SAMSUNG X5 Portable SSD 1TB - Up to 2800MB/s -Thunderbolt 3 NVMe External Solid State Drive, Gray/Red (MU-PB1T0B/AM)

I edit 4k video on this thing it is so fast. Definitely recommended for anyone with a MacBook that is short on storage space. It is almost as fast as the built in drives.

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Very fast and easy to set up on a Mac. Probably the best 2021 storage solution for AV streaming production work.

Excelente opción para librarse de las trampas 'opciones' de precio y configuración de Apple, siempre termina uno pagando lo mismo…mucho! El disco es cinco veces más rápido que las otras opciones debido a Thunderbolt 3 y la interfase NVM Express, si se utiliza para el sistema operativo, aplicaciones y 'scratch', con 64/128 GB de RAM, el rendimiento es inmejorable. Diseño impecable y estabilidad perfecta de funcionamiento

I bought this to use as both time machine backup drive and a files drive. I have the 500GB version. I partitioned it 350GB for Time Machine and 150GB for files immediately after plugging in the drive. I read some reviews saying to do this right away before doing anything with samsung software. For Time Machine I did not use the APFS format as Apple does not recommend this for any Time Machine drives. I used the other option.I tested the drive speed and it is extremely fast when moving large files. I did not realize time machine runs throttled so all the speed of this drive is completely lost on time machine. It took a long time to backup 120GB from my imac. I would probably reformat this at some point and use solely as a files drive for photos and video and possibly video editing. It is fast enough to handle even 4K footage with ease.For time machine I will buy a regular non ssd drive as that is orders of magnitude faster than Time Machine will attempt to push out data from. You can disable time machine throttling and I tried that but made little difference. Time Machine still is pretty slow and not deserving of this very very fast SSD drive.Would recommend this drive to anyone who needs the performance or just wants it because it is cool. It is pricey but these Thunderbolt SSD's seem to keep coming down in price every so often. I would probably by another one once the 1TB hits the price the 500GB stands at today.

Had been using the SSD for about 3 weeks, and experience was superb. To start of with, the design, the hard disk looks really sleek (sleekness achieved due to SSD type being NVMe which is much smaller than regular 2.5MM disk, attached an image of NVMe SSD on top of iPhone X for size) which is good as it can easily fit in pocket if needed. The color with the Black and Red looks really nice and well designed and found few F1 cars that partly resemble the X5 model(minus all the branding)Now getting back to usage, on the first run, the Speedtest shows write Speeds of 1891Mbps and Read Speeds of 2243Mbps, which is amazing but guess if the processor is newer, higher speeds can possibly be achieved as well.When the SSD was connected to Mac, there was an option to install Software which in turn can be used to set Password Protection with AES 256bit encryption, but even after multiple tries, application doesnt detect the hard disk as connected even when connected, which is disappointing, but it may depend on the older Mac I use, so others may be able to install it, and it should possibly install on Windows(but sadly dont have Win PC with TBT3)Getting to the actual usage, copied files totaling 24gb, and copy took less than 2 minutes(1:47 precise), which is over 8 times faster compared to other HDs that I had used previously. Also had few video clips added to the X5 and then used iMovie to join all clips and export back to X5 which took about 5 minutes and 32 seconds to complete. When I ran the same clips from internal SSD and export back to Mac, it took over 15 minutes to finish the export. So for any photographers, this is going to be great addition, as long as the processor can handle the work.Also, even at such high read/write speeds during the export, the SSD stayed cool, never heated up.Tested copying of a file that is about 10GB and it took under a minute to copy, which is amazing. Also tested copying songs about 11GB size, and it was done under a minute, and when the same files were copied to a Type C USB, it took about 5 minutes, and copying the same to a regular USB 3 took over 15 minutes. So its easy to understand that nothing can beat the speed.Also, didn't realize that the Surface Book 2 only has Type C port, not TBT3. But most new Windows laptops now include TBT3 port so may have to upgrade laptop soon.Pros:1. Great transfer speeds2. Sturdy3. Doesnt heat up4. Great design/lookCons:1. Limited PCs with TBT3 port2. Short cable

Works great, it’s connected to my iMac all the time and no issues. It’s fast but still slow if you run npm/yarn on a project on that disk, too many small files and it takes ages to complete but otherwise it’s great.