These drives are great, my second one. But if you are a Mac user you may have the same issue that I and others have had, in that the reformatting of the drive using Mac's Disk Utility initially failed. I thought it was a faulty drive and nearly sent it back.
The issue was that after reformatting, my iMac wouldn't recognised the drive and Time Machine also said there was not enough space on it. Yet it's a 4TB version! I have a 3TB version I bought last year and didn't have this problem when I set that up....for tech wizards out there this may be obvious, but for those of us who are a little more technically challenged, I hope this helps. I found this really helpful advice from an earlier reviewer:
"Important note if you intend to use this drive on a MAC.
The expansion drive was originally not recognised by my iMac (running macOS High Sierra) and could not be reformatted using Disk Utility either so I thought it was faulty....
However a quick call with Seagate Support revealed that my Disk Utility was set to see only seeing the disk volume - Not the complete drive.
If you have the same problem Launch Disk Utility, (located in Applications > Utilities) and use the View button (top left) to Show All Devices (not just the volumes) - The Seagate disk will then appear - From here you can Erase the disk and format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with the scheme of GUID Partition Map and it will appear on your desktop. Now I've done this Time Machine is now happily backing up to the drive ;-) Great support from Seagate."
Big thanks to that reviewer. Great drive, but Seagate if you are reading this you my want to get the message out to Mac buyers about this to reduce returns.
| Brand | Seagate |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 11.7 x 8 x 1.48 cm; 190 Grams |
| Item model number | STGX1000400 |
| Manufacturer | SEAGATE |
| Series | Portable Drive |
| Color | Black |
| Form Factor | 2.5 inches |
| Hard Drive Size | 1 TB |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 190 g |
