I was a bit wary of installing this drive at the end of an existing thunderbolt daisychain consisting of 2 lacie d2 thunderb olt drives.
Lacie rugged thunderbolt time machine.
I have been unable to make a time machine backup from my late 2014 imac running mac os 10 14 2 onto a lacie rugged 2tb thunderbolt usb 3 0 external drive.
Choose from thunderbolt usb c usb 3 0 and firewire 800.
Select the version optimized for your use.
It also includes lacie private public software which lets users password protect the entire drive or only certain volumes with aes 256 bit encryption.
The lacie rugged includes everything professionals need for secure backup in the field.
A backup software suite and compatibility with time machine and windows backup.
I was able to make a time machine backup onto a different seagate drive using usb.
They are also only available in a 2tb size for a mechanical version or a 1tb size for an ssd version.
And the included usb c cable which supports thunderbolt 3 makes it perfect for macbook and mac users alike.
Lacie rugged portable hard drives are the most trusted way to capture and transport data in the field.
5 ft 1 5m lacie rugged thunderbolt usb c 5tb stfs5000400 3 year limited warranty.
The lacie rugged raid delivers a game changing blend of pc and mac compatibility capacity speed mobility and reliability.
Lacie rugged thunderbolt usb c 5tb stfs5000800 3 year limited warranty.
However no problems at all.
It s 7200 rpm hard drive keeps things running smoothly.
As the ultimate solution for on the go professionals the lacie rugged adapts to the need for performance or complete data security.
Unlike the lacie rugged thunderbolt usc c drives though they will not connect to a thunderbolt 1 or thunderbolt 2 port.
The lacie rugged thunderbolt can withstand some dust dirt and even a tiny bit of water being splashed on it.
If they had larger sizes it would be an even more attractive possibility.
Initially the imac reported the 2tb drive s capacity as around 400gb.
1 thunderbolt 1 usb c thunderbolt 3 usb 3 0 compatible 130mb s.