It works with Mac, you just have to take an extra step to google how to set it up. Works as advertised after that, so they should definitely add a text help to the hard drive like they have it for other devices. But here's how I did in in like two minutes (after googling "set up seagate hard drive on mac")"
1. if it's not showing up, clear your desktop and go to "Finder" in the top bar on the left, then "settings" then "sidebar"
2. Go to the "Locations" section and make sure "external disks" has a check next to it so it'll show up. It'll either be on the desktop or in the sidebar when you open a folder
3. Then open "disk utility" by doing a search on the computer
4. Go to the "External" section ONLY (do NOT touch "internal" anything). If nothing is showing, in that same window go to the symbol next to "disk utility" with "view" under it and hit "show all devices"
5. Open the external drive and select the seagate one
6. Click "erase" and choose the mac journal version -- security is extra but i didn't do anything there
7. Complete the erasing and it will reload on your mac formatted to use
Works great - very affordable, just takes that extra step!
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I have purchased hard drives from Western Digital before from their G-Drive line and their My Passport line. I have had issues with these and although they were replaced by their customer service team. It was a long arduous process and they even once claimed that the hard drive I purchased directly from their store was a counterfeit (they took this statement back after some time). Due to this, I thought it might be good to try Seagate that seemed to be the other of the two biggest names I saw on external hard drives.
I have been using this hard drive for about the same time as a Western Digital one I got for school and it has not broken down, i haven't lost my files, and there has been no physical damage to it either. Even the cable it came with works after a few months which I cannot say about WD ones.
I have been reading up and see that they are WD fanatics on one side and Seagate fanatics on the other. They had horrible experiences with hard drives crashing from the other brand and praise their side. My personal experience will not tell you everything given that data storage is so fickle, however, at least for me, this Seagate hard drive has worked well for me and I hope it can last a good amount of time.
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A lot of the reviews are from people who probably have a lifetime of more knowledge surrounding data storage and hard drives. They can tell you a lot about read speeds and all that. I cannot tell you close to what they will tell you. However, I wanted to add my two cents as someone who just needed a hard drive to store videos, photos, and music. This works well for my needs. It transfers files well and for my novice brain, it is enough for data storage.Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2023
I have purchased hard drives from Western Digital before from their G-Drive line and their My Passport line. I have had issues with these and although they were replaced by their customer service team. It was a long arduous process and they even once claimed that the hard drive I purchased directly from their store was a counterfeit (they took this statement back after some time). Due to this, I thought it might be good to try Seagate that seemed to be the other of the two biggest names I saw on external hard drives.
I have been using this hard drive for about the same time as a Western Digital one I got for school and it has not broken down, i haven't lost my files, and there has been no physical damage to it either. Even the cable it came with works after a few months which I cannot say about WD ones.
I have been reading up and see that they are WD fanatics on one side and Seagate fanatics on the other. They had horrible experiences with hard drives crashing from the other brand and praise their side. My personal experience will not tell you everything given that data storage is so fickle, however, at least for me, this Seagate hard drive has worked well for me and I hope it can last a good amount of time.
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