Sandisk Extreme Solid State Drive Macbook Pro

This is my second WD 1 TB drive, and I use them to both store and backup photos from my MacBook Pro (with solid-state storage). Even with lots of RAW files, the transfer rate seems fast. It is small, and easily stored when not in use. There is nothing about this drive that I would change.

I recently got a SanDisk 1TB SSD (Solid State Drive) and used a drive cloning device to clone my old 1TB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to the new SSD. It works wonders in my 15 year old computer! It really speeds up drive-related activities, perhaps as much as 3 or 4 times faster. I think my old HP laptop computer is either a SATA or SATA II type, so I suspect those with a SATA III system would see even better speed results when going from a HDD to a SSD. Gotta love it!

I bought the SanDisk Extreme Pro to use with a new MacBook Pro. It does what it is supposed to do; fast transfers and a very convenient footprint.

V2 is twice as fast as the SanDisk Extreme (V1) on both read and write on a Macbook Pro 14 with M1 Max processor. Not quite as fast on an Intel Xeon W-2255 machine with Samsung SSD 980 Pro NVMe, but still fast. I use it as my photo database and Lightroom.

I purchase these hard drives as they have proven really reliable, this is the third Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB hard drive I have purchased, I use one in my video editing computer as the C drive and use 2 others in my Atomos Ninja 2 the 10 year warranty is a bonus as well for myself they also dominate their capacity class in performance and reliability and no noise.

The SanDisk 1TB Extreme Pro USB 3.2 flash drive is very well made and durable - great if you travel or carry it a lot. Also, the speed of the drive is fast. Recommended. Also, very fast shipping by B & H Photo.

Upon lifting the SanDisk Extreme Pro USB flash drive, one immediately feels the solid construction. These are very well built, and reliable. They transfer data very quickly. I have purchased several and am completely satisfied with them.

My other external drive is almost full, so I got this to replace it. The nice things about the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Pro Portable SSD V2 is that it is... portable! As small as an old flip phone, with a rubber back which overlaps the sides for protection and non-slip grip. I like it. And it initially transfered the data just fine. Just need to finish the job.

My new Xcellon reader is 5.2 times faster transferring off a SD card and 6.2 times faster transferring off a CF card than my old USB 2.0 Reader. I tested the Xcellon transfer speeds using 171 Canon raw files totaling 2.86 GB. SD card (SanDisk Extreme Pro) to hard drive = 34 seconds. CF card (SanDisk Extreme Pro) to hard drive = 26 seconds. Transferring from one card to another card: SD card (SanDisk Extreme Pro) to CF card (SanDisk Extreme Pro) = 1:07 For comparison using my OLD SanDisk Extreme USB 2.0 Reader: SD card (SanDisk Extreme Pro) to hard drive = 2:56 (176 seconds) CF card (SanDisk Extreme Pro) to hard drive = 2:42 (162 seconds)

The SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD is a well made and excellent external drive for photo and video and graphic artist professionals. Just be aware that it's 2000MB/sec rating is currently well beyond the read and write capabilities of most computers including current Mac M1 and M2 devices. USB C ports on Mac devices, at least, are only one channel USB 3.2 and not USB 3.2 2x2 enabled. Your speed using this drive will be limited to 1000MB/sec. To future proof your external storage the Extreme Pro SSDs are a great choice and very solid with their aluminum frame. However if you will be sticking with M1 and current M2 devices for years to come you can save money by using the 1000MB/Sec rated SanDisk Extreme SSDs instead.