Store and take your important data with you while on the go using the OWC 2TB Mercury Elite Pro Mini 5400 External HDDfrom OWC. With a capacity of 2TB this drive can be used for additional storage or for backing up your videos, photos, music, documents, and other files. The Mercury Elite Pro Mini connects to your device via the included USB-C cable which provides up to 149 MB/s read speeds and 161 MB/s write speeds. There is no need to worry about packing any additional power adapters while on the go thanks to this drive being bus powered. This drive is plug-and-play and does not require any driver installation.

2TB Storage Capacity    USB-C Interface    5400 rpm    Up to 149 MB/s Read Speed    Up to 161 MB/s Write Speed    Bus Powered    Includes USB-C Cable    Compatible with Mac and Windows

This pintsized HDD gives creative professionals, small office or home office users, students, and families the speed and universal connectivity of a 10 Gb/s USB-C interface. Connect the Mercury Elite Pro Mini to a USB port on any past, present, or future Mac or Windows computer or iPadOS, Android, or ChromeOS device. The included USB-C cable lets you plug into nearly anything, anywhere.

The Mercury Elite Pro Mini is bus-powered so you can free yourself from power adapter limitations. Cut the cord and take high-performance storage where you need it.

The Mercury Elite Pro Mini is ready for your demanding A/V, digital photography, professional music, graphics, and general data backup needs. Its rugged, aircraft-grade fanless aluminum enclosure offers near-silent operation. Use it for a variety of business and personal needs:

• Pro-level video editing projects
• Time Machine and File History backups of important business data and irreplaceable personal photos
• Consolidating files from multiple smaller drives to a single location for faster, more convenient access
• Migrating data from an existing machine to a new computer
• Expanding storage of console gaming systems
• Freeing up space on a computer's internal drive to improve performance

For every 1TB of your OWC drive capacity, you can store up to any of the following:

• 250,000 photos
• 250,000 standard quality songs
• 38,000 high-quality songs
• 200 high-definition movies
• 41.6 hours of GoPro 4K footage
• 4.3 million MS Office documents
• 24+ PS4/Xbox games

The Mercury Elite Pro isn't just all work and no play. Besides saving and backing up computer data or functioning as a workhorse drive on set or in the edit suite, it can be used to watch videos, listen to music, and view pictures through your gaming console or directly attached to your Smart TV.

We understand having confidence in gear reliability is paramount to creative professionals. That's why the Mercury Elite Pro mini goes through a multi-step performance certification prior to shipping. This ensures it arrives operating properly and immediately ready for demanding use.

Backing up and protecting your data is critically important. But all too often it's a task that falls to the bottom of the to do list, and you don't realize it until it is too late. That's why OWC has partnered with Acronis to give you one full year of personal backup and antivirus software to integrate into your workflow. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office safeguards you from today's data threats—from accidents to failures to attacks. With a simple intuitive backup and AI-enhanced antimalware technology, your digital life protected, photos, files, applications, systems, and the devices they are on.

This drive is compatible with:

• Linux OS
• Windows
• MacOS X 10.6 and later
• iPadOS 13
• iPadOS 14
• Android 10.x
• Android 11.x
• Android 12.x
• ChromeOS

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. how do I format to work on my p c?

A: The drive comes preformatted for FAT32, which is a Windows file system. There is no need to reformat the drive for compatibility.

Q: 2. Does anyone know if these are fast enough for editing 2K footage off of?

A: The OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive has a maximum transfer speed of 252 MB/s, which would not be recommended for high-resolution video editing.

Q: 3. Can these be stacked, or is heat an issue?

A: The vents on the OWC 8TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive are located on the sides, and not the top of the drive, so you could potentially stack them, but dues to the shape of the drive and the nature of rotating HDDs, I would not advise it.

Q: 4. I have several FireWire drives. I want to mount one at a time to this drive to transfer content. I would need to use the USB port to connect to my Mac Mini to make this transfer with Carbon Copy Cloner

A: It is not possible to mount a FireWire drive connected to the OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive to a Mac over a USB host connection. In order to daisy chain a Firewire drive, you will need to connect the OWC Mercury Elite Pro to your Mac over Firewire.

Q: 5. can this be used as external backup to a MacBookPro?

A: The Mercury On-The-Go Pro External Solid State Drive is pre formatted for Mac, and will be ready for Time Machine backup.

Q: 6. Is this compatible with a Mac?

A: Yes, this model is compatible with mac.

Q: 7. Country of origin?

A: The OWC 2TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive BH #OWMEAL2 is made in Taiwan.

Q: 8. Does this come with two hdds? What brand/model?

A: At this time we are shipping this with a pair of Toshiba 2TB drives.

Q: 9. Can I connect my camcorder to transfer videos directly to this enclosure? My camcorder has a 1394 port.

A: If the camcorder is compatible with external drives, then yes, you will be able to connect the OWC 20TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive via the 1394B Firewire 800 port.

Q: 10. If I buy 2TB model, then can I change 2TB HDs for HDds with more capacity, 10-16TB?

A: You can swap the drives on the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual enclosure.