With a capacity of 1TB, the Rugged USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C External Hard Drive from LaCie marries a USB 3.0 Type-C interface and data transfer speeds of up to 130 MB/s with rugged durability that provides a drop resistance of up to 4′, crush resistance of up to 1 ton, and rain resistance, making this drive suitable for all-terrain storage, whether you’re in the field or in your home. It can be used to store large Lightroom libraries, as a shuttle drive to transport footage from a set to a post-production house, or just for general tasks.
LaCie’s 1TB Rugged USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C External Hard Drive is compatible with Windows 7 and later and macOS 10.12 and later, but should also work on earlier versions of macOS, such as 10.9 and 10.11. It is powered using the USB bus, meaning that no external power adapters are required for use. Included is a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C cable, a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C to Type-A cable, and two years of Seagate Rescue Data Recovery Services. General protection is provided by a limited 2-year warranty.
Note: In order to take advantage of the 1-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud, customers will need to register this drive on Seagate.com once it has been received. Upon registration, they will then receive an email with code redemption instructions for one complimentary month of all Adobe Creative Cloud apps, including Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Adobe XD CC, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, 100GB of cloud storage, and more. This offer is stackable with existing Adobe Creative Cloud memberships and expires July 21, 2020. It is not available in all countries, so please check eligibility.
For any LaCie product purchased on or after April 1, 2018 that does not contain the Adobe activation code flyer in the box, please contact Customer Support at https://support2.lacie.com/ with a valid proof of purchase for your code.
Cathy Larkin (verified owner) –
I bought this to act as a master backup for my photos and some important documents. Once a week, I plug it in, transfer the data, unplug it, and store it in a safe. There are other ways to accomplish what I am doing, but this works for me. It’s a solid product backed by a solid reputation.
Dominique Hahn (verified owner) –
My computer didn’t have a USB 3.1 card, so I can’t comment on how fast is this Lacie. It took several days to download a 3.5 tera backup on USB 3.0. It is very slow with normal computers. On the other side, I haven’t dropped, splashed or exposed the drive to the winds of Sahara, so I can’t comment on its toughness. Only a couple of weeks with it.
Maya Parisian (verified owner) –
I’ve used the Ruggard series for a couple of years, rather than the desktop LaCie EHD’s. Like their size and portability, as well as their more rugged build.
Amos Nikolaus (verified owner) –
Lacie drives always the goto. An affordable and high functioning and tough drive. A good drive if you’re on the move and don’t have a set workplace.
Florine Bahringer (verified owner) –
Love the small rugged design of this HD
Tamia Kuvalis (verified owner) –
I use this for backups and it performs well for thast function. I love the USB type-C connector for my mac laptop.
Domenic Mraz (verified owner) –
Easy set up. Large enough to hard many files!
Cathy Lehner (verified owner) –
Work fantastically with my Mac Pro
Eileen Rohan (verified owner) –
I mounted the drive and tried to deal with the software on it. This obviously can’t handle the latest Windows, so I decided to format the LaCrie drive (I only want it for storage). After doing that, I copied files to it. After that, nothing on my Computer worked; not Explorer, not Word, not Excel. Nothing. I had nightmares about having to restore from backup. Fortunately, when I rebooted the laptop and formatted the drive again, everything worked well. Not sure it was worth the angst.
Autumn Kiehn (verified owner) –
Works amazing, love the storage, super easy to get set up & use. I don’t worry about losing any photos.
Adan Schulist (verified owner) –
Works really well.
Caterina Harvey (verified owner) –
Excelente producto, esta funcionando como esperaba
Claud Greenholt (verified owner) –
While I am no computer expert LA Cie External Drive was easy to use and it backed up my computer efficiently.
Jadyn Smith (verified owner) –
Not being adept with computer hardware, I read a LOT over weeks before choosing this LaCie 2TB Rugged USB 3.1. Even then, to be sure I asked my son (a CISCO engineer something…) if he thought this was a good choice for me. You did good, mom. Ha ha :.) Retired and having mostly missed out on movies and TV for many years, I’ve now saved a ton of movies, documentaries, music, TV series and oither interesting media. All without any issues, though I did call tech support and learned I had used the wrong USB port on my laptop. Not telling my son though ^.^ Now it flies when moving files! Yay tech support! Yay me for making a good choice! ~ Catherine
Werner Upton (verified owner) –
This is the 2nd LaCie I bought! Huge storage plus unique aesthetics! Love it!
Dion Hickle (verified owner) –
This is the top of the product line (for external back-up drives), and an excellent companion for an Apple Time Machine.
Maryam Dietrich (verified owner) –
I have seen these for years in Apple stores, with the associates actually using them, and always wondered how good these were. After doing some research a month ago, and having many files sitting in my computer of videos, pictures, etc., I decided to buy one. Perfect timing too because on Black Friday they were on sale! I have used it a handful of times, and it is quick, works perfectly with my 2020 Macbook Pro, and there are no glitches, issues, or anything of that sort at all. Great product overall, great look, and protected! I love B&H!
Hyman Lueilwitz (verified owner) –
Needs to be reformatted to work well with file transfer from a Mac
Jefferey Larson (verified owner) –
I have a 1 TB LaCie rugged for 6 years without ever experiencing any issue. The new 5 TB so far is working perfectly son far. Very quiet, just a bit thicker than the old 1 TB drive, it has a nice sturdy look. The USB C cable is also thicker and seems very durable.
Crystel Roberts (verified owner) –
Purchased as a back up to an aging system I currently use. It was perfect easy to use, durable and portable.