Seagate Portable Drive 2TB, External Hard Drive, Dark Grey, for PC Laptop and Mac, Data Rescue Services, Amazon Exclusive (STGX2000400)

I bought this as my previous (seagate) harddrive was used for my old Windows laptop and therefore not compatible with my Macbook. This one particularly appealed to me for the appearance (which is also made from recycled materials, ticking off another positive for it!) and it's compatibility. So far, it's been working great and transfers are very fast. It heats up a little bit if I'm using it for a while but I'm sure that's pretty normal for any HDD. This comes with a USB-C cable straight out of the box so it's compatible with any Macbooks with no USB 2.0/3.0 ports. While slightly expensive, it works well out of the box and is a great option for Mac users, providing a good amount of storage for the price!

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works really good.Good price.The speed is a bit on the slow side.

I bought this to act as an on-site back-up for my computer. I've not had it long so I cannot make any useful comments about its durability. However, it was very easy to set up using the computer's Windows back-up system, it backs up my files daily, it appears to be running well, and I've had no trouble with it at all. I've not had to restore any files yet, but I have no reason to expect problems if and when I need to do so.

Why did you choose this product over others?:Have several smaller versions but was changing to windows 11 so backed up the entire pc to this just in case, after all it is MS! This devoured the multiple drive content from the computer and averaged good transfer speeds while doing so.Plenty space left and based on other drives think I'll have peace of mind when using it for storing other data.

Does the job. Backed up my laptops and data.Need a special programme to facilitate this and took the advice of a PC / Laptop professional to do this properly.All working well and seamless transfer at a great price.

Well built external hard drive, exactly what I would expect from Seagate. It's first task was backing up pictures and was getting consistent speeds of 180MB's. It's a bit noisy and likes to vibrate at random times and is a bit unnerving at first, so could do with being placed on an old mousepad or something to reduce that, but you get used to it pretty quickly. All in all a great product, highly recommended for the price if you need a lot of external storage.

I plugged this HDD into my laptop the day after it was delivered, and set about transferring about 70, 10-minute video clips to said HDD, hoping to free up my laptop. My aim was then to use the HDD to edit the videos for my Youtube Channel and resave them on the HDD. It was a slow job, but seemed to work fine. I had a list of video clips showing up on the HDD. I thought I'd better check that the saved videos played properly before I deleted the originals on my laptop. I clicked on a video, and that's when my laptop froze and the HDD started beeping. I've never had an external HDD before, but a beeping noise and a freezing laptop was not a good sign. Sure enough a quick search told me that the beeping signified a fatal flaw. I had read here on Amazon, that some customers advised NOT to buy this particular product, especially as the 'customer service' is basically non-existent, but I thought they maybe had just suffered 'bad luck'. Well, I'm ANOTHER unlucky person to add to the list! Thank heavens I did not delete the original video clips or I would be absolutely livid right now! The video clips I have are unique and cannot under any circumstances be recreated. I am though, totally appalled that this product has failed during its first use. How utterly disgraceful. I just hope I get a full and immediate refund, without having to jump through hoops. I will be adding to this review if there are.