Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 416 reviews
4.6- Storage (99)
- USB (85)
- Ease of use (76)
- Speed (42)
- Size (14)
- Cooling (3)
- Software (3)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
works great Seagate is my favorite drives
this drive was what I needed to save pictures and backupl
Posted by Jimmc
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great entry level storage device
The Seagate external drive is compact with a low profile design. It is virtually silent to the point that I usually double check to make sure it's powered on. Plugged into a USB 3 port in my desktop I noticed file transfer rates of up to 39 megabytes per second. I also tried it in a USB 2 port and the transfer speeds were only up to 8 megabytes per second even though USB 2 is rated at higher transfer speeds. It must be the way it read/writes to the older port. If you don't have a USB 3 port on your computer you're not going to be happy with this drive. While plugged into the USB 3 port I was able to copy 90 plus gigabytes very quickly. I received no read or write errors during the entire process and completely satisfied with the overall performance.
Posted by Marley
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Working like a charm!
Although I haven't had this product in operation very long, It seems to be working very well, and backing up my info without a hiccup. I had a 1TB backup before, and this 4TB Storage/Hub is so much better and allows me greater storage of my large files and documents. I hope this product lasts as problem-free as my previous backup device did. Only time will tell, but I'm pretty confident that it will.
This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus Hub for Mac 4TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive - White
Posted by Mouse
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product
I love the ease of use and speed of back up this hard drive has.
Posted by BUTTERBOY
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Earlier Version - Nice, and now with USB ports
I purchased what appears to be the earlier version that does not have the nice USB ports on the front. These were being sold for $69 and are sold out. The only difference appears to be the lack of the USB on the front. I did some speed tests on my 2017 MacBook Pro 15" i7 TouchBar. Using a USB-C to USB-3 converter, I tested using BlackMagic on the Mac. The results were quite surprising. I tested all formats that I could produce from Mac OS Journaled to MSDOS and ExFAT, including the new AFS format. Posted are the screen snapshots of the AFS and the ExFAT tests. You will be surprised. One was "I'm not sure if I believe it" fast. I would presume that the same drive mechanism that I have is in this Seagate unit but I have not verified. If it is, expect a nice drive.
Posted by Cerniuk