Customer Ratings & Reviews

This drive is the perfect drive if you're a creator or media editor and you have a Macbook. Since getting this drive I have had a chance to compare it to another USB-C drive that I have and, when connected with a Thunderbolt connection, the reads and writes are definitely noticeably faster with large videos or photos when using your editing programs like Adobe Lightroom and After Effects vs. the USB-C drive. It's truly amazing to have an external drive that feels just as fast as an internal drive so you can save all that time copying to/from and/or backing up to an external drive. Granted, the USB-C drive is relatively fast too but for loading/seeking or saving really large videos and photos, this drive does make a difference and makes it feel like the NVME SSD that's in your computer. I love that this drive is large enough to keep large media photos and videos on the drive WHILE you are editing or creating media. It is really important to note that this drive does connect to USB-C gen 2 ports, which is a huge plus so it's compatible with other computers and Macs that don't have Thunderbolt 3 ports. It connected just fine to my PC and is fast but definitely not as fast as when connected to Thunderbolt 3 ports so there is a difference! So, if you have a PC don't get this drive expecting to get Thunderbolt 3 speeds Sandisk states on the box unless you have one that has a Thunderbolt 3 port (which is not all that common in PC's but may exist in some higher end ones)! That said, this drive is built tough, rugged and has a short cable so you can keep it in your bag without fear of the drive being damaged even if it's dropped or something sits on it. In fact, it's more likely that if your bag was crushed that this drive would likely survive when your Macbook probably would not. It's really the perfect pair to a Macbook though and I'd absolutely recommend it if you have a Macbook as this will be the only drive I use on my Macbook now for extra storage.

Just received my SanDisk Professional Pro-G40 2TB External Thunderbolt SSD hard-drive a week ago and have been putting it through its paces. It has become a welcome addition to my home office. Included in my home office is a 2020 M1 Mac mini with Thunderbolt which this SanDisk is compatible with. Inside the box is the SSD and a Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Type cable. The SSD is very sleek with a strong build quality and a professional look. This SSD is very easy to use, simply plug one end of the cable into the SSD and the other a thunderbolt port on the back of your Mac and you’re ready to go. This SSD hard drive comes in hand for me as I take and collect lots of family photos and videos that are taken at family gatherings/reunions. I do mostly photo editing and can now store them onto the SanDisk external hard-drive. This hard drive not only handles tons of photos and videos but you can store other important documents and files as well. I was pleasantly surprised with the read/write speeds. They are just mind-blowing. Copying and pasting large swaths of files at a time took no time. Opening up files and photos were a breeze also. It seems as though this SanDisk Profession Pro SSD can handle anything thrown at it and with amazing speed. Lastly I like that this SSD is portable and can be packed up in and instant along with my M1 Mac Mini for when I traveling.