LaCie - Porsche Design Mobile Drive 1TB External USB 3.1 Gen1 Portable Hard Drive - Silver/Orange

I purchased this USB C external hard drive to expand the storage on my new MacBook Pro w/touch bar. It works like a charm. Transfer speeds are super fast, andI love the fact it includes a USB C to USB C cable as well as a USB A to USB C cable. It definitely helps with transferring files from my old computer to the new one.

After I bought a new MacBook to replace my old MacBook Pro, I wanted to be sure to buy a reliable and easy to use hard drive to transfer all of my files from my old computer. After reading numerous reviews, I decided to go with LaCie 1TB. Once plugged into my MBP, it walked you through the setup and made it as easier than I could imagine. I set up a 500 GB partition for backup and the rest for regular storage. TimeMachine worked perfectly with this hard drive. I like how it had connections for both USB-C (for my new MacBook) and USB 3 for my old laptop. And despite other reviews, I have as yet had any issues with the connector cables; they have worked flawlessly. The design is also sleek. For the price, amount of space, and easy of use, I definitely recommend.

This is my first Lacie product, I did a lot of reviews before buying, over all everybody was saying good things bout this product so I desided to give it a try, all I got to say is an awesome storeage, very slim, fast and reliable, it goes with me every were I go weather im taking photos or video I can pull it out clean the memory on my cameras an keep having fun doing what i like the most.

External hard drives have become smaller and smaller...this one is tiny. I remember buying a "20 MB hard card" for my 1984 DOS computer and I thought I had died and gone to heaven with all that space. This little guy is 1/4 the size and holds a billion more pieces of information for about a 1/4 of the 1984 cost. Times have changed!

Replaced an edisting hard drive that was continually giving "improper shutdown" message even when simply plugged in, or after you know you properly ejected it. Probably was a cable issue with connectors worn with use, creating some movement and sending the signal. Couldn't find the old style cable and didn't want to risk that the drive was failing. Cable on the new drive has connectors that are a totally different design and appears much more secure.

I only ranked 4 stars because there is no way to know how good a portable drive is; they all seem the same until they fail (and only one, a Seagate, has ever done that to me). This one is my favorite because of its sleek design and I sometimes leave it out on my desk whereas the clunkier ones get stuffed away until I need them.

I bought this drive to back up my old Mac computer it is sleek an matches my new computer and is very easy to use just plug and start downloading. It took 90 minutes to download 900.000 files incredible. I've never in 9 years ever backed up my files and this was a snap. Highly recommend.

Product was easy to setup and use. I am 71 years old and had no problem with instructions.