Seagate has evaluated current product lines to determine which ones will be supported in macOS 13 (Ventura). Older drives that are not listed here may work, but have not been tested.
Notes:
This is a general compatibility article and not a troubleshooting article. If the drive is not being detected by the computer, click here to see this article.
If you are installing Seagate software for the first time, there is a security feature that was introduced in macOS 10.13 and has continued into the latest version of macOS which is covered in this article here.
Current products
| Product | Hardware | Additional Information |
| Backup Plus Family | Yes | |
| One Touch HDD Family | Yes | |
| Ultra Touch HDD |
Yes | |
| One Touch SSD |
Yes | |
| FireCuda Gaming Hub |
Yes | |
| Fast SSD |
Yes | |
| Ultra Touch SSD |
Yes | |
| BarraCuda Fast SSD |
Yes | |
| Seagate Duet |
Yes | |
| Seagate Seven | Yes | |
| Seagate Expansion | Yes | No software included with this device. Use Time Machine to back up your computer. |
| Seagate Expansion SSD | Yes | No software included with this device. Use Time Machine to back up your computer. |
| Seagate Desktop Drive | Yes | Formatted for Windows (NTFS) by default. Requires formatting for macOS. See How to format your drive. |
| Seagate Portable Drive | Yes | Formatted for Windows (NTFS) by default. Requires formatting for macOS. See How to format your drive. |
| Seagate Internal Laptop and Desktop SATA hard drives |
Yes |
Legacy Products
Older drives that are not listed here may work, but have not been tested.
| Product | Hardware |
| Innov8 | No |
| GoFlex Family | No |
| FreeAgent Family | No |
| Seagate Personal Cloud | No |
| Seagate Central | No |
| GoFlex Home | No |
| Maxtor OneTouch | No |
| Wireless Plus | No |
| Wireless | No |
| Seagate NAS Seagate NAS Pro Business Storage 4-Bay Rackmount NAS Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS |
No |
Software
The following table lists which Seagate software applications are compatible with macOS 13 (Ventura). If software isn’t listed below, then it is not supported on macOS 13 (Ventura). However, using the drive as a drag and drop destination or with Time Machine can be an alternative.
| Software | Version | Additional Information |
| Toolkit | 2.1.x | Yes, with version 2.1.x or later Apple silicon Macs need to change security settings for Seagate Secure - How to change security settings |
| Paragon NTFS driver | 15.10.x | Yes, with version 15.10.x or later Apple silicon Macs need to change security settings How to change security settings |
| Seagate Dashboard | 4.9.2 | No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13. |
| Seagate Media Sync | 1.9.5
|
No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12. |
| Network Assistant | 1.2.1
|
No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12. |
| Seagate Duet | 1.4.x | No, the software was note updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 11 (Big Sur) |
| Sdrive | 3.2.29 | No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13. Remote access was disabled on May 15th, 2021.Remote access information |
