Features:

  • Store and access 5TB of photos and files with Seagate Backup Plus Portable, an on-the-go USB drive for Mac and Windows
  • The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, this portable external hard drive features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure
  • Great as a laptop hard drive or PC hard drive, simply plug in via USB 3.0 to back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Reformatting may be required for use with Time Machine.
  • Edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a two-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan
  • Enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included two-year limited warranty
support apps

Be sure to use the access applications a few times to be really familiar with what it does.

Back up for my iMac.

This is a great item, 4 TB's of storage for my iMac's Time Machine is plenty for my needs. It's quiet and small. I love this item!

easy to set up; huge capacity for backups; very quiet

I own several computers including a PC desktop and several laptops all with the Windows 10 OS. I like to have a dedicated portable hard drive for each one for backup purposes. I ordered this Seagate 5 TB drive to backup my desktop computer. The drive arrives nicely and securely boxed. Included is a short USB 3.0 cable. It is powered off the USB port of your computer, so no separate power source is needed. Installation of the drive is simple and requires no separate drivers. The drive itself is pretty small and compact given its huge storage capacity. After registering the drive online you are offered the opportunity to download a trial version of MylioCreate, software that helps you organize photos, and a trial version of Adobe Creative Cloud, which enables you to use Photoshop and Lightroom to edit digital photos online. Both of these are trials only, and you have to pay a monthly fee after the trial, so I did not bother with either of them. During registration you can download Seagate’s free Toolkit software that enables you to make basic backups with your new drive, which I did download. If you run the Toolkit it will offer the option to reformat the drive for optimal performance with Windows, although you will lose compatibility with the Mac OS if you do so. I initially used this drive to create a system image of my desktop computer and plan to create separate backups for my documents, photos, and music files. The 5 TB capacity provides ample space to create additional backups over time. After optimizing the drive for Windows it seems to transfer data very quickly. It operates pretty silently. Seagate has a reputation for quality, and I anticipate this Seagate drive will hold up well over time for my intended purpose. In summary, this Seagate 5 TB external hard drive is a great option for backing up your data. Its huge capacity provides ample room to backup one or even multiple computers and performs well. When compared with other large capacity external hard drives it appears to be price competitive, too. I highly recommend it. I try to write informative product reviews. If you have found my review to be useful, please let me know by clicking on the “Helpful” link.

Good for backups

Work well as I spected.

Small Footprint, Large Capacity

I have to confess, I have bought these small backup drives for years and never used the pre-programmed software that came with it. I just want to back up my files. This time I was determined to use it to see how it worked. First: this is physically about the size of my hand (with fingers; I have small hands) and heavier than the 1TB drives I have bought previously. Nice and solid. The connecting cord is short as usual. It was immediately plug-and-play, and I registered it. Then I started the backup software. This worked okay, except it took forever. I usually back up my hard drive once a month, and via USB it takes two hours. This one went on for hours, to the point I had to stop it by shutting off the computer at bedtime; it continued backing up for an hour. It did back up my files on my separate D: drive, and also my entire e-mail folder. But it also backed up my C: drive with my Windows setup on it--what's with that? Anyone knows that if your computer crashes, it is better to just reformat and reload. That way you get junk and possible malicious software off as well. So maybe that's why it took so long to back up, it was copying all those Windows files. Not interested in using the other software, but a small 5TB backup for this price is good bang for your buck! I remember years ago (late 90s) when hubby and I bought a 300MB hard drive for $300 and we thought that was a bargain!

PS4 SYS. & Extende

This is a grate drive for extended storange for the PS4 & is also great for system backup on the PS4 after ya reformat to FAT32. PLUG AND PLAY. I HAVE 2 OF THEN. If ya don't want to loose what ya have & save ya time & money to keep what ya paid for. Time tested for 2 years. Vary happy.

Small but mighty

It's so little but holds a lot! Super straight forward set up! So happy

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