Designed for growing your digital library, the light blue 5TB 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.
Adeline Kuhic (verified owner) –
I had never bought a backup hard drive before and didn’t know what to expect. I plugged the drive into my laptop and it immediately went into set up mode and allowed me to set up how often I want to perform the backup. Everything is straightforward and uncomplicated. This was the first backup I performed and it completed it quickly.
Christopher Abernathy (verified owner) –
Has been running great since purchase and compatible with PS4.
Louie DuBuque (verified owner) –
Perfect for big amount of data.
Sabryna Lynch (verified owner) –
It was delivered in two days..up and running immediately and works perfect. Should have got it sooner!
Petra Gleichner (verified owner) –
I jusdt got the request for a review on this disk drive from B&H. I’ve only used it for a few days now but it seems to work fine. I am using it for Time Machine on a Mac Powerbook.
Jalyn Friesen (verified owner) –
Two of these units, used as media drives on my Macbook Pro, editing in Final Cut X. So far, so good.
Weldon Conroy (verified owner) –
Shucked the hard drive… perfect for installing into my UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus… nice hard drive with plenty of space for recording surveillance video!
Danielle Jerde (verified owner) –
Great value to a lot of memory.
Desiree Hilpert (verified owner) –
A surprisingly perfect light and slim portable drive for travel. Very high quality and beautiful.
Johnathon Kshlerin (verified owner) –
I bought two of these drives, one for back-ups and another as an extra drive. I like that they don’t require their own power sources and simply run off of USB ports. Plus these drives are small, completely quiet, and hold LOTS of data. They’re not fast drives, but definitely fast enough for my use. I like them!
Santina Davis (verified owner) –
Pretty loud, but a great deal on storage from a reliable manufacturer of hard drives.
Justina Kilback (verified owner) –
Small compact, ready to use. Just a little slower writing speed, but ok for photo storage.
Alec Kreiger (verified owner) –
I’m very happy with the purchase. This hard drive seems ‘fast’ despite the fact that I’m not able to see the RPM spec on the actual drive. I’m very happy with the purchase… especially when it comes with a few months of Adobe Photoshop for free! Not a bad option!
Garnet Abshire (verified owner) –
Fast and quiet, works as expected
Cloyd Rogahn (verified owner) –
Bought 2 of these for new Mac TM and backing up old Mac TM. Can’t be too safe these days. Works fine for the price.
Braulio Blick (verified owner) –
plenty of room and need to store all of my documents on my three windows 10 and one windows 7 computer
Oren Conn (verified owner) –
I’ve been using these Seagate drives for storage and backup of my wedding photography files for a few years now and have never had trouble with them. This drive, like all the others, has been great!
Sandy Hauck (verified owner) –
Fast enough. No problems.
Priscilla Prosacco (verified owner) –
I am not a technical guy. My main concern about photo products is does it work and is it worth the price. This product fills both needs. I just plugged it in and started filling it up as a backup my photos. Not that camera files are getting larger the transfer times are getting longer.
Colleen Mante (verified owner) –
This product seems to perform as advertised with no flaws thus far. The size is nice and the speed is impressive.