

  • Formatted exFAT for out-of-the-box compatibility with Windows and Mac
  • Operating System:
    • Windows® 10, Windows 8.1
    • macOS 10.13+.
    • May require reformatting for other operating systems

Dimensions (L x W x H): 5.48" x 1.93" x 6.72"

Additional Information

My Book Studio User Manual

My Book Thunderbolt Duo Dual-drive Storage System User Manual

My Book Elite 用户手册

MY BOOK ESSENTIAL User Manual

Western Digital My Book Essential Edition User Manual

Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition User Manual

Western Digital My Book World Edition II Dual-Drive Product Overview

Western Digital My Book Office Edition User Manual

Western Digital My Book Office Edition User Manual

Western Digital My Book World Edition Home Network Storage Product Overview

WD My Book 3.0 User Manual

Western Digital My Book Mac Edition User Manual

Western Digital My Book World Edition II Dual-Drive Product Overview

Western Digital My Book Home Edition User Manual

Western Digital My Book Studio and Studio LX User Manual

Western Digital My Book Studio Edition Manual del usuario

Western Digital My Book Studio Manuel d'utilisation

My Book — Manual del usuario

Western Digital My Book Essential Edition Manual del usuario

My Book Studio (USB 3.0) — Manual del usuario

WD My Book 3.0 Benutzerhandbuch

WD My Book Studio Benutzerhandbuch

Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo Speichersystem mit Doppellaufwerk Bedienungsanleitung

My Book Live User Manual

My Book 3.0 User Manual

Western Digital My Book Studio User Manual

Western Digital My Book Essential Benutzerhandbuch

Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual

Western Digital My Book Studio User Manual

Western Digital My Book Essential User Manual

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