Designed for growing your digital library, the light blue 4TB Backup Plus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive from Seagate is formatted as exFAT and compatible with Windows and Mac right out of the box. It connects to systems running Windows 7 and higher or macOS 10.11 and higher using its micro-USB port and an included 18" micro-USB to USB Type-A cable that supports USB 3.0, which is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1, as well as USB 2.0. It is bus powered so no additional power supplies are required and also features plug-and-play functionality, meaning that no additional drives are required for use.
Also included with Backup Plus is downloadable Toolkit Backup Software, which lets you backup on demand, schedule automatic backups as you desire, and mirror folders for file management. Take advantage of a 1-year subscription to Mylio Create to organize your photos and protect, edit, share, and sync them across multiple devices and use a 2-month subscription to Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography Plan to edit and create using Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC.
Elijah Klein (verified owner) –
This is the third of these I’ve purchased now! The first two were 4tb versions. They’ve ALL worked just fine, and this one is no exception!
Salma Thiel (verified owner) –
keeps separating from wire. The outlets are wobbly. I purchased 4. One works well.
Karlie Rempel (verified owner) –
My first Seagate in over 20 years. The drive performs about as I expected. The backup software is terrible. Bare bones and useless interface, I will probably continue using my WDC backup.
Green Heaney (verified owner) –
Reformatted to NTFS and ran a full backup of my laptop using Acronis (388 GB). The drive was rather warm by the time it was done but apparently no ill affects. As long as it keeps working I’m happy.
Ryann Wintheiser (verified owner) –
It shipped fast! Its exactly as described and works great with my PC. Cute color, compact and quick!
Jovanny Farrell (verified owner) –
i have many of these drives, and carry about 6 of them on tours in the world of usually 8 months a year so i always have the information available, for reference or for working
Theresia McDermott (verified owner) –
it worked – until it didn’t – less than 12 mos old – dead 🙁
Harry Friesen (verified owner) –
As expected and as per specs.. It came in a timely manner and well packaged.. Best deal out of all online stores and local stores..
Zoey Osinski (verified owner) –
Muy bueno..
Merritt Wiegand (verified owner) –
Compact, portable and fasssst! I now have a couple of these that I use for storing my images-in lieu of burdening my computer.
Leila Mante (verified owner) –
Love the gold color as my company color is gold. I already have a couple red verions so when the gold went on sale I picked up another. Never seem to have too much storage available
Napoleon Boyer (verified owner) –
Software installation was easy. Product performs as advertised. I use it for continual backup.
Garry Lang (verified owner) –
Being a not so tech gal this was easy as pie to set up with no problems and take up little space on my desk and will hold lots of my raw file. Great drive.
Oral Dooley (verified owner) –
Easy to reformat for Mac. Easy to load. No problems yet.
Gloria Lockman (verified owner) –
Very good, no problem
Eliane Bogan (verified owner) –
I plugged the 5TB Seagate into my new iMac as soon as I received. I use it for Time Machine backups and it works great, right out of the box. I have several 2TB Seagate portable HDs which I used with my 2011 MacBook Pro but they were plugged in periodically. This is the first time I will be able to make full use of the Time Machine app since it will be plugged in 24-7. Everything it does is not obvious to the casual observer which is fine because it means that the 5TB version is a device that does its job seamlessly. No trouble, no fuss–an unsung hero. I won’t be switching HDs or concerned about backing up my iMac and that’s exactly what I wanted. (The blue color is a bonus.)
Josianne Mills (verified owner) –
My brand new drive (mac version) bought 1 month ago backed up my computer and now won’t mount. Tried everything and Seagate has NO PHONE NUMBER. Because the drive won’t mount, I can’t access my serial number to use their web page. Wasted hours. Am going to scream.
Tomas Dach (verified owner) –
Quality Drive I’ve got over 10 of these Bad Boys. Very reliable and they’re my go to for external hard drives.
Ryleigh Mohr (verified owner) –
Large 4TB capacity and easy to use make this a 5 star.
Ilene Rowe (verified owner) –
Two of these units, used as media drives on my Macbook Pro, editing in Final Cut X. So far, so good.