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Running out of storage space, or looking for a smart way to back up your Mac? Here's how to choose the best Apple-friendly SSD or hard drive for your needs, plus our top tested picks.
Forget about email hackers—what if someone nabs your external drive and all the data on it? Thwart thieves with the strong encryption and security features of one of our top-rated drive picks. (We've tested loads of them.)
Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage has never been cheaper. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right external hard drive.
Need portable storage that can survive a wilderness trek...or just the worst commute ever? Here's what to look for, plus reviews of the best tough drives we've tested. See our picks for both platter drives and flash-based ones.
The Polar Wolf Aluminum Ultra Portable External SSD gives users up to 1TB of storage in a design that works with smartphones, laptops and more.
If you need to migrate your data or are looking to keep a backup handy, you can clone your hard drive. Here's how to do it in Windows and macOS.
External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your device is not detected by Windows or macOS.
If you have important data trapped on a computer that's not working, there are ways to recover it. You should already have a backup, but here's what you can do in an emergency.
There are many reasons to partition your hard drive: security, data redundancy, or filing. It's easier than you think. Here's how to split up your storage allocation and get it ready for use.
Planning to get rid of your Windows PC? Here's how to make sure all the personal files on your hard drive are erased and unrecoverable, whether you're running Windows 11, 10, 8.1, or 7.
Seagate's 2TB Spider-Man FireCuda hard drive is a handsomely decorated external drive for fans of the franchise. It's an on-point performer for a platter unit, but it lacks USB-C connectivity, and you pay a premium for the Spidey design.
Seagate's FireCuda Grogu External Hard Drive is a solid-performing platter-based drive that should appeal to any fan of Star Wars or Grogu (better known as Baby Yoda) despite its premium pricing *and brief warranty*.
The 2022 edition of LaCie's Mobile Drive offers a cool, corrugated new design but is otherwise little changed from its 2019 predecessor. It's a little costly, but it's easy to set up and use, and comes with a handy backup tool.
Seagate's latest USB external hard drive is decorated with motifs from "The Mandalorian" and offers capable performance at a not-too-elevated price. We only wish it were available in a capacity higher than 2TB.
Available in capacities up to 5TB, the current ceiling for a portable hard disk drive, the Silicon Power Armor A66 combines low-cost storage with some protection from the elements.
Competing 20TB hard drives are finally here.
A vault for sensitive data, the iStorage DiskAshur DT2 is a desktop hard drive offering huge capacity (up to 18TB), a host of security features with multiple government certifications, and a relatively low cost per gigabyte.
The SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD is an attractive, cost-effective portable hard drive, best for Mac users, that provides some protection from the elements but lacks a software suite and hardware-based encryption.
It could use more ports, and platter drives have only so much speed upside, but Seagate's FireCuda Gaming Hub excels at backing up and storing all the games you could ever hope to own.
Is your Mac about to crash? Here's how to create a bootable USB flash drive with a working version of macOS, so you can access your hard drive in the event of a glitch.