Seagate Backup Plus 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 + 2mo Adobe CC Photography (STDT5000100)

My previous review was for an older model 2TB Seagate Backup Plus External Hard Drive I bought and returned in June, 2014. Don't know why Amazon is lumping this New 4TB Drive review in with the old. This review is for the Seagate 4TB USB 3.0 Backup Plus External HD for Mac I bought 12/30/2015 at Amazon and received 01/03/2016: I love it! Pure and simple. It works perfectly with my new iMac's Time Machine backup. Just plug it into a USB 3.0 port, there's a power transformer/plug as well, then click on the prompts to use Time Machine Backup, how often to backup and what to backup, and you are good to go. It works silently in the background as it goes about its business. Unlike earlier models from Seagate, this one comes on and shuts off when it's supposed to: for scheduled backups every hour, or when you tell it to backup now. Very unobtrusive. And, 4TB for less than I paid for 2TB two years ago! Outstanding! The USB 3.0 port, the HD's only connector Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Desktop External Hard Drive for Mac with 200GB of Cloud Storage & Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (STDU4000100) , is as fast or faster than the old Firewire 800 or Ethernet connections between my old iMac & Seagate backup HD. It's also comparable in speed to my Seagate 1TB portable Lightning External Backup HD I use with my MacBook Pro laptop. You can also drag or move files to the drive as well. They go onto the drive's desktop or into a folder you create and move them to. You can use it as an additional storage hard drive by clicking that prompt, but why? Just get an expansion hard drive with as much as 8TB instead. There ARE instructions on how to format and use this drive with a Windows PC, but again, why? Buy the Windows backup drive. It also has models with more memory. I've been using the HD for a week now as I load new software and update it all to work with El Capitan. (My old iMac is still running 10.7, so everything had to be updated. PITA!) It seamlessly backs everything up using Time Machine and I couldn't be more pleased with it. I am not going to use the 200GB of "free" OneDrive Cloud Storage for 2 years. So I can't review that. You have to pay for the space after the 2 years. Seagate says it's a $95 value. So I'm guessing $45 - $50 a year after that? I wonder how difficult it is to transfer what you have stored in the cloud with one vendor to cloud storage with a different vendor? I highly recommend this Hard Drive. It's much improved and a joy to use. ------------------------- Old Review for Seagate 2TB External Backup Drive: This is a good Seagate drive, at least I think so. I have two older Macs, an iMac and a MacBook Pro. Neither has USB 3.0. I tried to back up my laptop from scratch. Using USB 2.0 Time Machine said it would take 4 days! So, I asked Seagate what I could use besides USB. I was told there was an adapter with which I could use either Thunderbolt or Firewire 800. Wrong! There are no Seagate adapters that fit this drive. The only port the drive has is a Micro B port. The cable is a Micro B to USB 3.0. There are no work-arounds. If you don't have a Mac with a USB 3.0 port, you are screwed. LIke my other Seagate external drive that I use on my iMac, it starts and stops at totally unpredictable moments. I have to unplug it so it doesn't run for hours. It will spool up and run continuously for hours even after it backs up the computer. It gets very hot that way. This drive seems to behave the same way. PS: the Mac Time Machine software was corrupted the second time I used it. First Aid wouldn't fix it, so I sent the hard drive back and bought a 1Tb portable Seagate drive with Thunderbolt adapter. Hopefully it will work.

Durable, compact, and fast are three words that I would use to describe this five terabyte hard drive. I have had it for about three weeks and there has yet to be any issues with it. This hard drive is great if you are looking to back up your computer or are in need of extra space for files. I personally have used this drive to back up my computer and to transfer files off my computer for easy access later. For having five terabytes of storage space on it, the hard drive is very compact, allowing for portability and easy placement . It is built heavily and efficiently and was definitely worth the selling price. Lastly, the hard drive is really fast and performs very well. When you first connect it to your device, it takes very little time to back up and transfer all your files to it. You can quickly access all of your files with ease. All you have to do is plug it into any USB capable device and all the contents will be right there. This particular five terabyte hard drive comes with many features. It has the latest 3.0 USB technologies, allowing it to be extremely fast. It also comes with mobile backup capabilities. This means that it has the ability to connect to your mobile device wirelessly and back up your cell phone files. The last major feature this product comes with is 200 gigabytes of OneDrive cloud storage. So, not only are you getting five terabytes of external storage, but you’re also receiving online cloud storage for easier access. I recommend any customers in need of extra storage space or need to back up their computer or mobile files to buy this product, as it is the best hard drive I’ve purchased.

If you own a Wii U, you'll no doubt know that the internal storage isn't exactly huge. While its not a terribly big deal due to the games playing off the disc and not needing an install, Eshop downloads can add up. With the growing selection on the Eshop, some downloads are getting a bit bigger. For example, "Child of Light" is 2GB. If you intend to download the new Mario Kart game, that's around 4.5GB. Needless to say if you want to go the digital route, that 32GB is going to go fast considering with nothing on it except for the OS and apps that can't be deleted, there's only around 23GB to use. I first tried a 1TB "passport" style drive. It needed a Y cable to power it but it didn't work as intended. I could see what was on the drive but it wouldn't save progress during games. It seems the size of that drive and not having an external power source was the problem. Needless to say I was upset about that. Nintendo does strongly recommend a powered hard drive. I decided I'd give it a shot. This drive was a steal for $100. 2TB is overkill for the Wii U quite frankly but getting smaller powered drives seems a bit more difficult to come by. Set up for it is a breeze. There is NO need to hook it up to a computer first to format it. The Wii U will take care of that. Simply plug it up to the USB port on your Wii U of your choice, plug the drive into the wall, boot the system and follow the instructions on the screen easy peasy. Move files that are on your Wii U's HDD and you're off to the races. I moved approximately 10GB of data on the Wii U to this drive within 30 mins which I don't think is that bad of a transfer time. The drive looks nice and matches the Wii U pretty well even though it has rough edges. It seems very well ventilated with vents on the bottom and the sides. It automatically powers itself off when the Wii U is not in use so no need to worry about it spinning endlessly and running up the miles so to speak. The only issue I have with it is there isn't an "ON" indicator light that most drives have. If it does I simply haven't noticed it. When I first turned it on I wasn't sure if it was working. If you get tired of using it for a Wii U it is quite easy to reformat the drive and make it usable for PC external storage or other tasks. Just keep in mind that its very likely you will lose the programming that was on the drive when you bought it. Needless to say if you want to do more digital downloads for your Wii U this drive is a beast. I can't vouch for PC performance but I have other Seagate drives that work great so imagine this would be the same.

Ich habe für diese Festplatte knapp 65€ bezahlt. Für 3 TB unschlagbar. Die Platte rennt pro Tag fast 14 h und hat noch nie einen Ausfall gehabt. Ich musste allerdings noch einen Adapter für die Steckdose kaufen, da ein englischer mitgeliefert wurde. Das stand leider nirgends. Sonst alles Top.

Gran disco duro, la relación precio almacenaje es muy buena, hasta el momento he respaldado los archivos de varias computadoras, incluyendo la mía, con gran cantidad de software y controladores y aun tengo espacio libre. Lo recomiendo ampliamente, en Windows (7, 8, 8.1, 10) y Linux (Ubuntu, Lubuntu) funcionan muy bien, es de rápida transferencia aun cuando se usa en puertos 2.0. Aun no lo he probado en MacOS, pero hasta el momento todo ha sido de maravilla

Not much to say about this since these types of devices are very "what you see is what you get" - I am extremely pleased with mine. It arrived well-packaged and in great condition. I own about 10 other Seagate external hard drives and I've never had a problem with any of them...to the point where I now exclusively only buy Seagate drives. I have tried others over the years, such as Western Digital, Samsung and Iomega, but have run into some problems with each. I trust Seagate drives completely. This drive in particular works great as a storage device for my Xbox One! With 5TB of space I can install all my games with a ton of room left to spare, and the USB3.0 means the data reads and writes quickly. I was able to get this drive at an amazingly low price, so keep your eyes out for sales on external hard drives! I would definitely recommend this drive to anyone looking for a large-capacity external hard drive, especially if it's for backups or for console (Xbox One/PS4) or data storage!

I chew through huge amounts of external storage backing up my personal and work systems. While I use two different cloud backup providers, there's still nothing quite like having local backups, ready at hand for when problems hit. And, since I generate a lot of content (I have written over 50 books), I need to keep backups for a while (I still have backups from the 1990s!). Fortunately, external backup devices are not hideously expensive, although some are more reliable or easier to work with than others. This is far from my first Seagate external device, as I have quite a stack of them in a cupboard, ranging in size from a few hundred megabytes to 8TB. This unit was on sale, and since my current storage is almost full, it was time to add a new external to my backup cycle. The unit looks like a typical Seagate external drive: a boxy enclosure with USB and power supply on the back; a wall-wart plug provided. As an external drive the unit worked fine, backing up my primary system easily and quickly. As part of the package you get some online Seagate cloud storage, but I tend to not use these bundled services as much as a commercial online cloud storage. As with all such Seagate's the unit is a little on the heavy side, as well as bulky, but they do stack quite easily. For me, the best thing I can say about an external drive is that it works flawlessly and doesn't cause any issues, and this is just like all the other Seagate drives I've used: it works, and works without issue.

Compré este disco duro de 3 tb para usarlo en mi xbox one y ha salido perfecto. Hasta éste momento no hay queja. El único detalle que algunas personas le pueden encontrar es el tamaño del cable USB (muy corto) y como las entradas no son universales, reemplazarlo o buscar uno más largo no será tan fácil como agarrar algún cable cualquiera. El otro detalle es el cable del eliminador que es muy delgado y se siente muy barato. De momento no me ha causado problemas ninguno de esos detalles, pero posiblemente muchos le encuentren inconveniente, especialmente aquellos que usen el disco como portatil. EDITO: Ahora compre el disco de 8TB y ha salido perfecto tambien...!