I’m a long time G Drive fan and have been using them since 2007 (I still have two 500 gigabyte drives that I use for music and photos). My current 4tb G drive is exactly two years old and works perfectly as a time machine back up for my MacBook Pro. I toyed with purchasing a NAS but by purchasing a second 4tb G Drive for an alternating time machine back up I’ll effectively have a RAID array. I already save important files (photos, music, ebooks, etc) separately on other back up drives so the additional second drive is an additional fail safe. I was initially a bit concerned about the large number of one star reviews but if I receive a faulty drive I’ll simply return it or submit a warranty claim. These drives don’t receive gentle handling from delivery companies. While they are durable drives some aren’t going to survive unscathed when being tossed around during the delivery process. I’ll update this review after I’ve used the second drive (arriving today). Hopefully I’ll continue to have a good experience!
Update 10/19: my second unit arrived. After unpacking and letting it acclimate to room temperature I set it up as my second time machine drive. Everything works as expected with zero issues. Both drives function perfectly, aren’t noisy, and just run smoothly in the background. If that changes, I’ll update accordingly.
| Hard Drive | 4000 GB External |
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