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

Speed is 5x than hard drive (500mb/s vs 100mb/s); size is generally only 1/6 volume of hard drive. It is great. Any one knows to how to encrypt it on Mac?

I just picked up a 2TB drive from my local Best Buy today and noticed that the box and device both say Made in Malaysia when I thought these were made in China. I'm wondering if got a Grey Market or counterfeit product? The SanDisk lettering on the front of the device looks worn off already and I just purchased this brand new and unsealed the box. Is this how they are supposed to come now? The serial number on the back of the device is very hard to read and not clearly marked which is also suspicious. Can someone from SanDisk chime in? I will update this review upon further communication from SanDisk.

This is my second SSD from SanDisk and it's the same one. I really love this device, the speed, the weight, the size, and the quality are amazing!

I've wanted this thing for a long time, but the $300 price put me off. I finally was FORCED to buy it due a work need, and my goodness it's incredible. Having a USB C SSD of this size, weight, toughness, and speed is life-changing for someone obsessed with making bootable backups and carrying them. The backup speeds are like 50x faster than USB 3 HDDs, and I can actually boot from this drive and use my computer. Still can't stomach the price, but it isn't really going down much... just get it early and enjoy it longer, instead of waiting like I did and still paying. Also, the included cable is thoughtfully designed for USB 3 and USB C.

I have the 2 TB device which holds a lot of images. Sd cards hold 32 to 64 GB typically so this will hold about 30 of my cards, but I dont have 30 cards since each one is $120. It is a no-brainer to buy this to back up files. It reads and writes incredibly fast using USB 3.0. I am very happy also that I caught it on sale.

The summary says it all. I actually have three of these things. They take up virtually no room in my bag, they are super fast for moving large files and I like that they are water and dustproof. I always try to grab one of these when Best Buy puts them on sale.

The Fusion drive in my iMac went out, turned out it was the HHD portion of it. After looking at different options, have Apple replace it was going to cost over $1,000. If I replaced it myself would cost about $200 but would require opening the iMac (not an easy task and could break screen). I plugged this one in and easily set it up to take the place of my HHD portion of the Fusion drive. Once done iMac was back to normal and running slightly faster than before. Best thing is when I retire the iMac, I can keep the drive. Price a little high so I took off one star.

Got this because I was running out of storage for all my family pictures and videos. The transfer speed on this is amazing. Now I don’t have to worry about space for a while. I will get another one to use with Final Cut Pro.