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Will my Seagate drive work with macOS 15 (Sequoia)?

Seagate has evaluated current product lines to determine which ones will be supported in macOS 15 (Sequoia). 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, see USB troubleshooter.

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. See Seagate software blocked on macOS.

Current products

Product Hardware Additional Information
Backup Plus Family  Yes  
One Touch HDD Family Yes  
Ultra Touch HDD
Yes  
One Touch SSD
Yes  
Fast SSD 
Yes  
Ultra Touch SSD 
Yes  
BarraCuda Fast SSD
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
FreeAgent Family No
GoFlex Family No
GoFlex Home No
Innov8 No
Maxtor OneTouch No
Seagate Central No
Seagate NAS
Seagate NAS Pro
Business Storage 4-Bay Rackmount NAS
Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS
No
Seagate Personal Cloud No
Wireless No
Wireless Plus No

 

Software

The following table lists which Seagate software applications are compatible with macOS 15 (Sequoia). If software isn’t listed below, then it is not supported on macOS 15 (Sequoia). However, using the drive as a drag and drop destination or with Time Machine can be an alternative.

Software Version Additional Information
Toolkit 2.24.x Yes, with version 2.24.x or later.
Apple silicon Macs need to change security settings for Seagate Secure - See How to change security settings.
Paragon NTFS driver 17.0.247 Yes, with version 17.0.247 or later.
Apple silicon Macs need to change security settings for Paragon - See How to change security settings.
Seagate Dashboard 4.9.2 No, the software was not updated for macOS Squoia. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13.
Seagate Media Sync
1.9.5
No, the software was not updated for macOS Squoia. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12.
Network Assistant
1.2.1
No, the software was not updated for macOS Squoia. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12.
Seagate Duet 1.4.x No, the software was not updated for macOS Squoia. Last supported operating system was macOS 11 (Big Sur).
Sdrive 3.2.29 No, the software was not updated for macOS Squoia. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13.
Remote access was disabled on May 15th, 2021. See Remote access information.