I have also done the same mistake while getting the hard drives. I got confused between both of the versions of Seagate HDDs. You have overlooked something. The Expansion comes with only a 1.
Whiles physically seemingly identical, as indicated by the model numbers, they do have different firmware versions, suggesting that perhaps they may be optimized for different roles, perhaps as their product names suggest.
Name required. Mail will not be published required. Mar What I bought. I opened them up to see what was different, and did some tests. It turns out the hard drives are exactly the same! On the right is the drive out of the Seagate expansion. So are there any differences? Sammy says:. We review one and find it to be a big improvement over the previous GoFlex lineup.
Seagate today launched a new family of external hard drives that's a continuation of its popular GoFlex line-up but now with a completely different name: the Seagate Backup Plus family.
While the GoFlex name is now in the past, the flexibility remains with the external hard drives. The former are bus-powered drives that are compact and don't require an external power adapter. The latter are larger drives, both in terms of physical size and capacity, offering up to 4TB of storage space, and need a separate power adapter to work.
Both of the two versions share a similar design to the previous GoFlex line: they come in two parts, the drive and the adapter. These two parts snap onto each other from the external hard drive.
There are three main functions: Protect, Share, and Save. The Protect part is basically the local backup; here you can either customize real-time local backups or let the software, by default, pick what should be backed up for you. After that, the drive will back up continuously when changes have been made to data. In my trials this functions worked very well. The Share feature allows uploading of files to social-networking sites, including Flickr, Facebook, and YouTube.
And the Save part does the opposite, enabling you to back up photos currently stored in your Facebook or Flickr account onto the drive. Both of the Share and Save functions worked well in my testing. They are very straightforward and there's nothing to learn. Backup files are basically the exact copies stored in a folder called Seagate Dashboard 2. You do need to dig deep in this folder to find the backups you need in case of recovery. This is because, Seagate said, Mac users are better off using Time Machine with the drive.
Additionally, the drive also comes with an online backup account that offers 4GB of storage for free. Performance The Seagate Backup Plus performed very well in my testing. Since the drive comes with a USB 3. When used with USB 3. When used with USB 2. Seagate's Web site contains a comprehensive list of forums, knowledge bases, driver downloads, installation help, and FAQs to help you troubleshoot your drive.
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The Seagate Backup Plus or GoFlex drive is designed to be flexible, so the cable module is interchangeable with several interfaces. This article describes the modules. This interface is even more rare than eSATA. Where to Buy Product Finder.
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