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> LaCie Mobile Drive 2TB
> SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD 2TB
> Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB
> Toshiba Canvio Flex 2TB
> Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Alu Slim 2TB
> WD My Passport 2TB
ARD DRIVES MIGHT be unfashionable right now, but for less than half the price of most equivalent external solid–state drives (SSDs) these products deliver two terabytes (TB) of versatile mobile storage. Whether you’re commuting your documents between home and office, out on the road with your MacBook Pro, or just need somewhere convenient to keep your backups safe, the portable hard drives in this test will do the job efficiently and at significantly lower cost.
At best, hard drives are only about one third the speed of a basic USB–C SSD, so they’re too slow to start your Mac up from regularly, although they can do so in an emergency. You also would not want to use them for heavy,
