Seagate Technologies the first 3TB external desktop hard drive, which is capable of using USB 2.0, 3.0 or FireWire 800 connectivity. The 3.5-inch 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard drive is compatable with both Windows and Mac OS X systems because it includes a New Technology File System (NTFS) driver for Mac. NTFS allows the drive to store and access files from both Windows and Mac OS X computers without reformatting.

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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3 TB FireWire 800 USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for Mac STBC3000101 (B005IA84A0), B005IA84A0, 44,. The 3TB GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive for Mac is a high-capacity, external hard drive specifically formatted to work with your Mac right out of the box. Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive. PC or Mac computer and it displays the drive's available storage capacity.

The drive comes with a standard USB 2.0 interface offering a 480Mbit/sec data transfer speed, but with a separate GoFlex desktop adapter it can be upgraded to USB 3.0 or FireWire 800 to increase file transfer performance by up to 10 times. USB 3.0 has data transfer rates of up to 4.8Gbit/sec and FireWire 800 supports transfer rates of up to 800Mbit/sec.

Seagate Freeagent Goflex Desk Adapter

Further reading: 'As the definition quality of digital cameras increases, playback devices such as digital photo frames and MP3 players proliferate and the use of the Internet for downloading music and video continues to grow, more files accumulate in the home,' Kurt Scherf, principle analyst for market research firm Parks Associates, said in a statement. 'Consumers who are active in digital media creation and consumption will witness their digital media storage needs grow nine-fold by 2014, driving the demand for higher capacity, easy-to-use storage solutions.' The 3TB GoFlex Desk external drive with USB 2.0 adapter lists for $249.99. Lucas Mearian covers storage, disaster recovery and business continuity, financial services infrastructure and health care IT for Computerworld. Follow Lucas on Twitter at or subscribe to. His e-mail address is.

The 3TB GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive for Mac from Seagate is a high-capacity external desktop hard drive that takes full advantage of all the tools your Mac has to offer. The 3TB of hard disk storage comes preformatted to work right out of the box with Mac computers and can fully utilize Apple's Time Machine software with automatic backups and easy data recovery.

This Seagate GoFlex hard drive will also work with PC computers. With the included downloadable HFS+ driver for Windows, it's easy to read, write and share files interchangeably between both Mac and PC computers. The power of FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 is available through the included GoFlex Desk FireWire 800/USB 2.0 desktop adapter base with an illuminated capacity gauge. You'll also be able to upgrade to USB 3.0 with available adapters and kits (both sold separately). Dual Interface This Seagate GoFlex hard drive has both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports for high-speed data transfer rates Included Adapter Base Included with this Seagate GoFlex hard drive is the GoFlex Desk FireWire 800/USB 2.0 desktop adapter base with an illuminated capacity gauge.

You can also upgrade to USB 3.0 with available and optional adapters and kits (sold separately) Optimized for Mac, Works with PC This Seagate GoFlex hard drive come preformatted for Mac computers and Apple's Time Machine software, but it plays nice with PC computers as well. With the included HFS+ driver for Windows, you'll be able to use this hard drive interchangeably between Mac and PC computers. Rated 5 out of 5 by Cinesis from Thank G-d I paid $400 for data recovery last Saturday to a computer repair guy in the New Yorker Hotel.

I had TWO Western Digital drives conk out on me - one of them so bad it required data recovery. In case you don't know, data recovery tends to cost between $900-2000.

I got lucky and found someone who did it cheap for $400. I have bought two Seagate drives and they mount immediately every time, even after accidental disconnection from my 2011 MacBook Pro 17. This GoFlex comes Mac formatted and it's a dream. Definitely go with this brand - I have no vested interest in recommending them. They are just the absolute best I have ever had.

Rated 5 out of 5 by Mike from Great external drive for the Mac We use this drive to edit HD video with Final Cut Pro on a Mac. Shooting an HD project produces huge data files. This drive is large enough to contain an entire medium sized project. It is fast enough to edit without delays.

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The detachable base offers forward and backward compatability with USB 2 and firewire 800 today and Thunderbolt and eSATA in the future if and when those bases becomes available.The price is high, but competitive. The drive is a solid performer and we will be purchasing more of these units. Rated 1 out of 5 by Images by Stacie from Terrible Reliability I bought one of these and transferred some files on to it.

The drive showed the space was taken up, but I couldn't see or access anything on it. I returned it and got another just like it.

The second drive arrived and I once again transferred the files. This time I could see them, but an error message came up saying mac os can't repair the drive. The files were once again unable to open or manipulate. I bought a Western Digital and put the files on it thinking maybe it was the files corrupting the drive, but no, that drive works just fine.

I returned this drive again. Rated 4 out of 5 by Travel Host from So Far So Good - except. Use the product for storing our footage, shows, etc. For our television show.

Iike the look. Portability and light weight - and the fact that it works with MAC and PC. Only thing I found unsettling was if you are daisy-chaining drives -my Western Digital and Seagate drives didn't mix unless the Seagate led the way. It just took me a bit to figure that out - but it did give me a few more gray hairs when it wouldn't show up on my desktop.

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