It’s sturdily built too, with Seagate claiming that it can withstand being dropped from a height of 2m.

And it weights only 74g, so you can easily slip it into your pocket and carry it around with your laptop or iPad when you’re travelling. When sitting flat on the desk it measures just 50mm wide, 70mm deep and a mere 10.6mm thick. Seagate’s OneTouch hard drives are a popular choice with many users, and the company has launched this new SSD version.Īvailable in black, silver or blue, the OneTouch SSD is the smallest and lightest portable drive we’ve ever seen. That combination of speed, compact design and competitive pricing makes the Portable SSD a great option for anyone that needs a portable back-up drive for their Mac or iPad. LaCie quotes read and write speeds of 1000MB/s, but repeated tests with the BlackMagic speed test app showed the Portable SSD comfortably cruising along at around 1,300MB/s with no trouble at all. The Portable SSD has a solid, sturdy design that should be able to cope with a few bumps in a backpack or briefcase, and it performs very well too. LaCie hasn’t cut any other corners, though. The drive has a single USB-C interface, and includes a USB-C cable, but the low cost means that there are no added extras, such as an adaptor for older Macs that have USB-A (3.2) connectors.

It’s smaller and lighter than previous drives from LaCie too, measuring just 10.6mm thick, 50mm wide, and 80mm long, and it weighs a mere 45g, so it’s ideal for carrying around with your MacBook or iPad when you’re travelling. Rather than the sharply angular corners and edges of its predecessor, the compact Portable SSD has smoothly round corners – perhaps following Apple’s recent fetish for rounded corners on icons in Big Sur and Monterey. However, LaCie has also released this new Portable SSD as a less expensive alternative for people who don’t need James Bond levels of security.Īvailable with 500GB, 1TB or 2TB of storage, the Portable SSD has a new design too.

The LaCie Mobile SSD that we reviewed last year isn’t available anymore – although there is a new model called the Mobile SSD Secure coming soon, which provides additional security and data-encryption features for professional users.

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