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3.0 out of 5 starsAcronis issues on Mac, great hard drive
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
The hard drive itself is great, I've been putting these in all the computers at work. The only problem is with the Acorns software key they include, at the time of this posting, the drives are shipping with a key for Acronis 2015 and a link to the PC version of the software. While there was a Mac version, it is not at that link and I couldn't find it anywhere anymore. The newer 2016 version is easy to find, but the key won't work on it. Maybe there is another workaround I am missing, but it definitely isn't as easy as the Acronis software on a PC, and I wasn't going to pay for an extra copy.
If you have a PC, this with the included software is fantastic, super easy, and so much faster than a traditional hard drive.
If you have a Mac, don't buy this model for the software alone, because it probably won't work for you. You can use this drive with other software, or use disk utility, but you will not be able to use the software, or at the very least, you can't depend on it to come with the right software, because mine definitely didn't.
The hard drive is super fast and nice and small. I have installed them in a number of computers that seemed ready for the scrap pile, and in all cases it has brought them back to solid working order. Pair it with a RAM upgrade, and you might not need a new computer after all, at least for a couple years.
If you plan to install in a desktop, make sure you get an adapter bracket since these are smaller hard drives that don't fit in on their own.