With a capacity of 4TB, 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 4TB 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.
Lempi Armstrong (verified owner) –
I bought this drive 6 months ago, and have been using it on a daily basis without issues. I use it for traveling, and I am very happy with it.
Rubie Watsica (verified owner) –
The LaCie Rugged hard drives are very reliable and tough. This is my sixth one. Over many years I’ve never had one fail. They are useful for data backups which don’t require fast transfer speeds. If you need a faster drive, ‘consider the LaCie Rugged SSD Pro models.
Lelia Wehner (verified owner) –
we use these a lot and are great for backing up information
Jordi Mayer (verified owner) –
So fast and furious 3
Linwood Sipes (verified owner) –
I have been using these for years- great to travel with and gives peace of mind for backup your work
Aurelia Heller (verified owner) –
This is the third time I bought this Hard Drive from BH. When I opened it, There was only one orange wire to connect with mac. The black wire that to connect with pc was missed. Some one opened it and took it before. That is bad.
Mikel Bins (verified owner) –
Work fantastically with my Mac Pro
Willis Robel (verified owner) –
…so far.
Barney Jerde (verified owner) –
I should have listened to the other reviews. This drive is utter garbage. I just received it yesterday from B&H and immediately upon plugging it in, I started experiencing disconnect issues. I did nothing except plug it in and go to get some other drives to move data off of. So I figure it could be a format thing, I’ll just format it to MacOS like my other drives and my computer will stop losing connections with it, right? Wrong! Even after formatting the drive I still experienced disconnects. Not just one or two. But if I left this drive plugged in, it would essentially just cycle off and on and i’d get warnings on my computer saying that the drive was disconnected. So, maybe it’s just a cable issue. I was using the brand new cable that came with the drive in the box – which presumably would be a working, quality cable. But in the interest of eliminating all possible variables, I decided to try another usb-c cable, also brand new (from another drive which works great). Same issue! So, in summary: This drive constantly disconnects. It’s unreliable, defective, garbage. I would never trust my data on this drive. Lucky for me, I discovered this before ever moving one byte of data onto the drive! Immediately contact B&H support and sent it back for a refund. Take it from me, don’t buy this drive. Clearly LaCie thinks they can just ride on their reputation and not deliver a quality working product. AVOID.
Shaina Braun (verified owner) –
Very tough
Nathan Toy (verified owner) –
I like LaCie hard drives and I have a variety of them and have never had trouble. Until this time. I have a MacBook pro with USB-A connections, still. The drive with the USB-C cable and adapter didn’t work. It received power through the setup, but not enough to connect and give me the HD icon on the desktop. Tried all workarounds suggested, but no luck. Bought a USB-C to USB-A cable and – so far – it works.
Ashton Carroll (verified owner) –
Great product most reliable hard drive there is
Mateo Murphy (verified owner) –
I find these drives to be reliable and very portable. Been using them for years. This one worked out of the box and I anticipate no problems…of course, with an HD, time will tell!
Judge Koch (verified owner) –
I purchased two Lacie externals to use on my MacBook Pro, they both worked fine for about a week, then they just unmounted. Both wont work on my Macbook, iMac and even tried on my daughter’s Macbook and nothing. Brand new HD’s and they both are not working.
Bradley Koelpin (verified owner) –
The lacie 5TB rugged drive is one of the best drives I have ever owned. It’s fast to transfer files. You can even feel the quality just by holding it. The software that comes with it is excellent for doing automatic backup. You don’t need to think about it, be assured that it’s done. I would recommend it to anyone looking for that workhorse.
Brown Walter (verified owner) –
ALL my images strait from the SD/CF cards get dumped strait to one of these drive for a backup. I use a second similar drive for my sessions and catalogs edits
Zoe West (verified owner) –
I am very happy with the LaCie 4TB External Hard Drive. Its very easy to use and I love that its portable. Exactly what I needed to store all of my photographs.
Bell Grady (verified owner) –
Beautiful. Looks really beautiful on any desktop setup and really fast
Ivory Ebert (verified owner) –
This worked on both my mac and work laptop right out of the box with no hassle. So far it has been a real time saver, and I’m glad I bought it.
Imani Littel (verified owner) –
Normally these are very reliable but my most recent purchase disconnects almost every minute. I’ve tried different cables and ports but this issue persists. First one out of 10+ but still disappointing.