Best External Hard Drive For Macbook Pro Backup

[9.05 x 8 x 3.6"] I have several WD Elements Desktop External Hard Drive and all have served us well for backup.

[Aluminum] I use this external drive to backup my 8TB MacBook. It takes some time to make backups, but I'm sure it would take much longer with a slower RPM drive. Seems dependable. I love the rubberized shock protection case.

[Aluminum] This is the fifth WD Portable USB External Hard Drive I have purchased, which I use as a secondary backup for my photo library (primary backup is full size HDDs). All have performed flawlessly and provide a good storage capacity at a very reasonable price. Highly Recommended.

[4 oz / 113 g] I use this for my silver WD Backup Plus Slim external hard drive. It works great or... protects well. Here's my argument for why to buy the horizontal vs. vertical.. Horizontal offers a longer band to hold in the hard drive. More surface area holding it down = better protection.

[Fabric] I need CD blanks to first backup my computer, in case of external/internal hard drive failure. And to copy/burn and to store relevant data. So I choose Verbatim because they are highly reliable and I have had success with them before.

[3.3' / 1 m] The xcellon hub has been my answer to getting more USB ports from my macbook. I can now attach my external hard drive, wacom tablet, and charge my phone with my macbook. I really like that it has an independent power supply for things like my external hard drives. And it's small and fits inside my laptop bag.

[Cable] I finally can connect my older LaCie external hard drive to my new MacBook. I haven't seen these pictures and documents since 2014. Tether cord worked beautifully with no problems. Instant connection.

[500 GB] Ordered this as a backup for my Macbook Pro, and I was shocked at how small it was when I received it. Great drive and easy to carry.

[Full-Stop] I purchased this to make an external boot drive for my 2015 MacBook Pro. This device is probably the fastest way to add external storage to my machine since the Thunderbolt 2 ports are far faster than the USB3 ports. Since this Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 enclosure is self-powered, you can use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter in reverse, making full use of the MacBook's Thunderbolt 2 port and getting super fast transfer speeds, making it suitable for use as a boot drive. I don't have any benchmark utilities, but I copied a large VMware image from the internal Apple SSD to an external 2TB FireCuda 530 and saw an Activity Monitor peak write speed of 1.6GB/sec, which is super fast. The case gets a little warm, but that means that it is effectively sinking heat from the M2 drive. I used this to successfully build and test a system upgrade to Mojave, and will continue to use this to occasionally run modern OS versions that I don't want to permanently upgrade to due to software compatibility issues with old apps I still need to run. Right now, it's Velcro'ed to the laptop lid and holds a 1TB drive waiting to test Catalina, so I can see which apps break before deciding if I want to take the plunge. All in all, it's perfect as an external drive for my older MacBook Pro, it's well priced, and extremely well constructed. I'll continue to use it for the rest of the life of this machine, and it'll still be useful if I upgrade to a more modern machine later.

[ M.2 SSD ] I purchased this external drive to compliment my new MacBook Pro M2 Max and no regrets at all. This drive is excellent, runs smoothly, boots up fast, runs fast with Thunderbolt. and is quiet as well can be for an SSD drive with minimal heat.