Seagate has evaluated current product lines to determine which ones will be supported in macOS 11 (Big Sur). 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 |
| Backup Plus Family | Yes |
| One Touch SSD | Yes |
| Fast SSD | Yes |
| Ultra Touch SSD | Yes |
| BarraCuda Fast SSD | Yes |
| Seagate Duet | Yes |
| Innov8 | Yes |
| Seagate Seven | Yes |
| Seagate Wireless Plus | Yes, with latest firmware |
| Seagate Wireless | Yes, with latest firmware |
| Seagate Expansion | Yes |
| Seagate Expansion SSD | Yes |
| Seagate Desktop Drive | Yes |
| Seagate Portable Drive | Yes |
| Seagate Personal Cloud | Yes |
| Seagate Internal Laptop and Desktop SATA hard drives |
Yes |
| Seagate NAS Seagate NAS Pro Business Storage 4-Bay Rackmount NAS Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS |
Yes |
Legacy Products
Older drives that are not listed here may work, but have not been tested.
| Product | Hardware |
| GoFlex Family | Yes |
| FreeAgent Family | Yes |
| Seagate Central | No |
| GoFlex Home | No |
| Maxtor OneTouch | Untested |
Software:
The following table lists which Seagate software applications are compatible with macOS 11 (Big Sur). If software isn’t listed below, then it is not supported on macOS 11 (Big Sur). However, using the drive as a drag and drop destination or with Time Machine can be an alternative.
| Software | Version | Requirements |
| Toolkit | 1.13.x |
Yes, with version 1.13.x or higher. Seagate Secure requires 2.3.0.x or higher. Apple silicon Macs require Seagate Secure 2.4.1.x or higher and need to change security settings - How to change security settings |
Paragon NTFS driver |
15.8.x
|
Yes, but requires updating to version 15.6.x. Apple silicon Macs require 15.8.x and 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 | Yes, with version 1.4.x or higher |
| Sdrive | 3.2.29 | No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13. For remote access use - https://webaccess.ra.seagate.com/#/ |
