Questions about WD Elements Portable

Hello, I can also confirm this. The hard drive wobbles in the housing and that should not be the case in my opinion. It looks like a faulty production. I will return it to Digitec today.

Not necessarily, with WD and other vendors you canot be sure that WD is using SATA drives in USB enclosures. If you have bad luck you will notice after opening the case that the vendor used a USB board on the HD and then you are really out of luck. The only company you can trust on buying external 2.5 inch USB crives is Seagate, every 5 TB external USB drive is using the Seagate Barracuda 5TB disks, you can remove the case and then use this Seagate disk in a NAS and if you use 2.5 inch drives with 5TB size in your NAS you would also save a lot of energy and weight also.

This external hard drive is compatible with Macs after reformulation. By default, it is formatted in NTFS, which is not supported by Macs. To use it on a Mac, you need to reformat it to a compatible format such as ExFAT or APFS via the disk utility.

Which external hard drive should I buy for Mac and PC at the same time?

The Western Digital "Elements (2TB)" external hard drive is compatible with a MacBook Pro, but it requires a USB 3.0 connection. Since recent MacBook Pros only have USB-C ports, you'll need a USB-C to USB-A adapter to connect it.

Is there one that I can use for both systems without having to format it?

I believe an exFAT formatted disc can be read on Windows and Mac. NTFS only works on Windows.

Yes, the connection cable is included with the WD Elements 5 TB external hard drive with the manufacturer no. WDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN. A SuperSpeed USB-A cable (5 Gbit/s) is included in the scope of delivery.

If you do not have a USB-A socket available, you can also use another cable, such as this one: Ugreen USB-C - USB Micro B (1 m, USB 3.2 Gen 1)

The hard drive has a Micro-B SuperSpeed interface, the cable is included and is connected to the host PC via USB-A.

Yes, you can use the Western Digital Elements 5 TB external hard drive for both Mac and PC. The hard drive is compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, which makes it possible to connect it to different operating systems such as Windows and macOS. However, it should be noted that some users have reported problems when using this hard drive with Apple Silicon devices. It may therefore be necessary to format the drive before use and ensure that it is compatible with your specific device.

Yes, the USB cable is included with the Western Digital Elements 1 TB external hard drive.

The Western Digital WD Elements Portable Hard Disk Drive (1 TB, WDBUZG0010BBK-WESN) is not specifically optimised for use with the PlayStation 4, but it can still be used, albeit with some limitations. - The WD Elements Portable Hard Disk Drive can be connected to the PlayStation 4 and formatted as extended storage, but the entire drive will be used for game storage and will no longer be recognised by a PC unless it is repartitioned and formatted, which would erase all data stored on the drive. - It is important to note that the PS4 formats the drive so that it can only be used for game storage and no longer for other files or devices. So if you only want to use the WD Elements Portable Hard Disk Drive to store PS4 games, it may work, but it's not ideal for flexible use between PS4 and other devices.

Yes, this is a normal external USB disc and works with Windows 11 without any problems.

Yes, as USB 3.0 supports up to 5 Gbit/s, the hard drive should be able to be used as a memory extension for the PS5.

I can imagine that this is the case - but I can't say with 100 per cent certainty

Hello, I was supplied with a USB-A cable

Perfectly compatible, I have an iMac and no problems whatsoever.

Yes

I don't know, I use it as a PC backup.

Anscheinend nicht gemäss folgender Antwort: The software has still not been updated by WD for Windows 11 and you can check it below https://support-en.wd.com/app/products/product-...

Hello Eva It would be helpful to know how you created your backup before and how you create it now. Which programme do you use? Which operating system etc.? Best regards Flavio

Yes, no problem! You need to use either the adapter: LC-Power USB A - USB C Or the appropriate cable: Delock USB 3.1 connection cable (0.50 m)

theoretically yes ;-) have a look at these instructions: https://support.apple.com/de-ch/guide/iphone/iph95baac91f/ios You need a Lightning to USB adapter and the hard drive must be specifically formatted.