WEBVTT

00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:14.160
welcome to my unboxing of the seate Backup Plus for Mac this is a portable

00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:16.440
drive versus their more desktop oriented

00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:20.880
Drive which I also happen to have here now the key difference between the Mac

00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:22.600
SKS and the PC SKS is things like color

00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:27.800
and things like the included cables because PCS are generally going to be

00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:31.720
USB 3 and Mac are generally not going to be USB 3 because apple and their

00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:34.719
Infinite Wisdom doesn't believe in USB 3 although they'll probably change their

00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:39.399
tune now that Intel's integrated it onto their chipsets um you also see so you

00:00:36.879 --> 00:00:45.520
see things like fire wire 800 included instead of uh USB 3 although this one

00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:48.039
looks like it is just USB 2 so in this

00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:53.199
case the uh the Mac edition the Mac edition one gets the shaft because uh it

00:00:51.199 --> 00:00:56.559
just gets a silver housing which I guess will look better with your Mac it is

00:00:54.920 --> 00:01:00.960
time machine compatible although so is so is anything with uh you know storage

00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:03.600
on it and it is macOS compatible but then again so is anything with storage

00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:08.439
on it because it is also Windows compatible and it just comes down to

00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:12.400
what the preconfigured formatting is so time to P social media ah this is cool

00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:15.320
though Backup Plus drives have software that not only allow you to easily back

00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:18.840
up your computer but also your social media so they're mostly focused on

00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:23.880
Facebook right now hence the Facebook logo on the back of the drive you can back up all of the photos that you've

00:01:21.479 --> 00:01:26.840
already uploaded to Facebook once you uh throw your account credentials on here

00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:31.920
so you can make sure that it can actually grab them for you and they're looking at adding support for additional

00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:35.479
social media sites in the future flexible for all your needs Mac users

00:01:34.119 --> 00:01:40.399
increase transfer rate by upgrading to firewire or Thunderbolt adapter which you can get sold separately although

00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:43.799
that Thunderbolt one's probably pretty pricey however if you wanted to get the

00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:48.719
most out of actually running applications directly off the drive or whatever the case may be you probably do

00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:54.719
want to use Thunderbolt versus firewire 800 which is sort of slow quick start

00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:56.680
guide all right and a very Apple looking

00:01:54.719 --> 00:02:02.520
drive going on in here so we got just like a Seagate logo

00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:06.119
ly thing it's kind of silver on the top kind of white on the bottom which is

00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.800
about as apple as it gets silver and

00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:14.720
white I mean could it be more Apple if it tried I guess they could put an Apple

00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:17.680
logo on it but Apple might get upset they tend not to really like that if you

00:02:16.239 --> 00:02:22.480
just go and like put an Apple logo on things it's not that I'm saying Seagate would want to put an Apple logo on their

00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:26.400
product I mean Seagate is a well-respected brand I don't know why

00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:32.760
they'd go uh you know putting apple on it that wouldn't help my opinion um

00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:36.879
sorry that was my uh that was my PC Gamer hat that I was wearing there I'm

00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:41.040
taking it off now um so anyway we got a Seagate logo thing going on we got a o

00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:46.480
nice aluminum top so that's something the PC version didn't get um however

00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:50.040
they did get a usb3 chipset so the good thing about all of that though is

00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:53.720
because these are using the seate sort of glex I don't know if they still use

00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:57.560
that I guess USM is the new branding for it but uh whatever it is they use their

00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:01.560
modular interfaces at the back which means it's just a sated Drive in a you

00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:05.040
know plas plastic // aluminum enclosure and then all you have to do if you want

00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:08.920
to use a different interface with it is Source a different interface cable

00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:12.519
whether it's Thunderbolt firewire 800 USB 3 doesn't matter you Source a

00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:18.879
different interface

00:03:14.799 --> 00:03:21.400
module plug it into the drive and now

00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:25.319
this is a stylish looking like brush oh did I say the PC one wasn't metal no

00:03:23.239 --> 00:03:30.239
it's not metal okay stylish brushed looking you know

00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:32.920
black/ silver SL white drop

00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:37.720
that is now USB 3 ready it's that simple guys because all of the logic is

00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:42.120
actually in here not here this is just a drive and I I love this concept because

00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:45.799
it has saved my bacon any number of times when I've gone compared to

00:03:44.239 --> 00:03:49.239
traditional Solutions which were that the enclosure had all the logic built

00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:53.480
into it and then you had whatever interfaces you had if you wanted to have two different interfaces you had to have

00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:57.200
them both you had to have all the logic you had to spend more on your drive in

00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:02.439
order to in order to make sure that you'd be able to plug it into whatever you want well I just have a bunch of

00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:05.599
these cables lying around these days and then if I ever run into a scenario where

00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:09.360
I'm like oh shoot that system doesn't support usb3 but it does have power D

00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:13.239
and I want to get the best performance possible I throw my power D SATA one on

00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:18.840
there plug in my drive and I'm good to go so uh that is that is the solution

00:04:15.959 --> 00:04:22.759
for that and that's why I like it so uh oh yeah look at that this one also has

00:04:20.440 --> 00:04:27.160
like a raised like sexy shiny Seagate logo and this one has just like a flat

00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:31.199
Cate logo this one's like more better shinier and it's oh running out of

00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:35.440
battery too so I think that pretty much covers it anyway so thank you for checking out my unboxing at the Backup

00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:41.440
Plus for Mac portable drive and don't forget to subscribe to L Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other

00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:41.440
computer videos