SanDisk - Extreme 1TB External USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A/Type-C Portable Solid-State Drive

Recently had an issue with a WD passport 1GB external drive and wanted to have a faster, more reliable backup drive for my new iMac running OS Mohave 10.14.6. Upon plugging in to the thunderbolt port, it immediately appeared on the desktop. Upon opening Time Machine I was able to chose the new SanDisk Extreme and execute the Time Machine backup. The xfer speed did not show during the process but it completed backing up a little over 600GB in four hours. It is much smaller than I expected which makes it very portable. I definitely recommend!!!!

I got this SSD external drive because my Macbook Pro's storage is dismal (120GB) and photography is a hobby of mine. It didn't take long at all before I ran out of storage space, so I looked for an external SSD that would make the process of managing photos externally as simple as possible. This SanDisk SSD was the perfect choice because I offers SSD speeds, and is extremely portable and can use either a USB-A or USB-C cable to connect to a device. This allows me to just use a USB-C to USB-C cable so that I don't always have to pack around a dongle (my Macbook Pro only has Thunderbolt/USB-C ports). SanDisk made some excellent decision in the design of this external drive, because it is so light and small it would be prone to sliding around quite easily, but there is a rubbery texture around the edges and on the back of it so that it will not slide easily as it is sitting on a desk or tabletop. I have not had any issues at all with it. I highly recommend it. It is rather pricey but if you want an extremely portable and convenient storage solution I would say it's worth paying more (rather than an internal SSD drive inside an enclosure-that is prone to moving/losing connection to the enclosure terminal).

I bought this after a 2TB G drive I got on Amazon failed on me the first day. It has been reliable and close to rated speeds consistently. I think I am done buying important electronics from Amazon! I lost a lot of images through this.

Starting doing some video editing with Final Cut Pro X and in the middle of my very first project I started getting notices that my internal drive was almost full. I have a MacBook Pro with a 250GB internal drive, it filled up in no time. A two-minute virtual choir video project was running about 45GB. I have a 2TB HDD but it is way to slow for Audio/Video work. The 1TB SanDisk SSD is super fast and has performed without a glitch. I will soon be getting the 2TB version. It is smaller than I expected but that is not a bad thing, it takes up less room on the desk.

I love the small compact SSD Drive from Sandisk. I showed mine to a friend and he plans to get the same one. 1 tb is right for me right now for my 512g IPad Pro 2019.

Excellent for travel, with the ability to carry 1 TB of files. The small size and light weight is a huge plus. Pricier than the standard external USB 3.0 drives, the solid state construction makes it less delicate. If your computer has the capacity, the USB C connection is extremely fast. Very good if you deal with large files like photos or video.

We decided to have an external portable solid state drive with our new computer system. We needed 1TB capacity. This unit does not remain connected to our computer but is used solely to back up the drives on the computer. Have used it twice since we purchased it and each time it was speedy.

When even high capacity flash drives won't hold everything you need to carry around, the Extreme SSD is an excellent choice and it is very fast. This drive is small, about 2 x 3 3/4 x 3/8. Thinner than some of the flash drives I have so easy to keep in a back pocket. It even fits in a coin pocket, more or less. So, extreme portability. Haven't used the Secure Access software because I already have programs for that purpose.