LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 4TB, External SSD, Thunderbolt 5, speeds 6700/5300MB/s

This review is for the LaCie Rugged SSD Pro 1TB Solid State Drive — USB-C Thunderbolt 3. I'm using it as an external SSD for a Mac Mini w/ Thunderbolt 3. It comes formatted in exFAT which works on both Mac and PCs but it will be dedicated to a Mac Mini so it's best formatted as APFS for best speed. It took about 1sec to do that. It copied a movie file of 70 GB from the internal SSD in less than 10 sec. To do an encrypted Time Machine backup of the entire 256 GB SSD internal storage it took less than 15 mins. It's blazing fast and I'm impressed. Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and super light. Unless I have a problem and need to come back to update this review it stands as it is.

Super rugged and compact! I have transferred about 2TB of data as a backup and the speed is fast and efficient. So far, no issues. BONUS... this SSD is WAY smaller than anticipated which is great for traveling and portability. Wish it came in other colors for project identification, but will buy again.

I purchased this solid-state external hard drive manufactured by Lacie, I guess, is the defining technical characteristics had the latest technological capabilities. To connect for upload and download speed capabilities to match the Lacey external solid-state hard drive. I used the latest CAT 5 Apple USB-C cord. The exponential increase in data transfer was necessary to back up the computer, but also to transfer from the iPhone to the computer for the preliminary backup. Thanks Lacey. It’s the third device that I purchased from that corporation to date one the original with a hard drive, and the next the 2 TB hard-core solid-state external drive. Super products thanks Mike.

This SSD works GREAT in my iMac, super fast. Backed up my HDD backups. But... my iPad Pro 2024 M4 13 inch doesn't read it. It's formatted correctly and nothing happens. That's the reason for the 4/5 stars. Looking into the SAMSUNG T9 external SSD for portability. The reviews say it's compatible. We'll see.

DO NOT BUY! Spent almost $400 for this to completely stop working within less than 2 months. Extremely disappointed. I am a photographer and this created a world of issues for me. Definitely going back to my Samsung ssd.

Was in the market for an external HDD Hard drive and stumbled upon this pup and decided to spend the extra money and go with and SSD. Glad I did. I am using this to store extended sound libraries from some Logic Pro X and other third party sound libraries.Pros1) Extremely small and light weight. Fits in the palm of my hand2) Has the same LaCie Durability that their HDD Hard Drives have3) Incredibly fast. It took about 20 minutes to download 80% of extended Logic Pro X sound library onto this little thing.4) The connection when using the external sound libraries with the program is seamless. No delays in connection.Cons1) The mini thunder bolt 3 (USBC) cord they give you is small and very sensitive so if you're moving the computer around at all, the connection will get cut. Something to keep in mind if you're outdoors and using this for photography.2) Can heat up rather quickly if its being used for an extended period of time. I am currently using it in the winter time in a cooler room, so i'm not overly concerned about it now.

It works and was very easy to use.

Fantastic working drive, for heavy big files in music production