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Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2012

I recently purchased a Seagate BackUp Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable Drive and have been impressed with this sleek, compact, quiet running drive that does its job admirably. Many thanks to the many user comments which helped in my decision making process. This review will focus on Styling, Setup / Ease of Use, Performance, Reliability and Value

- STYLING / STURDINESS (5/5): The Seagate Backup Plus 1TB Drive arrives in a 8" x 10" cardboard box (not much bigger than the dimensions of the actual drive) and includes just the bare essential components - the Portable Drive itself, 1 USB 3.0 connector cable, 1 Warranty Booklet and 1 Setup Instruction Guide. The Portable Drive itself (reviewing a red 1 TB version) weighs no more than a current generation dataphone (iphone etc) and boasts a brushed metallic red finish on the top / cover plate which is aesthetically pleasing, as well as functional - in that it feels sturdy to the touch and does not seem to attract fingerprints. Given that this drive is not advertised (and not priced) as a 'Rugged' or 'Drop resistant' portable drive, I did not 'Stress test' the drive and plan to treat it much as I would any other portable electronic gadget - eg. a laptop. The included USB 3.0 cable is 12-15" long (definitely portable, but admittedly on the short side) and of good quality with thick protective coating along the entire cable. The cable ports are USB 3.0 (backwards compatible with USB 2.0) on one end and a proprietary Seagate port on the side which plugs into the drive - which might irritate some buyers. The only drawback of this proprietary port is that you will have to buy a replacement / extra cable from Seagate and not any electronics retailer so you lose some of the convenience aspect to replacement - but given Seagate's reputation for reliability this should not be an issue for most folks.

- SETUP / EASE OF USE / SOFTWARE (5/5): The Setup Instruction Guide includes 2 steps - plug the included cable into the Seagate portable drive, and plug the other end into your computers USB port. It really is that simple - as it should be - hence my perfect score on 'Setup and Ease of Use'. Once you plug the drive into your computer (I used Win 7), Windows will automatically detect the drive and download the latest driver software to allow you to access it. This usually takes less than a minute and once this process has completed (you are notified via a popup window), you can access the drive by going to 'Start - My Computer' which will list all the available drives including your new Seagate Portable Drive. The drive is now ready for use - Two Step Simple - Incredible! Once you access the drive itself you will see the pre-installed files for the Seagate Dashboard Backup Software - Double click the Seagate Dashboard Installer icon to start installation of the backup software. I have traditionally preferred to not be tied to third party proprietary software and like to manage my backups manually so did not install it and cannot comment on that part of the product. If you do not want the software, do not double click on any icons but instead either delete the software files or create a new folder and dump all the pre-installed software files into that folder - in case you change your mind on using the software later. The drive is otherwise ready for use and you can create folders / drag and drop your files as needed. One point of note - a 1TB drive comes with only 930 Gigs of useable space out of the box - the rest taken up by the Seagate Dashboard software / formatting etc. Losing 7% of your capacity from the get-go is kind of annoying but similar to pre-loads on a new PC.

- PERFORMANCE / SPEED TESTS: (4.5/5): My PC is not USB 3.0 equipped so please note that my speed tests were based on USB 2.0 and therefore not indicative of the true performance capabilities of this product. Nevertheless, I was able to achieve transfer speeds - PC to Portable Drive - of 1.8 - 2.0 Gigs per minute while transferring ~150 Gigs of content in little over an hour. Additionally, the Seagate Portable drive has a white indicator light on one end that lights up when the drive is plugged in and flashes slowly while in use. The drive does runs slightly warm after an hour or so of continuous use (eg. during my initial transfer) but again this is something which is pretty common for most external drives and other portable electronics.

- RELIABILITY (N/A): Will not be able to comment on product reliability until I have consistently tested / used the product for 6-18 months, but based on the consistency of previous user comments and Seagate's stellar reputation as a bellweather in the industry, I expect this drive to hold up well over time. I will of course be sure to loudly voice my displeasure if this is not the case :)

- VALUE (4/5): This was one area where I felt Seagate could improve but $100 - $110 for a 1TB drive is in-line with the market / competitors in 2012. There are cheaper options (eg. WDs Passport 1TB for $90) and more expensive options (HP or LaCie - 1TB for $125 to $175 range) and Seagate's BackUp Plus runs right along the mid range between the two. One important point to consider - plan to get the highest capacity drive you can afford / or want to spend on storage, as the higher capacity drives present the best value - for example Seagate's 500GB drive is $90, 1 TB is $110 and 2 TB is $150. On a pure dollar / GB basis it is hard to ever recommend the 500 GB drive when for $20 more, you get double the storage capacity....and so on.

SUMMARY (PROS / CONS): PROS: - Seagate Brand / Reputation for Reliability - Aesthetically Pleasing - Compact yet Sturdy Build - Super Easy Set-Up (2 step Process) - No forced use of Software / Bloatware - Runs Quiet and Good Performance (in line with competitor read/write ranges) - Future Proofed (USB 3.0 standard, Backwards USB 2.0 Compatible and Future Proofed with removable Adapter options) - Mac OS and Windows Compatible - Decent Price Point CONS: - 'Nothing Special' Backup Software (its free for a reason) - No Password Protection / Security Option

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, I compared a number of drives from different manufacturers before deciding on Seagates BackUp Plus - including drives from WD (Passport series), LaCie, HP, Buffalo Technology, Silicon-Power Rugged etc. This drive does not include some notable and desirable features of some other competitor drives - like Security / Password protection, Drop Resistance etc and everyone will need to weigh which features are indispensible / most important to them. But for me, Seagate's combination of stellar reputation in the industry for reliability, included features, overall ease of use, overwhelmingly positive user comments (or alternatively the glaring lack of mixed to negative feedback as some other products have), aesthetics and price point proved to be a winning combination. Very Highly Recommended A ++

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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2012

I shopped for many hours before buying this Seagate 1 TB Backup Plus, my first back-up hard drive. I've used computers for about 17 years, but have never used a back-up hard drive till now. I learned in one of my older Mac books that only 4 percent of Mac users backed up their hard drives. So there are other people as negligent as me.

If you have read many reviews of hard drives before buying them, you have probably noticed that a lot of people say terrible things about practically all back-up hard drives.

I got this external hard drive to back up an Imac (from about 2008) for 2 purposes. I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, and I read a warning to back up the hard drive first. Also, there is a recall on our hard drive, and we get a free one if we take ours in to the Apple store. But the Apple store is not going to back up our data for us. An Apple agent told me on the phone that after we bring home our new hard drive, Time Machine will copy all our old hard drive data on to the new hard drive.

One reason I got the Seagate Backup Plus (in spite of many critical reviews) is that it's compatible with later versions of OSX. I intended to buy the Firewire attachment, too. But I learned since getting the Seagate that the USB connection is fast enough for us. I downloaded the new operating system, Mountain Lion. Nothing went wrong, and the external hard drive was not needed.

When I attached the Seagate to the Imac for the first time, the Imac asked permission to reformat the Seagate with it's own file system. The reformatting was irreversible, and took away my ability to used the external hard drive for our Windows computer. But since an Apple agent had told me to use Time Machine to write our old data (from our recalled hard drive) on to our new hard drive, I let Time Machine reformat the Seagate. I wondered if the data was really being copied for a while because it took time for me to figure out how to operate Time Machine. If you have a Mac with Time Machine (either Tiger or Leopard or later, I think), you will probably be impressed with the spectacular visual display of all the backups. If you have never bought an external hard drive, you have probably never used Time Machine, since Time Machine's function is to regularly back up your data on to an external hard drive. If only 4 percent of Mac users are backing up their data, then 96% are missing Time Machine's spectacular display.

I registered the Seagate on the Seagate web site. You only need the serial number from the box and an email address. Their first email offered me a free year of cloud storage (but the free cloud storage was too small, and I didn't sign the user agreement). The Seagate web site is very explicit about how to return failed hard drives. Seagate shows lots of pictures of both accepted and rejected returns. A 2-year warranty is being offered by SquareTrade. I did not buy the add-on warranty because I figured that if the Seagate was as bad as some of the reviews say, SquareTrade wouldn't offer an add-on warranty. SquareTrade is NOT offering an add-on warranty for some of the external hard drives I was looking at. And as a result, even though I need another external hard drive, I won't buy those.

If my Seagate double-crosses me when we change hard drives, I will update this review. It's working fine for now.

UPDATE April 10, 2013. We had the Imac's hard drive replaced under warranty. The Seagate external hard drive and Time Machine both worked perfectly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great grab for $69 (boxing week special)

Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2013

I currently own a 250gb portable/external drive and the need to keep archived files on the drive forced me to upgrade for more space... I'M GLAD I DID!

As all 2.5” (laptop drives) the form factor is what you expect small and portable. The design is sleek and has a soft white light when power is connected… the light is in no way annoying or obtrusive. I mostly use this on a usb2 connection, which is fine for my casual needs (archiving and accessing recent files when away from home… sometimes the cloud solution doesn’t always work for large files).

I like the included software but mainly manage my own archiving/file-swapping manually. The application also comes with a nifty feature to download all of your facebook & Flikr pictures and videos with literally a few clicks of a button (fyi – you can download all of your facebook details directly from fb). I tested out the schedule backup and it works but can’t speak to how it works out over time as my personal preference is to manually move/copy/delete the transferred files.

all in all great product at a great price $69 (boxing week sale)

Just one note I’d like to leave behind… this specifically stumped me for over 30min. When I installed the software for the very first time the Seagate Dashboard program displayed the following message "Connect a Seagate Dashboard-enhanced drive to activate features". The drive was plugged in and I can access via my windows explorer, however the Seagate Dashboard application would not recognize that I had a valid drive plugged in. After troubleshooting and a few reboots I finally figured out that my memory card reader with 2 memory cards in it (4gb CF and 16gb micro sdhc) caused the hiccup. As soon as I removed my memory card reader from the usb the Seagate Dashboard recognized the 1tb portable drive. Unsure what the root cause was but just pointing out my experience in the event this helps out anyone.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great value in spite of it's cheap case

Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2013

When I first bought a portable Seagate drive(320 GB FreeAgentGo) I was very pleased with the performance and feel. It had a nice finish to the case with a little layer of rubber to the bottom for grip on a desk. I was so happy with it that I bought the sleeve and docking station.

Naturally when it came time to get another I chose the 500 GB model but in the 1 year since I had bought the first there was a noticeable degradation in the quality of the case. The plastic felt flimsier and it lacked that nice rubberised bottom. But still, it was a good performing drive in a sleek little case.

Time has come again for another upgrade and the downward trend in the case has continued. While it might look like a brushed metal case it is plastic, and a very thin piece of it at that. They've even done away with the little bit of metal in their logo and just painted it on. This might seem like nitpicking but a portable drive should stand up to the rigours of being carried around. Thankfully though it fits the sleeve for the FreeAgentGo so it's durability is less of an issue for me.

Good size for the dollar and the vastly quicker USB 3.0 make it a great value. All the drives have been quite and keep relatively cool, just be carefully with it when lugging it around.

Finally, don't be afraid to get rid of the dashboard software and video's they've included, they're a waste of space and unnecessary(also available on their website if you really want it). Dragging and dropping is dead simple enough

4.0 out of 5 stars Does what I needed it to do. Happy.

Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2013

I bought this hard drive to back up my computer after my boyfriend had his computer freeze and he ended up having to do a full wipe of his hard drive. In the past I would use my Ipod as an external hard drive for back up if I needed any work done on my computer. I'm not too computer savvy. I own Mac Stuff because it works right out of the box and isn't finicky like when i owned a pc. So when i was looking for a external hard drive to use for backing up, I wanted something small, portable, ascetically pleasing and most importantly would work well out of the box because I would have no idea of how to set up, configure and other stuff on my own. This external hard drive met all my criteria. I plugged it in. My computer recognized it and set up time machine on it's own. It backs up on a set schedule or when I plug it in. Happy. Just wonder how long it's going to last. If it lasts 2 years or so for the price of about $80 bucks. I'll be pretty pleased.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product at great price

Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2013

To start off I love the product. It is a great size, not too loud, has a sleek professional finish and the cable stays in nice and tightly.

Laptop Specs: I5-3210m processor Windows 8 8gb ram

** PROS **

* transfer speed * Large files I average about 75-85 mb/s , and with many small files it averages 30-50mb/s (which is still faster than I would get with a USB 2.0 drive)

* Software* The backup software can let you set up automatic backups and you can backup files or photos from your social networks to save you time

* Ease of use * Literally all that has to be done is plug in the cable to the hard drive and then to your laptop. I didn't have to install any drivers and None of the software is mandatory which is why i didn't bother with it.

** CONS **

nothing to do with this hard drive but i was really disappointed that the drive was delivered and left in my mailbox at -28 degrees outside. it was there for 2 days before i was able to get it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Works on Mac and Windows... sort of

Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2013

The other reviews are accurate and I'm giving this HD a 4-star rating because it is nice looking, sleek and fast.

My issue is the claim that it works on both Mac and Windows. While it does... it doesn't fully work on Mac if it's setup to work for both platforms. What I mean by this is the ability to use the HD for Time Machine prevents the HD from working on Windows. If you want it to work on both platforms, you will not be able to use the HD for Time Machine backups on the Mac... that said, you can still manually copy data to the HD from both platforms.

This may or may not be an issue for you, but I thought I should highlight this so that you know what to expect as this isn't explicitly stated and I, at least, was led to believe that I could use the HD for my Time Machine backups and also back up my wife's Lenovo laptop.