Buy Toshiba Canvio 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive for Mac E05A100ABU2XY (Radiant Silver)Toshiba Canvio 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive for Mac E05A100ABU2XY (Radiant Silver) Product Description:
- Secures your backup with a password (Data Encryption, up to 256-bit)
- Protects your drive (Internal Shock Sensor and Ramp Loading Technology)
- Gives you peace of mind (Toshiba 3-Year Limited Warranty)
- Our 1 TB Drive is capable of storing up to: 285,000 digital photos, or 263,000 digital music files, or 820 downloaded digital movies
- Computer backup made simple; Canvio Portable Hard Drives are preloaded with software to make backup simple
Product Description
Toshiba Canvio Portable Hard Drive. Canvio for Mac products have been designed and manufactured in accordance with Toshiba’s high quality product standards, incorporating the latest technology and user-interface, while ensuring best-in-class performance, quality and workmanship. With Toshiba’s Canvio for Mac Portable Hard Drives, you’ll enjoy portable storage space for even the largest digital libraries. Our 1 TB Drive is capable of storing up to: 285,000 digital photos, or 263,000 digital music files, or 820 downloaded digital movies. Each Canvio for Mac Portable Hard Drive includes an internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to help keep your drive safe.
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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful.
Great Product
By Andy
12/17/10 Important edit. This works for both mac & pc out of box, you do not need to format. Not one problem with this device.The product comes with a Dmg file within the main drive that can be deleted. It is not required to be installed as this is a plug and play drive, but the program that is included can clone the mac incase you ever need to transfer files to a new mac, back up folders and sync folders. Problem is, you need to use these options to have files encrypted and thus you cannot delete files on the mac without deleting the encrypted ones on the HD. Otherwise, all you can do is copy and paste which is what some people want in a HDThe drive's color matches that of the Macbook pro 2010 and the usb 2.0 cable that is included matches or exceeds the whiteness of Apple's magsafe cord and iPod touch recharging wire. The cord is a bit thicker, feels sturdy but looks bulky for the rather short length, which is about 8 inches.When the Hd is in use, the light blinks extremely rapidly so this may cause distraction to some people who are easily bothered.(not really a problem, but I don't see the point of why the light must be flashing so quickly. I covered the light with a sticky note)There is a slight hum due to the 5400 rpm of the drive and is not as noticeable as the Western Digital Mybook essential 7200 rpm which had a roaring sound. The transfer speed of the two drives is not really noticable. (I returned it for the canvio) I think you would need an ssd to really notice transfer speeds. The drive vibrates somewhat and makes different noises when placed at an uneven angle.Updated after a month or so of use.I highly recommend that you get a portable HD as price is not too big of a difference. The speed might be a little slower, but 7200 and 5400 do not really seem a large difference in transfer speed. (I transferred 400 GB to both drives on the day that I got them) A portable drive is much thinner and lighter and does not require an external power supply. The Canvio drive has been reliable and has a reasonable transfer speed. If you want encryption for the HD then just create a sparse disk image through disk utility of however much size you want on the disk. You can then just place your files in the folder that will expand up to whatever size you set.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful.Great
By Hell's Belle
I plugged it into my laptop (MacBook Pro, purchased 02/2010) and it immediately opened Time Machine and asked about backing up my laptop. It worked like a charm!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.Great results so far
By David Arnstein
I have two of these little drives, both 1 TB capacity. So far, they are both trouble-free. For both drives, I have done a 1 terabyte write (20 hours) followed by a 340 GByte write/read (17 hours). No problems.The drive can be formatted for Windows or Linux if you don't use Macintosh. There is nothing Mac-specific about the hardware. There is Mac-specific software present on the disk called Shadow 5. I blew it away, since Time Machine suits my needs.These drives use a standard mini-USB 2.0 connector. Similar products are moving to either micro-USB 2.0, or USB 3.0. From personal experience, and from reading reviews, I see that these newer connectors fail when jiggled, even gently. Bad.I suggest stocking up now. Toshiba might have the most reliable drives of this type, but they too are moving to newer, defective connectors.These drives are fairly slow, but extremely compact and convenient (no power cord). You have to decide for yourself. Do you want slow, compact, and convenient, or do you need speed. If you need the speed, find a 3.5 inch drive (7200 RPM). Otherwise, get this one.
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