Backup Plus Desktop Drive for Mac

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Your digital life safe and sound

Backup Plus from Seagate is the simple one-click way to protect and share your entire digital life — without getting in the way of the rest of your life.

  • Mac OS and Time Machine® ready right out of the box
  • Save photos automatically from your social networks
  • Share photos and videos to social networks with a click
  • Up to 4TB capacity for a lifetime of memories
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    Mac OS

     
  • Windows 7 Compatible

    Windows 7 32- and 64-Bit

     
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    Windows Vista 32- and 64-Bit

     

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What is Backup Plus?

Backup Plus is the amazing line of external drives from Seagate that lets you do more with photos and movies, protect everything in your digital life, and manage it all from a single, intuitive dashboard.

  • Protect your precious memories with a flexible backup that is fully compatible with Time Machine® software
  • Save the photos that you have shared online — automatically
  • Share photos and videos on social networks such as Facebook and Flickr
  • Upgrade your connection instantly with swappable upgrade adapters

 

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Up to 4TB capacity

Space for everything you have. No more having to pick and choose what you protect.

Time Machine ready

It is fully compatible with your Mac's Time Machine® software, so you just plug it in, set it up and forget it.

Also works with PCs

Use the drive interchangeably on your PC or Mac computer without reformatting.

FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 plug and play

FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 plug and play

It is also easy to upgrade to Thunderbolt™ technology, or swap for USB 3.0 with add-on adapters (sold separately).

Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the USA and/or other countries.

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Features

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Protect…
Photos, videos and more. Automatically.

Life is full of amazing moments that you want to remember forever. The Backup Plus Desktop Drive for Mac provides easy plug-and-play Time Machine™ backups of all your data, so you know that even if "life happens" to your computer, your memories are always protected.

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Save…
Your social life with a click.

Think of how many photos you have shared on Facebook or Flickr. With Backup Plus, it is easy to download them right to your Backup Plus drive, so even more of your life is safe and sound.

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Share…
Your favourite moments instantly.

With Backup Plus, your memories are not “trapped” in your drive. Just a click lets you share photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr or YouTube right from your Backup Plus drive.

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Upgrade…
Your connectivity instantly.

Getting a new Mac with Thunderbolt™ technology? Not a problem. Changing your connectivity is as easy as plugging in a new adapter.* So when you upgrade, your Backup Plus drive can be upgraded right along with you.

*Additional adapters sold separately.

System Requirements
  • Mac OS X 10.6 or higher or Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system
  • FireWire® 800 or USB 2.0 port

Specifications

 
Capacity 4TB 3TB 2TB
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Interface Options USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0
Physical      
Height (in/mm) 1.73/44.0 1.73/44.0 1.73/44.0
Width (in/mm) 4.88/124.0 4.88/124.0 4.88/124.0
Length (in/mm) 6.22/158.0 6.22/158.0 6.22/158.0
Weight (lbs/g) 2.38/1080 2.38/1080 2.38/1080
Model Number Interface Package Capacity Automatic Backup Software
STCB4000302 USB 3.0 Drive Only 4TB PC & Mac
STCB3000301 USB 3.0 Drive Only 3TB PC & Mac
STCB2000301 USB 3.0 Drive Only 2TB PC & Mac
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Model Number: STAE124

Desktop Adaptor — USB 3.0 V2

Upgrade the interface on your Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive to USB 3.0 with this desktop adaptor. You will experience up to 10 times faster performance than USB 2.0. Features an illuminated LED capacity gauge and is backward compatible with USB 2.0.

Compatible with any Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive