Samsung T3 Portable SSD - 2TB - USB 3.1 External SSD (MU-PT2T0B/AM)

This is the best external hard drive out there (June 2017)! It is reliable, light, and surprisingly small. Its speeds are quite impressive and match what is advertised.This SSD also comes with a 3 year warranty which is great in the unlikely event that there is a manufacturing error.It was easy to reformat and works well with my MacBook Pro.My only wish is that it would come with a USB-C to USB-C cable so I wouldn't have to use an adapter with my Mac's ports. I ended up buying  USB 3.1 Type C Cable 1FT - 3 Pack, FosPower Reversible USB 3.1 (Gen 2) Type C to Type C Nylon Braided Cord for Nintendo Switch, MacBook, Galaxy S8/S8 Plus, LG G6, Google Pixel/XL, HTC 10 & More  to make the connection easier for me. I am also using a  Mountie by Ten One Design - Mount Your Phone or Tablet to Your Laptop - an Instant Second Screen for Your Computer Monitor (T1-MULT-109) - Blue  to attach it to my MacBook when I am using it for extended periods of time.I keep recommending this drive to friends because it is so great!

The list price on a MacBook Pro 15 w/Retina, 16GB, 1TB SSD drive is around $3,000. That's a lot of money. Since 2013, MacBook Pro's have come with NO swappable/fixable/upgradable components. If you are out of warranty and something inside is defective or broken -- you are out of luck. Or so I thought..I didn't realize it, but the 1TB, $700 SSD drive hard soldered to the motherboard inside my 3 year old laptop was bad. How do I know? Because once I moved my operating system (macos Sierra) to a Samsung T3 (and started running my O/S in tethered mode), there have been 0 crashes.Sure.. Being tethered is like a ball & chain -- but hey.. the "ball" weighs nothing (and the cable is under no strain). New Life! Now my laptop works great - no speed degradation. For the first time, I can consider selling it at upgrade time(unthinkable with it crashing all the time).Out of the box I used the software on the special SETUP_T3 partition to set a 16 character password. Once you do that you can treat the drive like any other -- seamless encryption. I formatted it for Apple and cloned my O/S to it. The real partition (encrypted) is INVISIBLE until you run the special software first on the smaller partition (SETUP_T3). Once you enter your password on the Samsung prompt, the SETUP_T3 disk disconnects (rudely -- generating harmless, but unsettling "Disk Not Ejected Properly" message popup).Quirkiness... the cost of encryption.. From a completely powered off mode, you can't boot into the encrypted partition on the Samsung. Patience! Boot into another drive (in my case the SSD inside my laptop) and run the little program on partition SETUP_T3. I enter my 16 digit password and then restart. After rebooting, the laptop can "see" (find) the data/bootable partition and load the O/S. So each time you power down completely you have a double boot -- but its super fast on an SSD. As long as you don't power down, you can reboot any number of times without entering your Samsung SETUP_T3 password. The speed on my USB 3.0 port is 380MB/s according to a free speed tool. I believe that is half as fast as the Apple SSD "drive" inside my laptop - but not noticable). To give you some idea of what that means.. My old 5400RPM drive goes at about 30MB/s speed (10 times slower than the Samsung T3).

The media could not be loaded.  UPDATE -- Oddly enough my T3 is now performing at the same speed as my T1. Whatever performance issues my device had when I first began using it have now disappeared. Perhaps some early wear leveling? I will be updating my review on YouTube to reflect the changes and will upload something here as well.The Samsung T3's exterior casing is and improvement over the prior version of the product. It' snow metal and much more rugged, it sports a reversible USB type C connector, and it now works out of the box without additional software installation.This is a great portable storage device that's fast enough for just about any use that might be thrown its way. Great for general video editing (even multicamera 4k edits) and certainly more than adequate for gaming. I use a bunch of these as field editing drives for my YouTube channel and have found them to be every bit as good as desktop class SATA SSD drives.You will need to buy a USB-C to USB-C cable for connecting to a USB-C PC, however. The cable it comes with is a USB-C to standard USB 3.0 connector.NOTE: I purchased one of these originally and later received one via the Amazon Vine program.

This is the fastest USB drive i've ever owned. It's pricing is a fair bit higher than others, but it really justifies the cost even at the higher tiers. On desktops/laptops, you'll transfer files faster than ever before, especially larger ones like movies.Samsung also includes software to password-protect the drive, which is compatible with both Windows and MacOS.I also tried this out on my Xbox One, loading up some of the games that I've had troubles with loading times on, and I'm happy to say that it dos help some, but it's probably not worth the price premium there unless you've got the money to burn.The included USB Type-A to Type-C cable is short, but gets the job done. I don't have any other USB-C devices so I was fine with just the one cable, but if you have any USB-C devices (laptops, phones, etc.), you will probably need to invest in a USB-C to USB-C cable.You really don't get a sense for how small this thing is until you hold it in your hands. And it is VERY small once you're holding it. It's fantastic for traveling (I'll be picking up another one to load my movies on for when i'm on the go) due to its very small size, and you don't have to worry about it getting beat up while traveling since there are no moving parts inside.

Si necesitas hacer algún respaldo o te gustaría almacenar fotos y verlas al instante, este SSD es el ideal. Quizá sea muy caro para algunas personas pero vale la pena invertir en él. Las tasas de transmisión para guardar archivos en esta memoria externa son muy rápidas. Para los que son dueños de discos duros externos, como yo, se les hará absurdamente pequeño esta memoria SSD.

I love it

Fast, light, and small.Purchased for use on my Surface Pro 3.I needed an extra drive to install Adobe's Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and the large files I was working on. I knew the Samsung T3 would do the trick, but I'm still impressed with how speedy the Samsung T3 is via USB 3 connection; Photoshop and Dreamweaver, which are rather large programs, load up quickly.The size is also very nice, so small and light that I simply stuck it to the back of my Surface Pro with Velcro (see picture) so that it is always with me but can still be removed to easily share files with my desktop system.Another bonus is that no external power is needed, it is completely powered by the USB 3 connection. I'm very pleased, and have no complaints. A great SSD drive and solution.

Un disco externo súper rápido en USB 3.0. Yo lo compre para mí iMac para usarlo de forma externa y montar el S.O. Para no perder la garantía uso el disco de forma externa, para el arranque e instalar algunos programas. El disco duro interno lo uso para almacenamiento únicamente

This SSD is compact in size, excellent quality and appearance, fast in performance, easy to use and place in service.