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Pros & Cons
Pros
If you're using this for time machine backups your download time will increase dramatically compared to thunderbolt. It is very compact for its capacity, 2tb. I beleave the issue is in the usb-c mini-port that allows fast trasfers, nearly consistantly... Read More
Cons
Super disappointed and noticeably irritated on a daily basis. Second time a la cie hdd dies on me.
Lacie rugged is much better. My husband is a web developer and he had some head scratching issues when trying to get this to work with time machine. This is unusable for workloads however this is perfect for laptop backups. I use a sandisk ssd for wor... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Well built quality material & fairly quick process speeds.
To sum up, the 4tb lacie mobile external portable hard drive has huge storage, is reliable, compact, and performs flawlessly.
Not the cable, but the snug connection to the drive itself, seems either the lenovo shunts too much heat threw the highest poin... Read More
Have had this for a few weeks now and the issue that happened repeatedly on all of the sandisk ssd drives has not happened once!
Shipping
Fairly fast and convenient that it has usb-c.
Competitiveness
Most reliable brand i have found for my photography.
If you're using this for time machine backups your download time will increase dramatically compared to thunderbolt.
I use a mac and windows so i know a lot of people mistake the c port as the same as thunderbolt 3 or better but it is not the same.
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- This product had a total of 4,884 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 30 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For me it works but seems to drain fast my macbook air battery don’t know if it’s the hard drive or the macbook itself and it is heavy in mi opinion
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However its description will make it seem that you can use thunderbolt with this and you can not
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I use a mac and windows so i know a lot of people mistake the c port as the same as thunderbolt 3 or better but it is not the same
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thus your speed goes from 20 or 40gbs down to 5gbs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thats not to say usbc is terrible
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre using this for time machine backups your download time will increase dramatically compared to thunderbolt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I pulled it out of the box plugged it into my macbook pro 2019 running monterey formatted it and ran a time machine backup
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The drive does not make any noise
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