LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD – USB 3.0 compatible, Drop Shock Dust Water Resistant, Mac and PC Computer Desktop Workstation Laptop, 1 Mo Adobe CC (STFS2000800)

I do a lot of photo and video editing and this works for me. I love how rugged the device. I love it and take with me when I am traveling.

The robust construction of the case instills confidence that the electronics work well also.

loaded up with photos. Tried to copy more photos. had to use Disc Utility to recover disc. further copying caused disc to fail Unable to format or recover data.

So far so good. I got this from the warehouse for around 150 in a very good condition. I only needed to format it once and its working like a charm (currently backing my files to it). I wish it had a USB-C cable included like it shouldve if I had bought a new one.

Pros: In a RAID 0 (Striped) configuration, I am getting faster transfers than with single-mechanism hard drives. The integrated SD card slot is a nice addition. The drive comes thoughtfully packaged and accessorized with cables for multiple power and data connections. The device feels as solid as the other drives in the LaCie Rugged line. Cons: I have yet to find a USB port that will provide enough power to run the drive without the included AC power adapter, whose cord is shorter than I would like. Also, the drive runs considerably hotter than a LaCie Rugged enclosure with a single drive. After a few hours or use, the metal case was hot to the touch. You definitely want to hold by the orange bumper, and let it cool down before packing up. So, speed comes at a minor cost of convenience. Though, it is a lot more portable than a LaCie 2Big or other RAID that uses 5.25 drives. ---------- UPDATE/CORRECTION: The drive IS able to operate with just bus power when connecting to a Thunderbolt 3 host (iMac 5K, MacBook Pro 2017 and newer) and a Thunderbolt 3 rated USB-C cable. My findings above are based on initially using it on Windows PCs with only USB-A type USB 3 ports.

I use it on a Mac Pro, so I use the TB connector. I can tell when its been idle for a while, as there is a pause while the disk spins up. I wish SSDs werent so darn expensive. Anyway, its definitely OK for files you dont need on an SSDs.

The built in cable is regular Thunderbolt cable, not a Thunderbolt 3 which the Powerbook Pro needs. This drive comes with a cable to connect to a Powerbook Pro. Its a cheap crappy one just by looking at it but it also doesnt work at all. I was afraid it was the port but thankfully the port works with another cable I have. BEWARE, like me you may need another $25 cable just to use this ... and then what do you do with the dangling cable thats useless to me and built into the drive? Unhappy about this compatible drive. Its not REALLY.

Works great with Time Machine and my MBP 2017 with a 2Tb drive. I have 5 of these, and only one failed. They are great for backup during travels. I especially liked that it came with the Thunderbolt 3 connection.

For off-site storage of backups, I wanted an external drive to house multiple volumes (backups of two late-model Macs and a few external [media] drives), including bootable clones of the Macs (using Carbon Copy Cloner). Apples file system is now APFS (having moved away from MacOS Extended aka HFS+), which is designed for SSD drives. All my source drives are formatted APFS (naturally). ** Spinning HDD drives 5400rpm or slower are NOT ACCEPTABLE for use in APFS, so this product is not ideal for new MacOS operating systems. EDIT, TO BE MORE CLEAR: This HDD device can only be formatted as HFS+. Clones of newer APFS Macs can be stored on this HFS+ formatted device. HOWEVER, APFS clones on HFS+ devices WILL NOT BE BOOTABLE. So, Im returning it. Unfortunately, I may have to build my own (EXPEN$IVE) all-SSD, single-device backup solution. RHETORICAL QUESTION: Why does LaCie bother outfitting this device with USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectivity when the physical HDD units cannot take full advantage of that speed (10Gb/s)?

The HD is great. But the thunderbolt connection that was the wrap around cord connected to the HD was not the correct connection to my new Dell laptop. But it does come with other connection options. It’s just that cord is permanent on the device itself.