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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
  • Automatically save photos from your social networks
  • Share photos and video 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

     
  • Windows Vista Icon

    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 flexible backup that’s fully compatible with Time Machine® software
  • Save the photos you've shared online—automatically
  • Share photos and videos on social networks like Facebook and Flickr
  • Upgrade your connection in a snap with swappable upgrade adapters

 

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Up to 4TB capacity.

Space for everything you've got. No more having to pick and choose what you protect.

Time Machine ready.

It’s 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 it interchangeably on your Mac or PC computer without reformatting.

FirewWire 800 or USB 3.0 plug-and-play.

FireWire 800 or USB 3.0 plug-and-play.

You can also easily upgrade to Thunderbolt™ technology with an add-on adapter (sold separately).

Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. 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 you want to remember forever. The Backup Plus Desktop Drive for Mac provides easy plug-and-play Time Machine™ backups of all your stuff, 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’ve shared on Facebook or Flickr. With Backup Plus, you can easily download them right to your Backup Plus drive, so even more of your life is safe and sound.

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Share…
Your favorite moments instantly.

With Backup Plus, your memories aren’t “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 in a snap.

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 upgrade right along with you.

*Additional adapters sold separately.

Specifications

 
Capacity 4TB 3TB 2TB
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Interface Options USB 3.0 Firewire 800 & USB 2.0, USB 3.0 USB 3.0, Firewire 800 & USB 2.0
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 (lb/g) 2.38/1080 2.38/1080 2.38/1080
Model Number Interface Package Capacity Automatic Backup Software Warranty
STCB4000102 USB 3.0 Drive Only 4TB PC & Mac 2 years
STCB3000900 USB 3.0 Drive Only 3TB PC & Mac 2 years
STCB3000100 Firewire 800 & USB 2.0 Drive Only 3TB PC & Mac 3 years
STCB2000900 USB 3.0 Drive Only 2TB PC & Mac 3 years
STCB2000100 Firewire 800 & USB 2.0 Drive Only 2TB PC & Mac 3 years
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Model Number: STAE124

Desktop Adapter — USB 3.0 V2

Upgrade the interface on your Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive to USB 3.0 with this desktop adapter. You’ll experience up to 10x faster performance than USB 2.0. Features an illuminated LED capacity gauge and is backwards compatible with USB 2.0.

Compatible with any Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive

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Model Number: STAE123

Desktop Adapter — FireWire® 800/USB 2.0 V2

Upgrade the transfer and access speeds between your Backup Plus or GoFlex desktop drive and your Mac® computer with FireWire® 800 connectivity that’s up to 2x faster than USB 2.0. Features an illuminated LED capacity gauge.

Compatible with any Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive