External Hard Drive Making Noise But Not Working

I've owned this Mac Pro for over two years now, and in that time have been consistently pleased with its performance. I use it predominantly for compiling and editing photographs via Lightroom and Photoshop, as well as holding my iTunes library. For those purposes the computer is very quick and efficient. Its six thunderbolt 2 connections are exceptionally fast; I use all six to connect both the monitors and external hard drive arrays (see photo). I do wish it offered more than four USB 3.0 connectors, but that is a situation easily rectified with an external USB hub. In two years of continuous use I have yet to experience a problem with the machine. The computer is quite diminutive, making it easy to place in my office. And, it's sleek Darth Vader Trash Can look is appealing and attractive. Unfortunately, the one drawback of its size is that internal upgrades are impossible. You are extremely limited in the amount of storage you can have inside the computer (4TB). Therefore, external hard drive arrays are the only solution to those who need significantly more storage capacity, making the area needed for the computer and peripherals significantly larger. That minor issue aside, this is the best all around desktop computer I've owned, which is saying something. For photographers, you won't find a faster, more reliable product.

Excellent External hard drive.

I use it as an external hard drive for photos.

As a working photographer, I keep all my photos on two external hard drives. One my working drive and the other as a back up kept at home. I need a rugged external hard drive because I work on files in two locations and LaCie is the best!

About a year ago, my G-Technology external hard drive stopped working as my time machine backup for my MacBook Pro. I tried all kinds of stuff. Searched the Internet endlessly and boy, there are a lot of people with the same issue. I was debating whether to buy a new drive, but thought I'd try a new cable first. It's expensive, but if it works, it's worth it, and if it doesn't, I'll return it. I'm so glad I gave it a try. I followed the steps in the instructions for hook up and power and it immediately began backing up my machine! I now have three backups from today alone. Thank you StarTech!

This external hard drive is great for storage. It is a little slow when working off of it using Lightroom/Photoshop on my Macintosh, but I'm ok with that.

I have been working with this Seagate external hard drive for a couple of weeks now, and it has been performing well. I have several other Seagate external hard drives that have really performed well over many years, and I expect this drive to be just as reliable. I am a satisfied, repeat customer!

Protects my WD external hard drive.

This is my third external hard drive, work great.

This external hard drive houses all my photos.