I bought the 2TB version and it does work with the PS4 (current version 4.50). At first it said it didn't support it but after I restarted my PS4 it worked. Currently works as intended. There's 1.84TB usable after formatting. It took 19 minutes to transfer 3 games (118.3 GB) over from the internal hard drive to this external hard drive. Will update if anything arises.
Edit: It had been a little over two months and its still working as intended. To answer a common question:
It works out of the box. Literally just plug it into your ps4 go to devices under settings then USB storage devices. It should pop up under there, select it then it will say "Format as extended storage" and select that. The support for external hard drives is absolutely great. If you have a TON of downloadable games then you can simply just have multiple external hard drives and download all you games to them. Then you can just plug in the external hard drive with the game you want and you're good to go. I highly recommend looking up how to set it up if you are still having trouble. It is very easy.
Great hard drive! I'm ten years old. I asked for this for Christmas because the iMac I was using to download my photos and videos filled up. I asked for this one because it has the best reviews. It works great, but to get it to work with my iMac OS X El Capitan I had to reformat it. To reformat it you:
Open finder - go to applications - open Utilities - open disk utility - press on the seagate drive on the left side - press the erase square at the top and name the hard drive, then press erase. Then it works with iMacs and OS X El Capitan. It is very small and has a very small USB cable because it is made to work with laptops, but it works with iMacs, too. Great little hard drive.
I purchased 8 mini drives for family (kids and sibling) members - so that I can give each copies of the more than 300 digitized 8mm (going back to 1946) and (after 1980) video tapes (analog and digital) which I have edited with dates, a narrative and addded music to preserve and display more than 70 years of our family's history.
All of the drives have worked but the warning here is that you must use a short USB cord (i.e. the 3.0 cord that comes with the drive). This then keeps the drive very close to the USB port with no ability to extend it at all. Unfortunately when you use a longer cord the drive will (at times) just spin without mounting, or connect and disconnect continually. With the 3.0 protocol, I realize that watching the length of your cord is important, but with other peripherals, I have been able to use cords of 3' or more. Not in this case - with all of these hard drives, Seagate as well as Western Digital - you have to keep it very short.
I had installed an internal hard drive that was the same brand on my laptop and it seemed not as good. But this particular external drive is a BEAST. Super fast transfer, lightweight, and very portable, it's been around the world with me and still going strong. I need another hard drive and will definitely opt for this one. Important to note (maybe) that I made my purchase in 2016 and perhaps the quality of it has changed since then (like many things being made more cheaply nowadays), but I've had luck with this almost 3 years old drive so far.
I confess I was between two minds about giving this 3 or 4 stars. However, I have an older Seagate (maxed out on storage), and it's one of the few computer peripherals that I've had that has lasted more than 3 years. Also, I had a terrible time trying to get a competitor's drive working (impossible, in fact, and I returned it for this).
I'm not sure if the issue is with Seagate or, as I rather expect, with Windows 10. However, don't expect to simply plug this in and have at it (unless things have changed recently). Fortunately, there are several YouTube videos to walk you through the process, after which point it's straightforward drag and drop. And let me tell you, even if you have cloud storage, you need this.
I do need to call out one thing, precisely that thing that caused me nearly to drop 2 stars: for some reason, either the drive or Windows "forgets" the drive if it's left unplugged for any duration. I'm not sure why this is, but it might be related to CCleaner, disk defragmenting or (more likely as it strikes me) one of the myriad of incremental Windows updates that throws it off.
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- Easily store and access 4TB of content on the go with Seagate Expansion Portable hard drive
- This external hard drive for Windows computers makes backup a snap-just drag-and-drop!
- To get set up, connect the portable hard drive to your Windows computer for automatic recognition-no software required
- This USB drive provides plug-and-play simplicity with the included 18-inch USB 3.0 cable
- Enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included one-year limited warranty
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Easily store and access 4TB of content on the go with Seagate Expansion Portable. Designed to work with Windows computers, this compact external hard drive makes backup a snap. Just drag-and-drop! To get set up, connect the portable hard drive to a computer for automatic recognition—no software required—and enjoy plug-and-play simplicity with the included 18-inch USB 3.0 cable.
What will they think of next? I had been using a 1TB portable external hard drive to backup my laptop, but my laptop now has over 1TB of data on it. What could be better than a 2TB portable external drive. It's USB, so it's fast. It gets its power via USB, so its easy to set up and quite convenient. It comes formatted for a Windows machine, but I erased it an set it up for a Macintosh using Disk Utility. I see no reason you can't use it for LINUX, assuming you like that sort of thing.
As with all disk drives, I can't say more than so far, so good. I'll probably get another 2TB drive like this one and alternate backups. That way, if one fails, I can still recover. The prices are better than ever, and they're much better than what it would take to recover from a serious data loss.
I always get incensed when I read reviews of people shooting down external drives for failing. Failures will sometimes happen, even if you do not do anything wrong with your drive because nothing is 100% safe. Now many of the people giving one star are complaining that they lost data due to the failure and that is what incense me the most since these external hard drives should only be used for either backup or data transfer.
Let's recap the storage options from safest to least safe:
- Cloud storage. It is very safe since it is guaranteed by very large corporations that will likely have many backups. The downside is that you will have to share your data with them so it is a question of how much trust do you put in them.
The other downside is that it is not a cheap option past a few gigs.
- SSD drives. No moveable parts. All storage is electronic. The downsides is that their lifespan is smaller than regular drives (theoretically) and that they are more expensive per gigabyte than any platter based hard drive. The upside is their very large transfer speeds and very small sizes.
- Internal Hard drives in Raid. The upside is that they are not too expensive to own these days. The downside is that because they duplicate every bit, you need two 1GB for instance to get 1GB of data. The other one is that it is more technically difficult to instal and it can only be used internally (not much transport feasibility) unless you use a NAS.
- Simple internal hard drive. Because you are not likely to move your computer a lot, it is reasonably safe.
- Last is the external platter Hard drive. It has moveable parts, its transfer speeds depend on the USB connection. It is much more likely to fail.
So why did I buy this Seagate 4GB external hard drive then? The answer is simple: for backup of my internal hard drives and for transferring large amounts of data from one PC to another. It also allows me to backup my data in another physical location than where my desktop is operating.
I had the misfortune once to have a fire in my building and I had left my backup hard drives in my apartment. I was left with nothing. So I did learn to backup my data regularly and to store the backup at a different location.
Now why the Seagate over any other brand? For no real reason but the price and the fact that Seagate has proven to work well in most cases.
It is running at 5400 RPM (most internal HD are running at 7200 RPM) but still provided me reading speeds in the range of 100MB/s.
So, for its intended use and for what it is worth, 5 stars!
I've had good experience with the Seagate external hard drives in general. The 1 TB drives have been perfect. The issues I ran into with the 2TB was that the first one I received was DOA. Fortunately Amazon is fast to address these issues. The second one has operated well. The only issue I've noted is that it is slower than its 1TB counterpart for transferring files. As I don't have other 2TB drives to compare it to I cannot say if this is a normal variation that comes with a higher capacity drives that derive their power from the USB or unique to the Seagate. With a 4TB drive that has a dedicated power source I've noted that it is as fast as and sometimes faster than the 1TB. All in all, based on portability and capacity this unit well worth the prices.
I purchased this AFTER reading the 1-star ratings. I just hope and pray I don't regret purchasing this. But I had a 1TB, WD My Passport Ultra that I've had for about 2 years and unfortunately, with one slight smack against the dining room table, crashed. I never realized how sensitive the WD My Passports are. So I took a chance and purchased this 2TB Seagate Expansion drive because of the price and included a case. I didn't like how I was promised a delivery date but didn't receive it until a day after, but the product itself, I am impressed with thus far.
It was easy to plug it in to my laptop and begin moving files over to the external drive. Now, to prevent any mishaps as mentioned above with my previous external drive, I have it inside of the case that came with it, which is pretty thick and durable. I am happy to have a 2 TB because I work in Photoshop a lot so I am able to save the PSD files and graphics I create. I am very nervous about reaching the 3-month mark because a lot of customers who purchased this, started to have problems after the 3rd month and Seagate not honoring the warranty. So I'll be keeping a close eye and will be updating my review if I start to see issues.
*UPDATE 3 months later! I am very excited to say that my external hard drive still works. I still have it in the hard shell case and everything is good so far!
I bought this for my PS4 but I have one complaint the USB cord if easily bumped will cause message on PS4 that says something to the effect of "your storage device was improperly disconnected will need to repair external storage device". Also a tip for PS4 users it's quicker to move previously downloaded games from the PS4 internal HD than downloading directly to the Seagate HD. Anything over 10 gb is going to be an all nighter with this hd. So free up PS4 he download directly to PS4 internal drive save yourself slot of time and aggrivation. Downloaded AC4 freedom cry DLC directly to it and it wouldn't play you could hear the music but the screen became stagnate. Downloaded same DLC to PS4 internal drive moved it over to external HD and it worked fine. Just a heads up.
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