Best Nas Drives For Mac In 2019

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Best Nas Drives For Mac In 2019

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Since many Mac users are professional creatives, they have a real need for external hard drive storage.

After all, you cant afford to lose hours (let alone months) of work on a project.

Although many manufacturers promise their external PC drives will work for Mac, that isnt always the case.

They work well. I have shared data from them with Mac users who plugged them in and used Time Machine.

Some users reported having to reformat data, but most of the time the Seagate drives work flawlessly on Mac or PC.

No external power source is requiredit gets power from a USB cableand you can get this drive in 1, 2, 4 and 5TB versions.

For many, they just stick with the guaranteed compatible hardware from the company, and there is nothing wrong with that, of course.

But if the storage space for the price tag is too much, then there are other options.

The drives are USB-C ready and USB-A compatible, and they state that it is Mac-ready out of the box.

You can find it elsewhere at a better price, but you can get it direct from them.

Covered in a safety orange shell, this hard drive is built to take whatever you can dish out.

The LaCie product is drop-, shock- and dust-proof and water-resistant.

But for an elegant version thats a bit more pleasing to the eye, try the LaCie Porsche Design 2TB USB-C Mobile Hard Drive, Rose Gold.

The design includes a handy way to carry and store the USB cable.

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