SAMSUNG T5 Portable SSD 1TB - Up to 540MB/s - USB 3.1 External Solid State Drive, Black (MU-PA1T0B/AM)

I was actually surprised at how small and light the drive was when I got it. Im using it on a 2017 13 MacBook Pro and have it formatted with APFS (Encrypted). While Im not seeing the quoted average up to speeds of 500+ MB/s, they are still impressive (see screenshot). I use this drive for my video editing (scratch disk and saving). It works great for Final Cut Pro and ScreenFlow Pro.

When I received the item, I noticed the seals of the box were already opened.

Could not get Bitlocker turned on with this drive. I work in IT and followed articles online. It appears the Samsung software has changed and it no longer works. Drive is great otherwise, but wouldnt recommend if Bitlocker is important.

Maybe the best out there for fast storage on the go. Costs a lot though.

I just wanted an external SSD that could read/write fast enough to use for short term, then store the projects later on a cloud/backup drive. This works great for that! I also love the fact that I can change machines seemlessly. All I really need is a computer that has a good graphics card and now it doesnt necessarily need to have an SSD.

Works great in my Model Y. Just wish it loaded footage a bit faster but that could be the cars fault.

Why do you use external hard drives? I use them for backup and large scale transfers. E.g. from an old to a new machine. Or as insurance when I upgrade OSes.

Works as advertised except included cable repeatedly works its way free from my 2016 MacBookPro. Ive tried every one of the four ports and the problem continues.

This is a great buy if you need to ensure you back up your PC/MAC. My MAC was on the fritz and so I got another and wanted to to a system to system transfer (Works on PCs right) but it didnt work on the MAC. So I thought to move to the cloud, but the MAC was overheating before the transfers would go through. This solved the problem and kept me from having to pay more for a larger cloud plan. Now I keep it handy and do a recent docs/pics transfer more often to ensure we never lose files.

whats not to like?