OWC Envoy Pro Elektron Portable SSD - 1TB External Solid State Drive USB 3.2 Gen 2 - USB-C SSD - Professional Grade Speed 10Gb/s Read and Write - Crushproof, Dustproof, and Waterproof

Simply put it is fast, small and portable and seems to work well with my ps5 and m1 MacBook Pro after I set it up.The included Mac app likely isn’t compatible with apple silicon or modern macOS versions as far as I could tell and that’s not an issue if you know how to format a drive.On current macOS that can be done with opening the Apple Disk Utility app with the flash drive connected.It will show up on the left but it will be reporting only 8Gb.For some very strange reasons OWC thought that using a custom app to setup the drive as a mandatory step to ensure a good setup.That’s ok macOS disk utility can fix it by showing all volumes under the view menu in the top menu bar.Then you can select the main drive in the left and erase it as exfat.After that the full capacity of the drive is made available in my case 1TBNote: this will erase anything already stored on the drive so proceed with your own caution.After that the drive has been fast and performant for transferring video captures to my Mac from my ps5.Hope this helps and I just to say it is a nice drive with a decent 3 year warranty and I think they could have made its setup easier but it’s not too hard to fix.

A very well made external Hard drive. Fast, I got the 2tb version to back up my system in case of a crash or problem. It is well worth the cost believe me. And takes up hardly any room. Other World Computer always has great products.

This drive is very small but is very fast. Got this to backup an iMac M3 and it does that is just a couple of minutes.

Wanted something to use with Mac's Time Machine. Wanted to be able to restore the computer if something happened and backing up files to the cloud isn't the same as Time Machine. This did the job. Only took under 10 minutes to back up my entire hard drive. Granted its a new MAC so there's not a lot on it. The drive told me I should have bought a larger drive, twice the size of my current hard drive, but it's fine for what I want.

I docked a star for the initial setup process. Yes, there's a setup for a USB storage drive.I ordered the 500GB and when I inserted it into my computer, it was showing as a single 8GB drive with a .exe setup. This is completely unnecessary as it can be pre-formatted as NTFS to the correct size. This should allow Windows users to automatically start using it without launching a sketchy .exe program from an unknown company that is not digitally signed (when I checked it), Mac users should have an easy way to modify to whatever format is needed, and Linux users should be able to plug and play.Instead of launching the setup, I used a disk manager in Linux, deleted each partition on the drive, resized to a single partition, then formated to NTFS (I need to be able to use this on Windows and Linux)The quality feels very sturdy and the pullout of the USB is fairly smooth. The USB C side is protected by a rubber seal that covers the whole port and will not open on its own. Time will tell how well this all will hold up. So far I am pretty satisfied with it.

I bought this portable SSD to transfer files between my Mac and PC and to store large amount of data and pictures. It works beautifully and is ultra fast. I did have to change the file system from APFS to exFAT, but the software installed on the drive did it automatically for me.

Excellent little external SSD. I purchased to boost our 21.5 iMac 2019. I am not tech savvy, but this was as simple as plugging in the SSD and downloading Sonoma 14.5 OS. Time Machine and Migration Assistant did the rest, no reformatting or erasing required. Our iMac is noticeably faster and can handle more tasks.

Speed test results (empty drive, ex fat format)Update 1/24:Used this with a brand-new Pioneer DJ controller, and on the first unplug, the metal casing detached from the PCB. Sure, it shows a strong USB-A grip, but how does this even happen on a brand-new drive? The issue seems to be with the plastic gasket, which relies on two tiny 0.5mm teeth to hold the PCB in the aluminum enclosure—clearly a design flaw. Love the speed and concept, but must return/replace. Added image.