SAMSUNG T7 Shield 4TB, Portable SSD, up-to 1050MB/s, USB 3.2 Gen2, Rugged, IP65 Water & Dust Resistant, for Photographers, Content Creators and Gaming, Extenal Solid State Drive (MU-PE4T0S/AM), Black

Feels quality with the new version. rubber and metal. Awesome build quality. I tested this HD and Im getting around 400 up and down. Im not getting 1050 at all. And on Youtube people are complaining about it. I bought it because I had to. And thought Samsung was and is superior to other brands.

Update: Ok, I guess I’m one of those people/reviewers who dump on a thing they don’t understand or aren’t using correctly. If you have the new M1 MacBook, and this isn’t working, don’t lose faith. And don’t just look up solutions from YouTubers. Instead, go directly to Samsung’s Portable SSD Product FAQ’s, and find the question regarding the SSD software not working on Mac with an Apple M1Chip. It will include a link to install an updated version of the PSSD software. Install that, then update your security settings (included in a separate instructions download), and you will eventually get this thing to work. I’ve updated from 1 star to 4 as a result, but man. What a pain. Original: Save yourself a massive headache if you have a M1 Macbook Pro. I have tried every troubleshooting tip I can find, and it simply will not work. Ive unfortunately missed my return window, so I suppose Ill get what joy I can by throwing it into the sun. I’ve always read negative reviews with a grain of salt, thinking, “well surely that person isn’t trying xyz…” And now, here I am, writing my first review because I’m kind of stunned that something this expensive is so completely worthless. Please avoid if you use a Mac.

Fast , small and reliable

Rugged, small, and fast. The footprint of the drive is about the same as a credit card. You can easily fit it in your pocket. Its super fast and great for storing your data in the field or while traveling.

I bought this to store my active files for photo and video editing. Previously Ive been using larger capacity external hard drives, but was told that these SSDs were faster and more rugged. I travel a lot and am often shooting at different venues indoors and outdoors, so having a hard drive that can get bounced around in a backpack is important to me. I had held off on buying SSDs in the past because of the smaller storage capacities and higher costs. I was compelled to purchase this after seeing the 2TB capacity at an affordable price point. So far I have not been disappointed. It is lightning fast in noticeable ways. For example, my Lightroom catalogue would take several minutes to load on my old 5TB external hard drive. But on this thing, Lightroom takes seconds. Editing in Photoshop, while not slow, was often cumbersome and took time to run AI filters and other actions. Now its near instant. Saving large image files takes no time at all. Everything just runs smoother, faster, and more efficiently. The SSD is small enough to fit in my pants pocket and has a thick rubberized exterior that protects it from the elements. I have no qualms about tossing it in my backpack and heading out with my gear. Its USB-C connector fits in with my hardware environment without need for adapters or hubs. It has become essential for my gear, and I cant recommend it highly enough.

It is a great external ssd and the price can not be beaten. But I do not know who is able to reach the advertised number. I have Intel 13th generation i9- 13900k CPU and z690 motherboard. It is the latest PC you can get. I tested the write speed on different USB ports. You can not reach the limit of 3.2 gen 2 speed which is ( 10gbps/about 1000mb/s). It reaches consistently around 640-680mb/s. So even I plug it into USB 3.2 gen2x2 (20gbps), it still caps at that speed. So do not bother with if you have the 3.2 gen 2x2 (20gbps) port or not. If you plug into USB 3.2 gen1 ( used to be called USB 3.0, 5gbps), it will drop to 300ish mb/s. So you do need a 10gbps USB port to fully reach its potential. But again it wont reach the advertised 1050mb/s. 650mb/s is a lot less not close. It is still amazing that it is faster than 2.5 inch SSD and you can editing video directly on it with plenty fast speed.

Excelente material, muy bien construido, cumple con todos los requerimientos, accidentalmente lo lave en la lavadora (no hacerlo) y funcióna con total normalidad

Works great, had some issue formatting it so It would work with my Mac but had no issues after that, also you don’t need to use Samsungs software to set a password

My attempt at backing up a 10.9 GB file to an older Portable SSD took about four minutes. Then I backed up the same 10.9 GB file to this small Portable SSD and it only took about a minute and a half! Another: I backed up the files to the old Portable SSD and the remaining space is 634 GB. Then I backed up the same files to this small Portable SSD: the remaining space is 715 GB! This small Portable SSD is much better than I expected!

The software does not allow cut and paste for passwords. My password generator used characters like O,0,1,l,and I. It can be hard to determine which character is actually being used. I usually cut and paste passwords, but I mis-interpreted some of the generated password when keying them in and didn’t catch it in time. I ended up wiping the drive to re-set the password.