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Backup Plus Portable Drives for Mac

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Automatically back up all your important files from your computer to your storage device.

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Paragon Driver

Take advantage of read and write access without having to reformat your external drives, both on Windows and macOS

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SeaTools

SeaTools - Quick diagnostic tool that checks the health of your drive.

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Dashboard Support

Seagate Dashboard - Videos, Troubleshooting Tips & Downloads.

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Paragon Driver for Windows

The driver provides read and write access for Seagate external drives in Windows without having to reformat.
Note: Not compatible with drives formatted with Apple File System (APFS).

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Seagate Dashboard for Mac OS

This software allows the user to run diagnostics and adjust drive settings, like turning off drive lights.

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Seagate Toolkit for macOS

Get the most out of your storage solution with easy-to-use tools such as Mirror, Sync Plus, Seagate Secure, and RGB and Status LED Management. See your product manual for which Toolkit activities are supported by your drive.

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Specs

Model	Data Sheet	User Manual	Capacity	Interface	Depth	Length	Width
Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive for Mac USB 3.0 2TB STDS2000100 2-year limited warranty
Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive for Mac USB 3.0 500GB STCF500102 2-year limited warranty
Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive for Mac USB 3.0 1TB STDS1000100 2-year limited warranty			1TB1024.0	USB 3.0	12.1mm	113.50mm	76.00mm
Backup Plus portable drive for Mac 4TB STDS4000400 2-year limited warranty			4TB4096.0	USB 3.0	20.5mm	114.50mm	78.00mm