Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love this I now have to much storage on my Xbox like I never run out of space and it’s just a simple plug in and format and you are good and it’s attached to the console so it’s out of the way to

I'm writing this because of all the reviews I see complaining about the drive not showing up on their computer initially, saying "It doesn't work right out of the box!" I often wonder if some of these people never even read the documentation before giving up. The included documentation for the drives is horrible, with only a Quick Start page that shows how to plug it in, but there is great info on Seagate's site that helps if you go look at it. There's also something else I found out that might be helpful, and I'll address that here. Once I've had it in use for a while I'll update this review for a more in-depth account of how well it works. I'll list my comments by issue: 1) Drive not getting recognized. After seeing so many "it doesn't show up" comments, I was concerned when mine didn't show up on my iMac either. I followed the instructions on plugging it in (in sequence, which may or may not make a difference, but you gotta do it correctly just in case), and the first thing you have to do is decide which US Standard plug to slide onto the universal plug adapter; there are two that are almost identical, two-prong plugs; one has holes in the prongs and the other doesn't. Docs say nothing about which to use, so I went with the one with holes. The unit powered up and sounded like it was initializing, but it wouldn't get recognized by my Late 2017 iMac. Unplugging and restarting did nothing. I went to the online documentation and did the recommended check to see if Show Hard Drives was checked in Finder/Preferences/Show-Hard Drives. It was (which I already knew because my others show there, but just in case I needed to recycle the command...). That did no good. After a bit of thought, I decided I'd try the other plug, and that did the trick. USE THE PLUG WITH NO HOLES IN IT if using it in the US! Once that was solved, it showed up and all looked good. 2) Using Time Machine on Mac. The info in the product description says the drive is ready to use with Time Machine, preformatted. The problem is, if you have Catalina or later, there is a new formatting called APFS that replaces xFat, and you will have to reformat to use with Time Machine. This is a simple process using Disc Utility, and it reformats quickly. Once I had that issue solved, I got Carbon Copy Cloner (trial version) and set up the tasks of copying my main hard drive (348.3 GB) and my 8 TB external drive to the new Seagate drive and let it go. The main drive was backed up in just over 47 minutes. Yeah, it's a tad noisy, but nothing that can't go on while working on the computer by any means unless you're maybe recording a YouTube video at the computer or something. The external drive, which had 6.58 TB of stuff on it took a little longer... 12 1/2 hours to be exact. Slow? I don't know, it's the first time I've copied a hard drive with that much stuff on it, but I set the task and left it alone and it was done in the morning. The image included here shows Carbon Copy's review page for the performed tasks. CAVEAT: you may need to use a program that allows the computer to work without shutting down after a period of inactivity. I use an app called "Amphetamine", which forces the computer to stay on in various circumstances that you can set. I set mine to remain on "as long as the specified app is working" and chose Carbon Copy Cloner. Not sure you have to do this, but Amphetamine is a great app and I didn't want to take the chance of having to start over, so I used it, and it worked great. The noise some complaint about could be from other drives (I have the 12 TB version for desktop) or it may be a personal preference, but a drive in a plastic case like this with lots of air holes in it will make some noise, however, I didn't find this "noisy" at all IMHO. So far, I'm impressed with Carbon Copy as well, but like the drive, I'm in my infancy with using it, so time will tell. I also have a 1 TB external I use for Time Machine, so instead of using this one for that, I will most likely also set up the drive to copy that drive so I have a backup of my Time Machine just in case. You can set Carbon Copy to copy whenever it detects a change in a drive, so once the initial copying is done, the lengthy copies are done, and it's only copying when things change. If you have issues with one of these drives not being recognized by your computer straight out of the box, FIRST make sure you have the correct US plug installed. THEN, make sure to reformat to APFS if you're running Catalina or later if you plan to use it for your Time Machine backups. At that point, so far in my experience, it's a great drive. I'm giving four stars only because of having to hunt down good documentation for the actual necessity for reformatting for the OSs, and for having NO information about the right plug to use. NO idea why the one with holes won't work, but it would be nice if they gave a heads-up on that. Once it's been working for a while, I'll readdress this review.

Worked exactly like it should. The xbox series s has a very small internal memory and this helps a lot. Kind of pricey for a 1tb SSD but it worked seamlessly.

Its working...and provides the storage that I require.....

The unit has worked perfectly for me. I'm a daily gamer and streamer and this has granted the ability to save more game titles to my system. Easy to install as it just slides right into the port located on the back of my XBOX Series X.

With games these days taking so much space and getting latger and larger with every update, getting one of these is essential. It’s fast and works without any issues. If it fits into your budget I recommend getting one.

This expansion drive is awesome! Super tiny and only sticks out a small amount when inserted into the back of the Xbox. I have not had any issues with this product and it did not require any set up, just insert and you are good! I do recommend taking it out if packing the Xbox back up for travel, it comes with a plastic cover for the connections so be sure to keep that!

Works as it should. easy set up as well. Plugged it into the xbox and the screen popped up and asked me if im only using it on only this console or multiple. then it was ready to use.

This is a must have if you own the Xbox Series S. I got tired of having to either move games to the game drive and then back to the system to play it. I was lucky enough to land a series x a few weeks after I made this purchase and it's easy to just pop it out of one and into the other when I feel like playing in a different room.

I bought the 1TB at launch and have been happy with performance. Combining this with Gamepass and both SSD's stay close to full. Buy the largest you can afford and balance what games you store. Each game is approx 30gb or more (Call of Duty is upwards of 100). The plus side is these units are plug and play if you want more than one.

great storage option as Series X/S games need to be on a compatible storage device

Amazed with such product on keeping my console with more storage space and enjoying the easy use and handling of product.

Very fast response on Xbox Series X for games. Basically a 2nd internal drive, easy to install. Price is much more expensive than it should be, however it works as advertised.

This is great if you want to expand your storage on your next gen xbox. I have an xbox series s and this is perfect since the series s only has 350gb of storage. It seems expensive but if you get it on sale then thats your best bet

What’s not like about it? Plenty of storage great price

So fast that I don't even realize when a game isn't installed on my series X vs the expansion card. It's pricey, but this is the best console expansion memory I've ever had. I purchased mine over the summer when I got my series X but bought it again for my brother's series S as a Christmas present for him. Definitely worthwhile!

Easy-to-use. A little pricey but worth it. Transfers extremely fast.

Price is high but the storage, quality, and speed is a must

Need more storage? This is the way to go! Plenty of space for all the games/apps that you like. Will buy again if need to.

Works perfectly!!! Definitely recommend!!! A must for Xbox users!!!