Western Digital My Book

External Hard Drive

The Western Digital My Book External World Edition is a network-attached storage (NAS) drive. You can back up your data to this wireless network external hard drive and access your files over the Internet.

This wireless hard drive plugs into your router with an ethernet port. Once plugged in, the Western Digital My Book External Mac icon will pop up on your computer screen. You can drag files onto the external drive. Or, use the software that comes with the drive to set up automatic and continuous backup. Every time you save something it is backed up instantly and automatically.

BTW, for you gamers, this hard drive will also play multimedia files on your HDTV through the XBox 360 or Playstation 3.

Wireless Network External Hard Drive

Internet access to the files is slow, but works in emergencies. NAS drives tend to work ore slowly than regular external hard drives as the data is sent over an Ethernet connections. Rather than a faster eSATA, FireWire or USB 2.0. The LaCie d2 Quadra desktop drive offers a faster connection, but is not network capable.

Best USB External Hard Drive?

This wireless hard drive does have a USB port, but it is only used for attaching an additional eternal hard drive. You cannot retrieve files from it using this port.

1 or 2 TB External Hard Drive

The Western Digital My Book World Edition comes in 1TB and 2TB capacities. World Edition II includes two separate hard drives within one enclosure, in 2TB and 4 TB versions.

Not the Fastest External Hard Drive

While not the quickest, this external computer hard drive is simple to set up and use. It can be used as Apple Macintosh Hardware as there is a Western Digital My Book Mac Edition. It is user friendly and can be set up for automatic updates, but it is not compatible with Apple's Time Machine.

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