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.
Julien Purdy (verified owner) –
I have not had an issue with this unit. I only store items with it so far. I will use it to work on my audio productions soon. I will see how fast it performs at that point.
Aliza Reinger (verified owner) –
Transfer rate is amazing so it makes creative work flows very easy.
Jennings Collier (verified owner) –
In recent years a lot people complain about the reliability of available brands. Ive been working from Lacie drives to back up raw footage for years and I have yet to have a problem.
Trycia Muller (verified owner) –
This the third LaCie external drive I’ve purchased and all three have been on trips, dropped, and carried in brief cases & backpacks, and they keep on working. At the same time, I’ve had two other brand name drives that died without having near the wear and tear the LaCies have. I’ll be buying more LaCies in the future.
Leland Effertz (verified owner) –
The LaCie 1TB Rugged USB 3.1 external hard drives are affordable and very reliable. I own and use quite a few of them and have never had a problem with them. While they aren’t as fast as a solid state drive (SSD), they are handy for backing up data and/or transferring data from one computer to another.
Desmond Watsica (verified owner) –
So size is perfect both in space and also storage. I do wish there was another usb-c port to daisy chain two drives. But oh well.
Jazmyne Mosciski (verified owner) –
We use these in pairs in the field to back up footage. Solid, reliable. Never had a problem.
Lane Hane (verified owner) –
I just started use Final Cut Pro for editing, LaCie Hard Drive stores all my files so my max is not running slow. I have Recommend LaCie 2TB to my co workers. I take it with me on the go and I don’t worry because of its Protective case around it and the Orange color makes it hard to forget any where. it catches the eye when I look for it. A must Have.
Lue Bergstrom (verified owner) –
Sturdy and easy to use.
Cara Hickle (verified owner) –
Had to re-format the disc because Macbook Pro (2019) wouldn’t write to it out of the box. Once I did that it backed up my machine fine. Pros: rugged and light Cons: Mac users will need to re-format the thing using Disk Utility to use it.
Clifford Dooley (verified owner) –
I normally buy Seagate External Hard drives, but I know so many photographers that swear by these! I bought two of them at the beginning of wedding season because I didn’t want to be caught up in editing mid-wedding season and run out of space on my current external hard drives. Well, here we are mid August and I just opened one, formatted it for my computer OS, and began backing up files. Almost immediately I started experiencing problems. The hard drive kept disconnecting, then re-connecting, then disconnecting again without me touching anything or even moving the desk. As some one who works in Lightroom directly off of my external hard drives, it wouldn’t even stay connected long enough to create a new Lightroom catalog for it. Needless to say it is impossible to work off of. Sadly in an attempt to be prepared, I ordered so long ago that both drives are no longer refundable. I just sticking to what works next time. I have never had a problem with Seagate drives and will be working off of them from here on out.
Brennan Kuhic (verified owner) –
Can’t wait for them to come out with a smaller 8TB/10TB/16TB!
Maxine Kertzmann (verified owner) –
Plug and play its just that simple. 2TB ensures that we have plenty of room to save and manage all of our documents. Rugged design helps when students little hands are managing this drive.
Fanny Lynch (verified owner) –
My favorite hard drive
Evert Muller (verified owner) –
I’ve had a few of these over the years to save my many many many travel photos as backup. Easy to use and upload from the chip using my computer. No issues
Amalia Daugherty (verified owner) –
small and powerful
Leland Hessel (verified owner) –
Just plugged it in and it works, no problem. Using it to store my photos and videos.
Terrill Jaskolski (verified owner) –
I ordered an external hard drive for my new Apple MacBook Pro to store my photos on when traveling. This HD has rugged in it’s name and certainly stands up to the name. I have only set it up and not used it yet, but if it performs as well as my other four LaCie external hard drives, it will be an investment well worth the money I paid for it.
Gage Aufderhar (verified owner) –
Excellent
Virginia Cronin (verified owner) –
we use these a lot and are great for backing up information