Seagate ToolKit is a competent file-level backup utility, but you can skip the the mildly annoying download experience if you’re already set. Both programs are nicely rendered and quite capable, but I’m not a fan of being forced to download essential software or being upsold non-essential software.
SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS 2TB EXTERNAL DESKTOP HARD DRIVE FOR MAC REVIEW REGISTRATION
You run StartHere.exe to go online to complete a registration process and get your software. Seagate also bundles its ToolKit backup/utility software and a year’s subscription to the Mylio online photo aggregator (from multiple online services such as Facebook, etc.) and organizer. However, there is a Type-A to Type C adapter included for the Micro-B to Type-A cable. The Ultra Touch sports a SuperSpeed Micro-B port on board rather than Type-C. The unit measures approximately 4.5 x 3 x 0.45-inch thick, and weighs a little more than 5 ounces. Seagate sent me the white 1TB model, so my comments on the unit’s relative beauty cover only that. I quite like the look, but taste is subjective. As to the technical details, the Ultra Touch is a 2.5-inch external USB 3.0 hard drive available in 1TB (the capacity we tested) and 2TB capacities, and either black or white. There’s rarely much to talk about design-wise with an external drive, so the the fact that the top of the Ultra Touch is carpeted-excuse me, covered-in a polyester basket-weave immediately makes it distinctive. Regardless, it’s an attractive, svelte drive, and a very good performer that you should consider even if your tastes run contrary to mine. Perhaps more so than a lot of competitors.Īlas, while you might think that the textured material would provide more grip, it seemed that there’s actually a bit less. Though my review title makes fun of the basket-weave polyester fabric covering a goodly proportion of Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Touch’s upper surface, in truth (and in my opinion) it’s a very attractive drive.
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