LaCie Mobile Drive, 2TB, External Hard Drive, Space Grey, USB-C, 2 year Rescue Services (STHG2000402)

The external hard drive is well build, eye catching and working as described. The read/write speeds are bit better or faster as it's provided with a usb-c port rather then the older models without usb-c.It works well with a older macbook pro as well as with the newer one. Didn't had any issues by transferring my old macbook data into my new one, all worked well.The usb-c cable is very sturdy, not very flexible, that's the only downside in my opinion. Also as the cable is very short, super thick and all from black plastic, it destroys a bit the eye catching optics of the hard drive itself.The dark grey colour isn't identical to the apple space grey, it's kind of close.I would definitely recommend this hard drive.

After a lot of research I went for this 4Tb portable drive and so far have been very pleased. I am using it on a Mac and the supplied software on the disc reformatted it without me having to search for disk utilities and decide on options there. I've transferred over a terabyte of data to it in one go already and it took that in its stride without getting hot and bothered. It works well either plugged directly into the usb port on my mac or into a usb port on the back of my My Book duo HD, which i was impressed by. In mirroring files between these two drives i am getting transfer rates of around 64 Mb/sec on average - this is on usb2 though, so i suspect it will be quicker on USB3 and usb-c. Indeed, it's great that the core connector on this drive is a fast usb-c, so when i upgrade to a newer mac then its ready for the faster connection. Also its great that the drive comes with both Usb-c/Usb-c and Usb-c/US2-3 cables, so you can use it with anything.The drive is near silent, goes to sleep and wakes up promptly, looks robust (indeed it really is pretty robust the delivery guy managed to drop the package containing it from a 3m height trying to balance it on my gatepost while 'social distancing' - but it survived and lives to tell the tale- phew!)So I can recommend, very pleased indeed.

As a long time Amazon customer and a sceptical review reader I write this to simply report my experience. I pondered this purchase long and hard, and found the reviews as confused as any I had seen before, so here is my perspective: The drive is slim and stylish, quiet as a mouse, has simple start up requirements (Mac) worked perfectly from the box and is currently purring away as a time machine back up, modestly warm to the touch and faster than anything I have previously used as a HDD. (using the perfectly serviceable USB-C to C cable) The links on the onboard software are to Seagate but work fine. I considered the 4tb, settled on the 2tb and would buy again in an instant. Presumably there are situations where the product is faulty or setup complicated by a third party factor, but from my experience I can recommend 100% plus of course, amazon and DPD's unbelievable next day service.

Bought this product because I want reliable storage that will last well into the future without breaking down. I have 2 other LaCie drives and both are still good. I bought the LaCie Quadra in 2009 and though a little slow by today's standards, it still cranks up and runs well. My only gripe with this mobile drive is that I bought the 5TB version and only got 4.54TB. I wouldn't mind so much if I was told about this in the product description details because I might have even bought the 6TB to make up the difference. Not good! Was tempted to send it back but decided to live with it. Only had it a few days so I may add to this review in 6 months or 1 year. On the positive side, it really is just plug and play. Nice design, looks expensive. Seems heavy for it's size but I actually like that. Transfer speeds are not blistering but good. I would have given 5 stars across the board but not happy about the disk space hog.

Excellent product so far with USB-C/USB-C and USB-C/USB-A leads included, so no adaptor required as was the case with a previous ext. drive. Despite LiCie branding this drive is manufactured by Seagate. Formatting the drive for my MacBook Pro (2020) is straightforward but there are also clear on-screen instructions included on the drive. Slim form, sleek design and good value for money make this an excellent purchase. I have not tried it with Windows. Delivered promptly by Amazon thanks to their amazing delivery staff!

Does the job, lots of storage, got it for my laptop

Very pleased with this. Good value. Large capacity. Neat and compact (if a little heavier than an earlier LaCie drive I had). Seems well made. Worked straight out of the box with my iMac. Great for backing up my large number of photo files, music and documents. Copy speed seems entirely adequate, but large amounts of data will take time. I had 2TB initially to copy and it took a few hours. Just set it going and leave it in that scenario, is my advice. I’m sure this is the same for any external drive and shouldn’t be held against this one. I recommend this for anyone looking for a good value back up drive.

Great value 4TB drive, neat and fast and seemingly built like a tank. Not so. It's a quality Seagate 4TB HDD Barracuda cased with a cheap and flimsy SATA to USB-C converter. The cheap and flimsy bit failed for me. Started becoming intermittent with the USB connection. New cables didn't resolve it. Good old 'wiggling' the connection did. But It worsened until no wiggling or 'forcing' or positioning would provide stability, power or DATA!!!!Under warranty with a good data recovery package thrown in, but with a 30 day turnaround, with customs fee (UK to Netherlands) and customer service were pretty good. In fact after a lengthy discussion, they are allowing me to open the casing myself, extract the data (rather than post it off with UPS forever with no guarantee) with a SATA-USB connector, and then send the drive and casing off to be replaced. Which I will do if customs fee isn't too much. Lacie will send a brand new replacement. So, flawed product if they're built the same way, but good company, maybe I was unlucky to have to endure such a faff.