SanDisk - Extreme 500 240GB External USB 3.0 Portable SSD - Black

I was looking for SSD drive to use with the Time Machine on my iMac and decided on the SanDisk - Extreme 500 240GB External USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive because it fit the size required to keep my computer backed up. The USB cord is just long enough for the drive to sit on the desk behind the iMac stand out of the way when it is plugged into the USB port on the back of the computer. I like the idea of a solid state drive (SSD) because there are no moving parts to wear out like in a portable hard drive and there is no noise of a hard drive spinning. I have checked the backup files on Time Machine on numerous occasions and it is working flawlessly. I would recommend this to anyone looking for SSD drive to use with Apple's Time Machine, and if the 240GB drive is not large enough for your needs, SanDisk also makes a 480GB drive.

I was getting concerned about my 300 Gb USB drive so I purchased this portable, durable SSD. FAST!!! It's so much faster than my USB drive, even connected to older USB ports, it's incredible. Set up is effortless and I haven't had a single problem with it. I haven't taken advantage of the security that comes with it, but it's a great feature.

This SSD by SanDisk is awesome. It's quick, it's reliable and it's small enough to fit in my pocket. I am a video editor, and I like to down load current projects on my SSD so that I can edit them at a coffee shop or on the go. The advantage to this drive is how small it is and how fast it is. It's small enough to fit in tight spaces in a coffee shop. Most of all it's quick, your access to large files are instantaneous. I don't have to wait for the drive to wake up, there are no moving pieces.

I've loaded 4k videos on this SSD and connected it to my TV and Blu-Ray player. It is high-speed with no lag whatsoever. It came with an app/executable installed which I had to delete before the TV (Samsung 4k 65") would recognize the drive. Well worth the price.

I needed a portable SSD drive for digital DJing with Native Instruments Traktor. I looked at several models and choose the SanDisk - Extreme 500 240GB External USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive based on the read speed specs and BestBuy's price. Thus, far it's been a solid choice and far cheaper than OWC's competing products. The only caveat is that it's a little bigger than expected and made completely out of plastic.

My main purpose to buy this SSD is: can I store video movies/clips for a long time (years to come)?; someone advised me that this device will do the job, but I never had tried this until today. My experience is: I had recorded video movie clips (eg. wedding, birthday ceremonies, etc) with a Sony HD camcorder & I stored them in a 3.0 flash drive 3-4 years ago. Un-fortunately, recently, when I played or reviewed it, the movie is not as good as when I initially recorded several years ago & also the movie had stopped playing several times during its course. Could someone, who has experience in video recordings, give me some opinion or comment? Thank you.

I bought this drive to supplement the minimal storage on my ultrabook. It has performed nearly as fast as the internal SSD, leaving my old backup hard drives in the dust. It has easily been detected with every machine I've used it with, including my smart phone. Great purchase with months of reliability so far.

Used on two overseas trips as a back up for my photographs off. Connected to both a MacBook Air and then a HP PC to back up additional photos with no issues and good speed. Its rather small and very light weight so perfect for traveling/packing. I have 4 dead external hard drives, the solid state gives me some security that I don't have to worry about losing data in the same manner. Highly recommend for portability, speed, security and size.