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Pros & Cons
Pros
The port on the drive itself is a usb 3 micro b connector, which is becoming less common as portable drives are generally making a transition to the newer usb-c. There's a shiny back-side-printed (i think) translucent tape sticker on the back that you... Read More
This is a drive that on windows, you want to go in and configure the setting to the better performance setting. Bottom gets pretty warm as it is a hdd & not an ssd. You can choose based on aesthetics—in this case whether a fabric covered drive is ... Read More
That’s confidence inducing!
Cons
The adapters are loose where the usb a connecter plugs in. The usb plug doesn't fir securely into your usb c device. It only has usb-2 portals. The included usb a to usb c adapter does not work.
The seagate plug that goes directly into the drive is loose and barely stays in. Ssd's have no moving parts and are much faster.
Data disappears and can't be extracted. This is what happened with me in this case, so i was able to salvage hundreds of other files that disappeared on the bad drive. Don't delete raw data files until they are backed up to two different external driv... Read More
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Packaging/appearance
So i found the seagate ultra touch when i read a report about the best external hard drives for mac that worked with big sur, a... Read More
Competitiveness
The seagate 2tb external hard drive comes with its own backup / restore software.
I do not use it for automated backup and i use a miscrosoft surface book 2.
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- This product had a total of 2,243 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 24 2023.
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I wish it would run while my computer was sleeping
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had an issue on day 2 with toolkit not starting up but i went online the seagate website reinstalled it after i logged in
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Only backing up the files that have changed greatly shortens the backup process
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I do not use it for automated backup and i use a miscrosoft surface book 2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My issue with this hard drive is sometimes it takes a while for it to load after putting in my password
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The high probability of constantly troubleshooting and losing all of my precious data freaks me out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Tonight i tried to get it to load for 3 hours doing combinations of laptop restarts unplugging and replugging switching power cords trying to use toolkit to deactivate the password feature thats where it always seems to freeze and stop responding
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It seems like it doesnt stay powered on long enough through the loading process and just stops responding
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