Hard Drive | 14 TB Mechanical Hard Disk |
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Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
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LaCie d2 Professional 14TB External Hard Drive Desktop HDD – Thunderbolt 3 USB-C USB 3.0, 7200 RPM Enterprise Class Drives, for Mac and PC Desktop, 1 Month Adobe CC (STHA14000800)
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Digital Storage Capacity | 14 TB |
Hard Disk Interface | USB 2.0 |
Connectivity Technology | USB, Thunderbolt |
Brand | LaCie |
Special Feature | Portable |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
Installation Type | External Hard Drive |
Color | Black |
About this item
- CROSS PLATFORM: The LaCie d2 Professional is the go-to external desktop hard drive for creatives using Mac/PC SSD-based laptops or all-in-one-computers with limited storage capacity.Specific uses: Business,Personal,Gaming
- FAST DATA: Easily edit and archive projects with massive massive capacity and speeds of up to 240MB/s
- FUTURE PROOF: Seamlessly connect to USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 computers, enjoy reduced noise and vibration thanks to an aluminum form factor, and get ultimate reliability and performance with BarraCuda Pro enterprise-class drives
- BOUNDLESS CREATIVITY: Includes one-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps Plan
- RECOVERY INCLUDED: Enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included five-year limited warranty including Rescue Data Recovery Services
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storage capacity | 14 TB | 6 TB | 4 TB | 4 TB | 4 TB | 4 TB |
hardware interface | usb3.0, usb c, thunderbolt | usb, thunderbolt | usb c, thunderbolt, solid state drive | usb | solid state drive | solid state drive |
compatible devices | Desktop | iPad | Laptop, Desktop | iPhone 15/16, PC, Mac, Gaming Console, Tablet | PC, Mac, Gaming Console, Smartphone, Tablet | iPhone 15/16, PC, Mac, Gaming Console, Tablet |
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write speed | 240 MB/s | 250 | 2800 MB/s | 1000 megabits per second | 1000 megabits per second | 2000 |
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Brand | LaCie |
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Series | D2 Professional |
Item model number | STHA14000800 |
Hardware Platform | PC, Mac |
Item Weight | 2.36 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 2.36 x 5.12 x 7.42 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 2.36 x 5.12 x 7.42 inches |
Color | Black |
Hard Drive Interface | USB 2.0 |
Hard Drive Rotational Speed | 0.01 RPM |
Manufacturer | LaCie |
ASIN | B086YNRT3R |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | April 9, 2020 |
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For Creative Spaces That Thrive
Boot applications faster and maneuver them seamlessly with the LaCie d2 Professional. Perfect for SSD-based laptops and all-in-one computers, this solution massively expands capacity up to 24TB and infuses speeds of up to 290MB/s thanks to long-trusted Seagate IronWolf Pro drives.
Universal Compatibility
Mac, Windows, USB 3.1 gen 2 (USB-C)—d2 Professional works effortlessly with all of them.
Killer Performance
Speeds of up to 290MB/s mean ultra-fast file transfers, quick booting, and smooth application usage.
Innovative Enclosure
Forged from a single sheet of aluminum, d2 Professional is durably designed for the long haul.
Anti-Vibration Design
Extruded seams, a cushioning base, and specially designed mounts combine to dramatically reduce hard drive vibration.

Works with iPad
Connecting your LaCie drive to your iPad’s USB-C port brings extra storage to your iPad and lets you access all your files directly from your iPad—it’s that easy. (Minimum System Requirements: iPad OS 14 or later, iPad Pro 3rd generation/iPad Air 4th generation and higher.)

Enterprise-Class Drive
Work faster, more efficiently, with the highest-capacity desktop hard drive around—IronWolf Pro, featuring up to 24TB of space and 7200RMP speeds.

We’ve Got Your Back!
Most LaCie drives now include Rescue Data Recovery Services — helping you defend against power outages, natural disasters, user error, viruses, and more. With an industry-leading 95% success rate against unexpected data loss and access to world-class data recovery experts, you can focus on what’s important and rest easy knowing your files are safer.

Edit with Creative Cloud
Turn RAW footage into flawless production with one-month complimentary membership to Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps plan.

What’s Included
LaCie d2 Professional, USB 3.1 gen 2 (USB-C) cable, external power supply, quick install guide
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Product Description
The LaCie d2 Professional is the go-to external desktop hard drive for creatives using SSD-based laptops or all-in-one-computers with limited storage capacity. Easily edit and archive projects with enormous capacity and speeds of up to 240MB/s. Seamlessly connect to USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 computers and enjoy reduced noise and vibration thanks to an aluminum form factor. The d2 Professional comes equipped with BarraCuda Pro enterprise-class drive for ultimate reliability and performance a five-year limited warranty including Rescue Data Recovery Services for long-term peace of mind.
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Customers find the external hard drive's speed impressive, with 440mb/s read and write speeds, and appreciate its heavy-duty build quality and ease of setup. The storage capacity receives positive feedback, with one customer mentioning it's perfect for storing years of photographs. The functionality and drive quality receive mixed reviews, with some units working well while others stop working completely or fail after three months. The noise level and brightness also get mixed reactions, with some finding it very quiet while others say it's too noisy, and while the blue light is bright enough for some, others find it distracting.
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Customers praise the external hard drive's speed, noting its 440mb/s read and write capabilities and fast USB 3.0 connection.
"Easy to set up, and fast transfers." Read more
"...It is so quiet, has a smaller footprint, it is fast, everything is solid including the cables and the way they snugly insert into the USB slot...." Read more
"...These hard drives are considerably faster than my other external hard drives that run usb 3.0...." Read more
"...a cheaper 5TB drive to copy the Apple Photo Library to, but it was too slow. The Apple Photos program was not very responsive...." Read more
Customers find the external hard drive easy to set up and connect, with one customer noting it works seamlessly with their Mac.
"Easy to set up, and fast transfers." Read more
"The size of the dock is perfect, 20TB and it was easy to set up...." Read more
"...they are like the mac/apples of hard drives imo. look great and easy to use." Read more
"...The User Guides are weak and website articles are old. ---..." Read more
Customers find the external hard drive's build quality excellent, describing it as heavy-duty and stable, with one customer noting it's built like a Russian tank.
"...It is so quiet, has a smaller footprint, it is fast, everything is solid including the cables and the way they snugly insert into the USB slot...." Read more
"...This is a very heavy and well built external HDD and has been working well with TimeMachine for Mac." Read more
"It's the perfect size, looks great and is quite fast and reliable so far. However, the fan runs ALL THE TIME and is quite annoying...." Read more
"A very reliable and fast HDD but the obscenely big and bright flashing blue light is one of the most..." Read more
Customers appreciate the hard drive's storage capacity, with one mentioning it has 90% of its space remaining after copying several GB of data.
"...Both drives are identical capacities, but I could not add mirrors from Disk Management...." Read more
"...It has been pretty fast, and seemed to be working out for storing videos...." Read more
"Good disk with good performance and large capacity...." Read more
"...Highly recommended for Mac users wanting easy and quick storage for photos and videos." Read more
Customers have mixed experiences with the hard drive's functionality, with some reporting that it works well and has no issues, while others mention that it stopped working completely or wouldn't power up at all.
"...storage devices for both of my computers (Apple and Windows) and works great." Read more
"...on my LaCie 1big Dock Thunderbolt 3 4TB HDD and Desktop Hub was not turning on and the top of the case seemed to be getting quite hot after one hour...." Read more
"...exchange is (if I have a problem) but for now, the drive seems to be working fine...." Read more
"The drive works well, but in this day and age where we're all trying to cut down on waste, LaCie includes a variety of cables for different regions..." Read more
Customers have mixed experiences with the hard drive's reliability, with some finding it great while others report units failing within three months of use.
"...files it wasn't the drive, it was the camera/footage and the files are corrupted...." Read more
"...THhis is a quality product, in my experience over years and new versions." Read more
"...I'm disappointed that the power switch/module failed on 2 drives and I'm waiting for the 3rd drive to fail...." Read more
"Good disk with good performance and large capacity...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the hard drive's noise level, with some finding it very quiet while others report it being so distracting while in use.
"...The latest incarnation is very impressive. It is so quiet, has a smaller footprint, it is fast, everything is solid including the cables and the way..." Read more
"...Yeah it's THAT BRIGHT AND OBNOXIOUS. The drive is NOISY. Even when it's not in active use it's noisy...." Read more
"...I ordered two 4 TB LaCie d2 Professional drives. The drives are very quiet and don't run hot. 1...." Read more
"...However, the fan runs ALL THE TIME and is quite annoying. I knew this ahead of time but thought I could get used to it...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the drive's blue light: some find it bright enough, while others report issues with it not coming on at all.
"...Side note: that blue light is annoyingly bright and when it's copying and continuously flashing like that it's horrible to look at...." Read more
"...This drive has a GIANT BRIGHT blue light that constantly pulses and I had to put a little strip of electrical tape over the light because it was so..." Read more
"...] A very reliable and fast HDD but the obscenely big and bright flashing blue light is one of the most confounding design choices I've ever seen...." Read more
"...I have to turn the drive away because the blue light is blinking constantly and very distracting." Read more
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Transfer speeds above 250 MB/s. Very quiet operation. I bought 5!
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2025Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 10TBVerified PurchaseEasy to set up, and fast transfers.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 10TBVerified PurchaseI bought two of these storage devices for both of my computers (Apple and Windows) and works great.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2023Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 18TBVerified PurchaseBought this as a backup to remedy a storage issue I was having with another hard drive and so when I got it, I started dumping all the wedding footage I had from this year onto it. Yes--one of 'those' stories. Seemed to be fine at first. 7 weddings that filled just under 3TB of this 18TB drive. Then loaded some older 2022 projects on there to do some further editing on for maybe social or something.
Loaded wedding #8, a 2 day wedding so lots of footage and that was fine. Then after the following weekend when I was loading wedding #9, I woke up to an error message about the drive.
Ejected, unplugged, replugged. Same error. Plugged into a different computer. Same error. But then I plugged it back into my main computer and the error stopped popping up. But then I noticed that wedding #8 was pretty light on storage. I went to check and just about all the footage files showed 0 bytes. [Screenshot] gray highlighted clips: there is one file that you can see the thumbnail for that is 67.4mb. The rest are 0. [screenshot] blue highlighted clips: all the same files selected aside from the one that was 67.4mb to show 0 bytes. File structure was still intact, but the files had nothing and weren't able to be opened. Yikes
Tried to copy over to other drives/folders- nothing. Finally called tech support for the drive. The first lady tried to help gather info to help me and is the only reason why tech got 2 stars instead of 1. The 2nd guy just said since I can see the files it wasn't the drive, it was the camera/footage and the files are corrupted. I asked him about the software and he gave that to me but to no avail. I'm online looking for alternatives (Disk Drill actually helped me recover all the files from all cameras, aside from my main camera so...almost perfect, but im skipping ahead).
So I start checking in some of my other video folders for other projects as I try to troubleshoot and lo-and-behold: other folders are now having this issue. Not even just these new videos I've shot, but older projects I'd already delivered months ago, but I had moved to this drive as an alternate backup plan. Multi-cam shoots where whole camera folders that were once 100-200GB worth of data now showing around 30GB, with most files now showing a size of 0 bytes. Devastating.
I've moved most of my files to other drives. All of my projects had been backed up to other drives anyway, aside from the one big wedding that hadn't had a chance to backup yet. Thankfully, Disk Drill was able to recover all the files from 3 of my 4 cameras, unfortunately, I'm still trying to salvage footage from that main camera.
Side note: that blue light is annoyingly bright and when it's copying and continuously flashing like that it's horrible to look at. I put some painters tape over it. [screenshot]
1.0 out of 5 starsBought this as a backup to remedy a storage issue I was having with another hard drive and so when I got it, I started dumping all the wedding footage I had from this year onto it. Yes--one of 'those' stories. Seemed to be fine at first. 7 weddings that filled just under 3TB of this 18TB drive. Then loaded some older 2022 projects on there to do some further editing on for maybe social or something.HIGH RISK: Decent until it wasn't
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2023
Loaded wedding #8, a 2 day wedding so lots of footage and that was fine. Then after the following weekend when I was loading wedding #9, I woke up to an error message about the drive.
Ejected, unplugged, replugged. Same error. Plugged into a different computer. Same error. But then I plugged it back into my main computer and the error stopped popping up. But then I noticed that wedding #8 was pretty light on storage. I went to check and just about all the footage files showed 0 bytes. [Screenshot] gray highlighted clips: there is one file that you can see the thumbnail for that is 67.4mb. The rest are 0. [screenshot] blue highlighted clips: all the same files selected aside from the one that was 67.4mb to show 0 bytes. File structure was still intact, but the files had nothing and weren't able to be opened. Yikes
Tried to copy over to other drives/folders- nothing. Finally called tech support for the drive. The first lady tried to help gather info to help me and is the only reason why tech got 2 stars instead of 1. The 2nd guy just said since I can see the files it wasn't the drive, it was the camera/footage and the files are corrupted. I asked him about the software and he gave that to me but to no avail. I'm online looking for alternatives (Disk Drill actually helped me recover all the files from all cameras, aside from my main camera so...almost perfect, but im skipping ahead).
So I start checking in some of my other video folders for other projects as I try to troubleshoot and lo-and-behold: other folders are now having this issue. Not even just these new videos I've shot, but older projects I'd already delivered months ago, but I had moved to this drive as an alternate backup plan. Multi-cam shoots where whole camera folders that were once 100-200GB worth of data now showing around 30GB, with most files now showing a size of 0 bytes. Devastating.
I've moved most of my files to other drives. All of my projects had been backed up to other drives anyway, aside from the one big wedding that hadn't had a chance to backup yet. Thankfully, Disk Drill was able to recover all the files from 3 of my 4 cameras, unfortunately, I'm still trying to salvage footage from that main camera.
Side note: that blue light is annoyingly bright and when it's copying and continuously flashing like that it's horrible to look at. I put some painters tape over it. [screenshot]
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 8TBVerified PurchaseI have 2 LaCie d2's in the previous generation with lots of options (Firewire, USB 3, etc.) I loved the first one and quickly purchased a 2nd. I would have been happy with a 3rd but that model has been discontinued. So I bought a 8TB d2 Professional as it held the value/size sweet spot. The latest incarnation is very impressive. It is so quiet, has a smaller footprint, it is fast, everything is solid including the cables and the way they snugly insert into the USB slot. (My MacPro does not have Thunderbolt). In a few minutes I had it operational, partitioning and formatting it to suit my needs. I will probably purchase another. The only caveat is that the new models do not have an On/Off switch so they are always on. I can live with it.
NOTE: It is a shame how there is a trend in which companies SPAM review cites with lies. THhis is a quality product, in my experience over years and new versions.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022Style: 1big DockCapacity: 4TBVerified PurchaseThe fan on my LaCie 1big Dock Thunderbolt 3 4TB HDD and Desktop Hub was not turning on and the top of the case seemed to be getting quite hot after one hour. I decided to return it for a replacement so I did a secure erase. The drive was left on for several hours during this process and after time, the fan eventually turned on. I missed it in the manual (page 22) but the fan is temperature controlled so It will not turn on when you first apply power. The unit needs to be on for a L_O_N_G_ time to generate heat before you will notice any fan activity. I cancelled my return and am quite happy with it. This is a very heavy and well built external HDD and has been working well with TimeMachine for Mac.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 4TBVerified Purchase------- ------- ------- Feb 20, 2022 Update ------- ------- -------
The 2 drives that I installed on Sep 13, 2020 will not power on.
I swapped the power supplies with the power supply from the 3rd drive - but the drives will not power on.
Both drives spun up and can be read after removing from the chassis and plugging them into a docking station.
I 'm fairly certain that the power switch/module failed, because swapping the power supply didn't work.
The switch is wired to a small board that is in the top of the chassis. The wiring leads to the bottom of the chassis, where the power supply plugs in.
I was lucky with this one - both drives are part of a windows storage set and the data is still readable.
The drives are non-shingled, 7200 RPM Barracuda Pro drives - which is what I wanted.
I'm disappointed that the power switch/module failed on 2 drives and I'm waiting for the 3rd drive to fail.
Will see what Seagate (LaCie's parent company) does - the drives are 17 months into a 60 month warranty.
I used about 1.5 TB of the 4 TB capacity. Will order a 2 TB SSD and use these as backup drives.
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My important files are backed up to multiple SSD drives. I decided that it might be easier to consolidate the backups to a larger mechanical drive, so I looked for an external mechanical drive that was durable and had decent performance.
I read the reviews for LaCie and Glyph - it was obvious that Mac Users were having problems, but there were also some problems for Windows users. The problems seemed worse for the 8 & 10 TB drives.
I ordered two 4 TB LaCie d2 Professional drives. The drives are very quiet and don't run hot.
1. After registering one drive, the LaCie website kept looping back to a popup window about Seagate.
It was impossible to add the 2nd drive until the next day. Maybe a new user account can only register one device when the account is created?
2. I decided that using Windows utilities was easier vs. trying to use either product download. The User Guides are weak and website articles are old.
--- Lacie_Desktop_Manager_for_Windows installed correctly, but it couldn't identify any drives, including the LaCie drives.
--- LaCieToolkit installed correctly - but didn't do much other than identify both drives. You can mirror a system's boot drive to a LaCie drive, but can't mirror a LaCie drive to another LaCie drive. Same thing applies for Backup & Restore.
2. Both LaCie drives worked out of the box for Windows 10 Pro as standalone drives, but not as Disk Management mirrored volumes.
--- The drives were already partitioned into an EFI volume and a larger unallocated volume.
--- After reformatting from FAT32 to NTFS, the EFI volumes remained. Used diskpart from the CMD window to delete the EFI volumes.
--- Both drives are identical capacities, but I could not add mirrors from Disk Management. The drives would not convert from Basic disk to Dynamic Disk.
2. I ended up using Windows Storage Spaces with 2 way mirrors. The 2 drives are seen as a single, 4 TB drives.
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After a couple of days, I noticed other problems - I had upgraded Windows 10 Pro with the May 2020 update. It required a BIOS update, which I applied on Sep 23.
There were other driver updates (network & graphics) but none for firmware, storage or USB.
A. Sep 15 problem: The laptop reboots after sleeping for about 2 hours.
Sep 23 update: The laptop reboots stopped after a BIOS upgrade.
---- The reboots were not related to the LaCie drives which were connected to a docking station.
---- The reboots were related to external SSD drives that were connected to the USB 3.0 and USB-C ports.
B. Sep 15 problem: There's a Windows event about a USB device that's draining power from the system.
---- It could be the drives or the USB docking station, but it's a strange message because the devices have
their own power supplies. But it's possible that's how the Windows interpreted the problem.
Sep 23 update: The May 2020 update removed all the power plans.
---- Added a new Windows power plan to handle sleep & hibernate better.
---- I allowed the laptop to hibernate after about 15 minutes of sleep time.
---- Then went into properties for the Network adapters and set them so they would not sleep.
This helps when I want the laptop to come out of hibernate.
C. Sep 15 problem: Windows Event messages about the drives having the same disk identifiers.
There's a reference KB 2983588 about MPIO, which is not something that I would enable on a laptop.
--- Windows Storage Space displays the same serial number for the drives in the storage pool.
It may be a virtual S/N because it's not the physical drive's serial number.
Sep 23 update: The Disk Identifier message goes back about 4 or 5 years for Windows.
---- It's related to USB 3.0 and a newer protocol.
The older USB standards used a Bulk-Only Transport (BOT) protocol to transfer data between devices.
---- When USB 3.0 was introduced, the BOT protocol was retained but a newer USB Attached SCSI protocol
(UASP) was defined in the spec which uses the SCSI command set and allows for faster,
multi-threaded parallel transfers with command queuing.]
---- The Windows Storage Space serial number is related to the UASP issue..
------- ------- ------- Sep 16, 2020 -- Added a 3rd drive for Acronis Backup ------- ------- -------
I did not install any of the LaCie/Seagate utilities.
Used DiskPart to delete the EFI partition, then reformatted the entire drive to NTFS.
Attached to USB-C. No problems like what was observed originally.
------ September 23, 2020 Update --------
All 3 LaCie drives are working well, without any problems.
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Emiliano LópezReviewed in Mexico on July 14, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Unidad confiable y veloz.
Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 10TBVerified PurchaseEncontré este excelente disco duro externo a un 40% de descuento. No podía dejarlo pasar. Cumple bien mis expectativas y necesidades de capacidad y velocidad de transferencia.
- Adam SchoalesReviewed in Canada on July 29, 2024
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent storage, just wish it didn't sleep so often
Style: 2big Dock w/ RAIDCapacity: 20TBVerified PurchaseThis is now the third LaCie 2Big Docks that I've owned, so obviously I'm a fan. That said, they can be a bit frustrating. Specifically how often they'll fall asleep. Truthfully, this could be a Mac OS issue, I’m not entirely sure but I can be editing in Final Cut Pro, switch to my mail app for a second to see if there's any new mail, and by the time I return to Final Cut, the disc has fallen asleep and I have to wait upwards of a minute or two for it to wake up and allow me to start editing again. It's incredibly frustrating! I've taken to using a third party app to keep it awake by constantly writing a little bit of data to it every 30 seconds, which works, though I worry about the long-term effect it'll have on the drives.
Also, while I usually don't bother with installing the software that drive manufacturers ship, you absolutely *need* to install LaCie's poorly named "Toolkit" app so you can not only adjust the LED brightness but more importantly reformat the drive to a Mac OS format in order to optimize speeds.
That being said, considering the other options I've tried in the past this is among the best. I just wish it was *better*.
- JonReviewed in Canada on January 25, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and quiet. Quirky setup, thought it was dead initially.
Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 10TBVerified PurchaseReceived this drive, plugged in the power and nothing, you need to plug in the data cable aswell as the power cable. Then check your USBC, mine was quite difficult to seat properly, actually clicks into the port, very little silver of the connector should be visible. For a while I thought the drive was dead until I tried the USB cable and realized the ubc wasn't seated all the way. So heads up on this issue, almost returned because of it. Otherwise great drive, very good build quality.
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EriReviewed in Brazil on July 17, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Funciona bem
Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 10TBVerified PurchaseÉ caro como qualquer capacidade de armazenamento que você tentar comprar. Mas vale quanto pesa. É rápido e funciona bem em Macs, não tem nem que formatar.
Eu tinha um WD de 4TB antes, mas além de ter de formatar, depois de algum tempo começou a ficar ejetando aleatóriamente, pensei que era um problema do Mac OS, mas não era. De tanto ejetar, ficou danificado e tive que formatar e perdi todos os dados armazenados. Mesmo assim, não funcionou.
Aí, depois de pesquisar muito, decidi comprar esse HD da LaCie e até aqui tem funcionado muito bem, muito rápido e estável.
Se você trabalha com Macintosh, compre dessa marca. É plug&play, não precisa fazer nenhuma configuração e funciona muito bem.
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Michael SieberReviewed in Germany on December 4, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Lacie Externe Festplatte
Style: d2 ProfessionalCapacity: 14TBVerified PurchaseBin mit der Lacie Externen Festplatte sehr zufrieden. Kaufe schon seit Jahren
die Externen Festplatten von Lacie und
hatte bis heute keine Probleme