Store and take your important data with you while on the go using the 4TB Mercury Elite Pro Mini 5400 External SSD from OWC. With a capacity of 4TB this drive can be used for additional storage or for backing up your videos, photos, music, documents, and other files. The Mercury Elite Pro Mini connects to your device via the included USB-C cable that provides up to 542 MB/s data transfer speed. There is no need to worry about packing any additional power adapters while on the go thanks to this drive being bus powered. This drive is plug-and-play and does not require any driver installation.

4TB Storage Capacity    USB-C Interface    Up to 542 MB/s Data Transfer Speed    Bus Powered    Includes USB-C Cable    Compatible with Mac and Windows

This pintsized SSD gives creative professionals, small office or home office users, students, and families the speed and universal connectivity of a 10 Gb/s USB-C interface. Connect the Mercury Elite Pro Mini to a USB port on a Mac or Windows computer or iPadOS, Android, or ChromeOS device.

The Mercury Elite Pro Mini is bus-powered so you can free yourself from power adapter limitations. Cut the cord and take high-performance storage where you need it.

The Mercury Elite Pro Mini is ready for your demanding A/V, digital photography, professional music, graphics, and general data backup needs. Its rugged, aircraft-grade fanless aluminum enclosure offers near-silent operation. Use it for a variety of business and personal needs:

• Pro-level video editing projects
• Time Machine and File History backups of important business data and irreplaceable personal photos
• Consolidating files from multiple smaller drives to a single location for faster, more convenient access.
• Migrating data from an existing machine to a new computer
• Expanding storage of console gaming systems
• Freeing up space on a computer's internal drive to improve performance

For every 1TB of OWC drive capacity, you can store up to any of the following:

• 250,000 photos
• 250,000 standard quality songs
• 38,000 high quality songs
• 200 high-definition movies
• 41.6 hours of GoPro 4K footage
• 4.3 million MS Office documents
• 24+ PS4/Xbox games

The Mercury Elite Pro Mini isn't just all work and no play. Besides saving and backing up computer data or functioning as a workhorse drive on set or in the editing suite, it can be used to watch videos, listen to music, and view pictures through your gaming console or directly attached to your Smart TV.

Having confidence in gear reliability is paramount to creative professionals. That's why the Mercury Elite Pro mini goes through a multi-step performance certification prior to shipping. This ensures it arrives operating properly and immediately ready for demanding use.

Backing up and protecting your data is critically important. But all too often it's a task that falls to the bottom of the to do list, and you don't realize it until it is too late. That's why OWC has partnered with Acronis to give you one full year of personal backup and antivirus software to integrate into your workflow. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office safeguards you from today's data threats: from accidents to failures to attacks. With a simple intuitive backup and AI-enhanced antimalware technology, your digital life protected, photos, files applications, systems, and the devices they are on.

This drive is compatible with:

• Linux OS
• Windows
• MacOS X 10.6 and later
• iPadOS 13
• iPadOS 14
• Android 10.x
• Android 11.x
• Android 12.x
• ChromeOS

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. I have several FireWire drives. I want to mount one at a time to this drive to transfer content. I would need to use the USB port to connect to my Mac Mini to make this transfer with Carbon Copy Cloner

A: It is not possible to mount a FireWire drive connected to the OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive to a Mac over a USB host connection. In order to daisy chain a Firewire drive, you will need to connect the OWC Mercury Elite Pro to your Mac over Firewire.

Q: 2. Is a re-format required if switching between mac and pc. If so, I suppose that means data deletion each time?

A: To switch from using a Mac device to a PC device using the OWC 4TB Express 1M2 USB4 External SSD, you will need to reformat the Mac-formatted OWC device over that operating system to begin use.

Q: 3. Is this product compatible with other company Namesd '4TB WD_BLACK' or '4TB Samsung 990 PRO'?

A: Yes, OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual 2-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array, (B&H # OWCTB3MPDU0J), is compatible with WD Black or Samsung 990 Pro SSD drives. Keep in mind that you will need the OWC U2 Shuttle, (B&H # OWCU2SHUTTLE), in order to install M.2 NVME drives.

Q: 4. Is there no problem with performance and speed if I fill two "OWC U2 Shuttle" with only two or three "Nvme SSD" each?

A: The OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual 2-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array, (B&H # OWCTB3MPDU0), J only has 2 slots. There wouldn't be any performance issues if you only use a single U.2 SSD.

Q: 5. How do these drives compare to a similar model g-technology drive? I like that these drives have different connection types other than just Thunderbolt & USB-C

A: Thats what I bought these drive. Firewire etc. Hard to find these days

Q: 6. If USB3.1 Gen-2 supports up to 1250MB/s, why is the enclosure limited to 738MB/s? Is that a hardware limitation?

A: If you have a true USB3.1 Gen2, you can just hit 1GB/s (Samsung EVO). Then some time thereafter, your SSD will saturate and will go about 850MB/s and finally go about 600MB/s depending what SSD brand (EVO versus PRO etc) you are using. The only true USB3.1 Gen2 (USB3.2) that I found capable is on a 2080 video card that I use. So far I have not found a mother board USB3.1 Gen 2 to meet the requirement of 10gb/s.

Q: 7. What brand of hard disk drive comes with this unit? If it’s the Toshiba, I will purchase it. If Seagate, probably not.

A: Unfortunately, the manufacturer doesn't specify the brand of the drives include with the OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive. The brand may vary based on availability.

Q: 8. Does anyone know if these are fast enough for editing 2K footage off of?

A: The OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive has a maximum transfer speed of 252 MB/s, which would not be recommended for high-resolution video editing.

Q: 9. Can I connect my camcorder to transfer videos directly to this enclosure? My camcorder has a 1394 port.

A: If the camcorder is compatible with external drives, then yes, you will be able to connect the OWC 20TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive via the 1394B Firewire 800 port.

Q: 10. After connecting with USB-B can you daisy chain a FireWire 800 drive?

A: A FireWire signal cannot be sent over a USB connection, so to make use of the OWC 16TB Mercury Elite Pro External Hard Drive's FireWire daisy-chaining feature would require a FireWire host connection as well.