Seagate has released a new portable and external drives Seagate Backup Plus Portable for Mac and Backup Plus Desktop for Mac, equipped with high-speed interface to connect USB 3.0. This interface provides a significant performance boost when used with compatible equipment while maintaining full backward compatibility with interface USB 2.0.
Drive Seagate Backup Plus Portable for Mac is a portable drive. The available models in this series are of model 500 GB and 1 TB. At the same time the device Seagate Backup Plus Desktop for Mac is positioned as a stationary high-capacity external storage: 2 or 3 TB. Despite the presence of the new drives connection interface USB 3.0, if necessary, users are able to make the connection of devices to the Thunderbolt port, or FireWire 800 with additional modules. It is noted that both drives support the ability to archive content from social networks such as Facebook and Flickr. At the same time complete Seagate Dashboard software is designed to quickly and easily upload photos and videos to the user services Facebook and Flickr.
Presented Seagate drives with USB 3.0 are available now. Models Seagate Backup Plus Portable for Mac 500 GB and 1 TB is estimated at $ 110 and $ 130, and a device Backup Plus Desktop for Mac 2 TB and 3 TB is available for $ 130 and $ 180, respectively.