Seagate STHN2000400 Backup Plus Slim 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD - Black USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac, 1 Year Mylio Create, 2 Months Adobe CC Photography

I bought this for the purpose of using it in conjunction with my Mac and Xbox. However, in order to use it on the Xbox, you would have to re-format the drive to games only, eliminating the information on the drive. So you either have to pick and choose which to use it for. A little bummer but it works as it should.

Ive had it for about 6 months and it so far its been working really good no complaints. Starts right up with my girlfriends Imac.

My son needed an external drive to expand his X-Box storage for new games. Works great.

The drive works fine and installed easily as my Time Machine backup drive for Mac OS. Has been working fine for about a month now with no issues. I didnt use any of the included setup software. I just plugged it in, formatted it, and was on my way. However, I can definitely hear it spinning--a constant low-level whine/hum here on my desk. Its not terribly loud, but definitely audible. I guess Ive just become so used to the silence of SSDs that I forgot what spinning, disk-based drives sounded like. So, thats the only reason I deducted 1 star.

Bought this in 2020 and it lasted me 2 years . Once it starts beeping say bye bye

I have had a Seagate external drive (Free Agent) for four year. Very reliable, so I wanted to upgrade to this larger capacity. This unit was a nightmare to set-up. The instructions with the unit (see photo) show what presumably is to appear on your home screen when you plug the hard drive in. Nope! Nothing. I did find the drive on Windows 10, but when I opened, there was a sequence of steps with apps such as Toolkit, Mylio Photos, Adobe Creative Cloud photography, I skipped these, and registered the hard drive. Still nothing on my home page. Went back, downloaded Toolkit (which apparently you need, but not mentioned in initial instructions). I played with Toolkit for an hour, still couldnt get anything to download to this hard drive. Now returning. Followup: I ordered a Silicon Power 2TB for same price. Very smooth setup, and successfully downloaded Windows 10 backup.

This is a superb small profile package with significant storage capacity. Its trivial to set up and use, and fast for backups. All around wonderful tool.

Backed up my computer on this. It was super easy. It says slim but I didnt really understand just how skinny and light this thing is. Turn it sideways and it practically disappears!

So I have 3 other hard drives in the house, and I needed another one. I figured this sucker would be solid, especially since its a Seagate. I got it, decently sized box as I figured, and then I open the sucker and... Its so small! Width is about half that of the other 3 I have, and its so much lighter! I wish all of them were this tiny!

I connected the HD to my computer and followed the instructions to be certain that all would be done correctly. Within 30 minutes, I got an error message stating that the HD was damaged and needed to be scanned. I did what was suggested. Again the error message. Back into the box. Start chat with Seagate. Conclusion - this item failed within 30 minutes of beginning use. Contacting Seagate was a mistake as the chat took an hour to get a replacement. I recd the replacement from Seagate and it wasnt a new HD it was a recertificed HD. I would suggest any other companys external HD both for equipment and support. Replacing a new, defective HD with a refurbished HD is not a great customer service concept. Amazon did step in and offer a small reimbursement, so kudos to Amazon.