Safe long-term storage HD at an excellent price, only badly designed!

I have no complains so far about performance (got it a week ago). Transferred almost 300 gb in 2 h (mac's usb 2.0), does not heat up, vibrate,or make big noise (just a subtle cooling fan-like noise). A cool thing I didn't know is that it comes NTFS formatted, but with a driver that allows mac to write and read it. I reformatted it anyway, in case of any errors or whatever, but saved the driver. The backup software it comes with is for windows only. It also saves all your uploads to all major social sites, a feature I consider useless and pointless, since I at least save/backup all my videos and photos regularly, before I use them in any way OR I can simply dl them like anyone else from where I posted them. Also, I only use Seagate for selective data storage, not for auto backup. I got it for the great price of 112$=3Tb (shipping included) and for the fact that I own another seagate 3TB (Goflex) that for a year I have not had major problems with in terms of performance and HD failure or data loss. Besides the noisy fan and the lack of a power button/energy saver, the GoFlex design was what I hated most: poorly constructed in terms of sturdiness and balance (the SATA/usb3.0 outlet stand was way lighter than the unit and offered no support for the standing position, while other positions somehow placed the cables in a funny way, standing on the desk, hard to accommodate, while the usb port of the stand was very prone to damage if the cable stood in a bad position, having to replace the entire charger/stand). The backup plus has the same basic design, slightly improved. If you don't move it, once you've found a good position, you'll be fine.Read full review

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