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While many external drives include a lot of software with questionable benefit, the WD tools are a useful addition.

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Overall, all of the software provides significant value-add, more so on the PC side, and makes managing the drive much easier than competitive solutions. These tools are also available for the PC version.

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WD also offers a security utility that requires a password to access the drive.

WD focuses their efforts here on a WD drive utilities tool that includes features like SMART data collector, drive diagnostics tools and sleep timer, which can power the drive down after a period of inactivity. The Mac software suite is a little more spartan, taking into account that the platform comes with Time Machine and other tools that the PC doesn’t always have. For a more complete system recovery solution, WD has included Acronis True Image which can take regular snapshots of the entire system.

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SmartWare Pro is also available for a free 30 day trial or $20 license, and provides additional backup options across any USB drive and offers integration with Dropbox for cloud backup. Users can opt to backup specific files types or folders and manage the frequency accordingly.

It’s a comprehensive offering that allows PC users to have an easy to manage, yet flexible backup solution. WD’s updated SmartWare software is the highlight of the included programs. The PC version comes with a robust offering including Acronis True Image, WD SmartWare, WD Utilities and WD Security. WD includes quite a bit of software with the My Book products.

The back of the unit has the USB port, power port and Kensington lock slot. The drive is meant to be used vertically, with four rubber feet on the bottom to prevent slipping on a flat desk surface. The units are fan-less, which makes the venting around the top, back and bottom a required feature so the drive inside can easily shed its heat. The only down side to the glossy shell is that it’s a fingerprint magnet and scratches easily. Even the inlay has a little extra pizzazz on the side, along with the drive access indicator light on the front. The enclosures have a shiny black plastic shell, with a matte branding inlay that wraps around from the front to right side. While the fundamental shape of the My Book line hasn’t changed much, they still look like a squatty hardbound book, WD had modernized the look in subtle but significant ways.

Dimensions: Height 6.70 Inches x Depth 5.50 Inches x Width 1.90 Inches.

Our review units are the 4TB PC capacity and 3TB Mac capacity. The My Book for PC and Mac are both shipping now. So where the My Book is the top single-drive offering for the PC, it’s the entry offering for the Mac. The desktop storage PC products are comprised of the value-oriented Elements line which is offered in 1TB-3TB capacities and the updated My Book which hits the top-end capacity point. WD has a more extensive desktop line for the Mac, with the premium My Book Studio line, which features an all-metal enclosure and capacities up to 4TB. The answer comes in the positioning of the product. The obvious question is why does the My Book for Mac top out at 3TB. The enclosures themselves are identical, save for the branding on the Mac unit. Of course either drive may be reformatted should the user require such at some point in the future. The two My Book products are essentially the same, the core difference is in the formatting of the drive both are ready to go out of the box for their respective operating system targets. Both drives ship with a USB 3.0 interface for rapid access to the hard drive inside. The My Book for PC comes in 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacities while the My Book for Mac tops out at 3TB. The new drives feature a redesigned enclosure that better aligns with modern design and updates to WD’s suite of software that comes with each drive. WD recently updated their My Book external desktop hard drive line for both the Mac and PC audiences. WD recently updated their My Book external desktop hard drive line for both the Mac and PC audiences.