Backup Plus Portable Drive for Mac

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Life moves fast. Don’t miss a thing.

The Backup Plus portable drive for Mac from Seagate is the simple 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 out of the box
  • Save photos automatically from your social networks
  • Share photos and videos to social networks with a click
  • Increase transfer speeds easily by upgrading to Thunderbolt™ technology
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    Mac OS

     
  • Windows 7 Compatible

    Windows 7 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.

  • 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 adapters
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Time Machine ready

Set it up for easy automatic backups on your Mac. Since it is Mac formatted out of the box, simply plug it in, set it and forget it.

Also works with PCs

Also works with PCs

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

USB 3.0 plug-and-play

USB 3.0 plug-and-play

It is also easy to upgrade to Thunderbolt™ technology, FireWire® 800 or USB 3.0 with add-on adaptors (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 – on the go.

Life is full of amazing moments that you want to remember forever. The Backup Plus for Mac portable drive goes where you go, and works perfectly with Apple’s Time Machine® software to provide easy backups. So no matter where “life happens", 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 adaptors 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
  • USB 2.0 port

Specifications

 
Capacity 1TB
Interface Options USB 3.0
Physical  
Height (in/mm) 0.57/14.5
Width (in/mm) 3.19/81.1
Length (in/mm) 4.86/123.4
Weight (lbs/g) 0.440/224
Model Number Capacity Interface Automatic Backup Software
STBW1000301 1TB USB 3.0  
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Model Number: STAE102

Upgrade Cable – FireWire® 800

Boost the transfer speed between your drive and your Mac® computer, and access data up to two times faster than USB 2.0 when you upgrade to this FireWire® 800 cable.

  • Compatible with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive

Works with a FireWire or IEEE1394b port

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Model Number: STAE104

Upgrade Cable – USB 3.0/2.0

This USB 3.0 upgrade cable delivers performance that is up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0, making it perfect for transferring and accessing movies and other large files with your Backup Plus portable drive.

  • Works with any USB 3.0 port
  • Backward compatible with USB 2.0
  • Compatible with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive
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Model Number: STAE101

GoFlex™ Upgrade Cable Kit — USB 3.0

Upgrade both your laptop and GoFlex® or GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drive easily to the enhanced speed of USB 3.0 (requires available ExpressCard adaptor port on your laptop). This kit boosts your system with performance that is up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0.

  • Perfect for transferring and accessing movies and other large files.
  • Includes everything you need to retrofit your laptop — PC card laptop adaptor, USB 3.0 cable and USB power connector.
  • Backward compatible with USB 2.0

Compatible with GoFlex and GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drives