SAMSUNG T7 500GB, Portable SSD, up to 1050MB/s, USB 3.2 Gen2, Gaming, Students, & Professionals, External Solid State Drive (MU-PC2T0R/AM), Red

For those wondering, I got a read and write speed of roughly 650mbps on my macbook air 2020 with M1 chip. I think the drive is great, but I do not like having to unbox a box out of a box out of a box out of a box out of... you get the idea. TOO MANY BOXES! Completely unnecessary and wasteful.

Works fine, in my case MacBook Pro 16 2019 with USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 (Apple claims 3.1 is AKA 3.2), IRL speed for moving files from the MacBook Pro onto the drive is ~350 MB/s. I did erase the drive and converted the file system to APFS, so this might account for the discrepancy in the I/O metrics. I was moving a total transfer load of 350GB with a combination of small files (1k-4mb) and large files (5gb - 150gb). Overall way much faster than USB3, however not quite 1GB/s as advertised, still this was well within my expectations. Several buyers mentioned the unit runs hot, however from experience with other external drives over the years, I think it runs about as hot as any other device Ive previously owned, so not a big deal IMO.

This thing MOOOOVES files fast. Nice and small too!

Dont buy this thing if you plan to use it for gaming. It constantly crashes everytime you try to do anything and makes your pc do weird things. It might work for you but for me it didnt.

These are always a great item, and a great deal. I have several and use them prolifically

This works to store dash cam footage and if you want to play your own music (mp3s). You just have partition the drive. Works perfectly!

very easy to use

Backing up using time machine takes less than an hour for 30/35gbs.

It works like it is supposed to it come package nicely as well.

Very fast, easy to operate.