Western Digital

WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Midnight Black)

Name: WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Midnight Black)
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: B002OB49SM

Status: WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0… (1TB hard drive): Unavailable on Amazon as of 2026-10-22 04:23 UTC. Closest in-stock match (same 1TB hard drive): Toshiba Canvio Advance 1TB Portable External…, $113.76 on Amazon as of 2026-10-21 10:15 UTC (price may vary). eBay sellers may still list this model new or used.

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Bottom line: The WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive: Full 1TB stores videos, music, photos, and important files; main trade-off: USB 2.0 interface bottlenecks transfer speed vs USB 3.0.

Unavailable on Amazon as of 2026-10-22 04:23 UTC

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Currently unavailable on Amazon. Not the same product — 3 in-stock alternatives with matching specs:

Same 1TB hard drive: Toshiba Canvio Advance 1TB Portable External… — $113.76 on Amazon as of 2026-10-21 10:15 UTC (price may vary).

View Current Price — $113.76

Same 1TB hard drive: WD My Passport for Mac 1 TB USB 2.0 External… — $229.99 on Amazon as of 2026-10-22 04:30 UTC (price may vary).

View Current Price — $229.99

Same 1TB hard drive: Seagate USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 1 TB USB 2.0… — $110.00 on Amazon as of 2026-10-21 10:19 UTC (price may vary).

View Current Price — $110.00

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Pros & Cons

Pros

✓ Full 1TB stores videos, music, photos, and important files
✓ 256-bit hardware AES encryption with password protection
✓ Automatic, continuous WD SmartWare backup on every change
✓ USB bus-powered — no separate power brick to carry

Cons

✗ USB 2.0 interface bottlenecks transfer speed vs USB 3.0
✗ Spinning hard drive, more drop-prone than an SSD
✗ Slow large-file copies over the aging USB 2.0 bus
✗ SmartWare backup software geared to Windows and Mac only

Manufacturer description

See your life safe in one place with WD’s My Passport Essential SE USB drive. It offers maximum storage capacity for all your important files, videos, music, photos. With visual, automatic, continuous backup your data is backed up as soon as it’s changed. Maximum capacity. Maximum style. – The world’s most popular portable drive now features maximum capacity to store all your favorite videos, music, photos, and important files. Still sleek and compact, you can load it up and take it with you anywhere.WD SmartWare – See your life safe in one place.See your backup as it happens – Seeing is…

SpecPicks Verdict

SpecPicks scored WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to published specs and reviews across the external storage category. Western Digital's external storage lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.

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Key Features

1TB Maximun capacity in the palm of you hand
Automatic, continuous backup
Password protection and military-grade 256-bit hardware-based encryption
Ultra-portanble design
Powered directly from the USB port

Full Specifications

Brand	Western Digital
Color	Midnight Black
Model Name	My Passport Essential
Read Speed	60 Megabytes Per Second
Unit Count	1.0 Count
Form Factor	Portable
Media Speed	≤ 60 MB/s
Connectivity	USB
Model Number	WDBABM0010BBK-NESN
Built-In Media	USB Cable
Hard-Drive Size	1 TB
Mfr Part Number	WDBABM0010BBK-NESN
Number of Items	1
Special Feature	Portable
Hardware Platform	Mac, PC
Installation Type	External Hard Drive
Compatible Devices	Desktop
Data Transfer Rate	60 Megabytes Per Second
Additional Features	Portable
Hard Disk Interface	USB 2.0

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Amazon shows no buyable offer for WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0… at the last check. The closest in-stock match with the same 1TB hard drive is Toshiba Canvio Advance 1TB Portable External…. SpecPicks earns a small commission on qualifying purchases — thank you for supporting independent review work.

View Current Price — $113.76