Seagate STHN2000400 Backup Plus Slim 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD - Black USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac, 1 Year Mylio Create, 2 Months Adobe CC Photography

Its fine. Bought this at Wirecutters recommendation. All good.

Love how much space I now have. I bought this when it was on sale and it has honestly been one of my better investment. It hooks right up to my Xbox and it’s easily portable and transferable too.

The product performs a full back-up quickly and, I believe, accurately. The acid test will be how long does it last? The one (by Seagate) that this unit replaces lasted for three years. Not good.

Ive had it for about 6 months and it so far its been working really good no complaints. Starts right up with my girlfriends Imac.

1) It does not include an encryption software and if it does they dont make it easy to do. For the price Id expect an encryption software. 2) It feels cheap, the photos almost make it look high quality but dont be fooled. its plastic. Thin plastic. when youre backing up to the drive you can hear it vibrate thru the cheap plastic. I would have expected better quality from a company like seagate. Next time will buy a different external drive. Im not impressed.

It was not especially difficult to set up the Seagate Backup Plus Slim for use by Time Machine, on our 2014 MacBook running OS 10.9. I have used it also after I upgraded the laptop to OS 10.12. A quirk I didnt expect was the laptop must be using the AC adapter or Time Machine wont back up to the drive. It limits this methods usefulness for a laptop compared to for a desktop computer. I have used it a few months and it seems to work fine, although I havent tried to retrieve anything yet from the drive. All I have to do is just plug the drive and the power supply, of course, into the Macbook. However, one time I plugged the drive in only to find later that it wasnt communicating with the computer. After I unplugged the drive and plugged it back in, it was fine. The takeaway is to verify by looking for the drives icon on the desktop. On the other hand, I once left the drive upside down, and it still seemed to work okay. But I wouldnt recommend doing it. The 2 TB is more than we need for this laptop. I had wondered whether I could partition the disk and use it to back up with Time Machine on 2 Macs. But I didnt expect it, and it doesnt seem possible since Time Machine reformats the whole disk as a single volume. Im pleased with the purchase, though, were I to get another external drive for a Macbook, I might see whether a LaCie would be more advantageous.

Ive used the Seagate before and Im back for more. This show the high quality of the product. It works great and goes about the job quietly that you will forget you have it as a back up for your computer. I will recommend.

External Back up died less than a year with all my data lost, over (1.3TB). I try recovery products but could not get them back. External drive could no longer be red by any USB I plug it into. I am very disappointed. I lost a lot of important data.

This is a superb small profile package with significant storage capacity. Its trivial to set up and use, and fast for backups. All around wonderful tool.

Not automatic backup since there seems to be a little leg work to back up your files but seems good so far