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1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive for Mac

Western Digital My Passport SE (Silver)

Formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™ this drive is plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users.

Maximum capacity. Maximum style. – Store all your favorite videos, music, photos, and important files. Although it’s still sleek and compact, it’s ideal for storing the large files of creative professionals.

Designed for Mac – Formatted for Mac® and compatible with Apple® Time Machine™, this drive is plug-a

nd-play ready for Mac computer users.

Drive lock – Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

“Upon arrival, it came in such a small box that I thought it was something else. How can 1 TB be in such a small devise? I’m not sure, but it’s there. And it’s great that it runs off of USB power, it doesn’t require a separate power source like other external hard-drives. Plugged it in to my Mac, started loading it up with pictures, movies and songs and performance was great. This is what plug and play was meant to be.”

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Lowest Price & Hot Deals of 2TB External Hard Drive from Seagate ST320005EXA101-RK

I can’t speak to the issues that some of the other reviewers have had, but I have to say I’ve been very impressed by this drive. You’ve got to plug it in so it’s not really an “on-the-go” kind of drive, but that’s not what I needed. I have a couple of FreeAgent Go drives for that (and the reason I went with Seagate this time is because I’ve been so impressed with the other Seagates). This time, I wanted a big drive that I could use as a Time Machine backup for my MacBook Pro, and as a backup for all of the video files I’ve shot over the years. So far I’ve been very happy with this drive. One thing I noted right away is that it actually has slightly more than 1TB of space! With every other external drive I’ve ever used the actual amount of usable memory has been a bit less than advertised, even after I’ve reformatted them. With this one you get what is advertised. It’s a USB 2.0 data connection, and from what I’ve seen manages to move files more quickly than my older Western Digital 500GB desktop firewire drive.

For comparison, I tried moving a 2.15 GB video file back and forth between my laptop’s hard drive and a few of my external drives. This one was fastest at both downloads and uploads – it would download the 2.15 GB file in one minute, 17 s. as opposed to 1 min., 40 for the portable FreeAgent Go and 1 min., 37 for the Western Digital. Uploading results were similar: it would upload the same 2.15 GB video file in 1 minute, 10 s. while the other drives uploaded in about 1 minute, 20 s. So, it’s pretty fast and does exactly what I need – I’ve got no complaints and am very happy about the price (which turns out to be almost exactly what I paid a year or so ago for my 320GB portable drive and much less than what I paid about 3 years ago for my 500 GB desktop drive). What’s not to like?

One more thing, for Mac users. While this drive is set up out of the factory to plug and play on Windows it can easily be converted to a handy Mac drive. Here’s how:

1. plug it in to your Mac, using the USB 2.0 cable provided with the drive

2. open up your applications folder, search for the utilities folder and then run “disk utility” (or, just search for “disk utility” in finder or spotlight and click on it).

3. you should see an icon for your “1 TB Seagate Desktop Media” drive in the left column of “disk utility” and also a drive partition (as I recall it was called “desktop” but I changed the name) underneath that.

4. click on the icon labelled “1 TB Seagate Desktop Media” and you’ll see a few options in the window; click “partition”

5. after this steps will vary depending on what you want to do with this. For what I wanted, I decided to create two partitions on my hard drive. So, under “volume scheme” I selected “2 partitions” then clicked on the top one and set it to 250 GB and that left 750.10 GB on the other one. For the “format” I selected “Mac OS X Extended” but you’d want to select the journaled option if you want to use either of these drives as a “boot disk”. I didn’t. Then hit “apply” and it will erase everything on the disk and break it into two sections.

Now when you plug in the hard drive two icons will appear on your desktop, as if there were two separate external drives. I use the smaller one for regular backups and the larger one for storing all of my old video files. I’m sure there are lots of other ways to get an excellent value from this sleek and handy little drive. Enjoy!

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2TB WD Elements USB 2.0 Ext desktop External Hard Drive From Western Digital

I bought this on sale at Fry’s for $99, way below the amazon price. I wanted something simple as most hard drives these days come with their annoying built in software which cannot be deleted (like WD Essential Edition). This is a hassle free drive and is not bundled with any of the extra software which is exactly what I wanted. You simply plug it in and it works. It can easily be formatted to work with macs as well. I’ve been using WD hard drives for years and I own several models of the “essential” and “passport” editions. They are very reliable.

This elements hard drive has a sleek and sexy, minimalist design. It is well built overall and constructed of durable plastic. There is a slot for the USB cable, a slot for the power adapter and a tiny circular white light which blinks when it is in use (the light is not overwhelming as some hard drives can be). All three of these features are on one side/face of the hard drive (as shown in the picture), so if you have this plugged in and it is facing away from you, you won’t see the light at all. This doesn’t bother me but it may be a turn off for some people.

When in operation, it is very smooth and quiet compared to other WD hard drives I own. This may be due to the fact that it is closed entirely and there are no holes for ventilation as in other WD models. But this doesn’t bother me because I just use this as a backup and don’t need it on all of the time. This could (emphasis on “could”) be an issue if you are constantly using your hard drive because it may become hot. I haven’t experienced this at all, just speculating. If you are just backing up files and, say, watching a movie on your computer which is stored on the hard drive, I think you’ll be fine and there won’t be any heating issues.

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