Seagate GoFlex for Mac Ultra-Portable Drive USB2/FireWire

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Pros:

Mac formatted. Mac-oriented design. FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 cables included. Modular interface cable. 3-year warranty. Huge 1.5TB capacity.
Comes with both USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 cables, Same ultra-portable case as other GoFlex products, Seamless interoperability with both Macs and Windows PCs

Cons:

USB 3.0 not included. Little thicker than other drives. Only available in silver. Interface cables are easy to lose.
No USB 3.0 cable included, Windows HFS+ utility must be downloaded, Priced higher than "Windows" GoFlex products of the same capacity

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Last revision on March 6, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Mac formatted. Mac-oriented design. FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 cables included. Modular interface cable. 3-year warranty. Huge 1.5TB capacity
Comes with both USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 cables, Same ultra-portable case as other GoFlex products, Seamless interoperability with both Macs and Windows PCs

Reviewers Didn't Like

USB 3.0 not included. Little thicker than other drives. Only available in silver. Interface cables are easy to lose
No USB 3.0 cable included, Windows HFS+ utility must be downloaded, Priced higher than "Windows" GoFlex products of the same capacity

Expert reviews and ratings

NowThe Seagate GoFlex for Mac Ultra-portable Drive falls just shy of having an absolutely killer feature, one that would make it a must-buy for anyone seeking to increase their portable storage space.The drive supports USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 out of...

By Appletell on July 18, 2011

Interchangeable interfaces and a huge capacity put the Seagate GoFlex Ultra-portable Drive for Mac up as one of the front-runners in the external hard drive space. This drive is future-proofed with a humungous capacity. Buy it...

By PC Mag on May 19, 2011

Once again, we are quite pleased with the overall performance of a Seagate GoFlex Ultra-Portable product. For the most part, the GoFlex for Mac had similar performance to both its Windows based sibling and another Mac-formatted drive. Seagate is...

By Bigbruin on March 22, 2011