LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Product Information
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Overview
LaCie’s Rugged Triple External Hard Drive now offers the lightning-fast speeds of USB 3.0 and FireWire 800, and full backward-compatibility with FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. It’s shock-proof design, universal compatibility and triple interface allowing for bus powered plug and play operation make it robust and easy to use. Whether the goal is super speed or complete compatibility, the Rugged Triple has everything users need.
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Highlights
- Triple interface, bus powered, plug and play
- Maximum speed up to 110 MB/s
- Shock-proof design
- Time Machine-compatible
- Easy cross platform formatting utility
- AES 256-bit encryption protection
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Did you notice?
The shock-resistant rubber bumper helps protect your data from knocks. -
Apple Recommends For
Keeping your data safe wherever you travel, even in tough conditions. -
What's in the Box?
- LaCie Rugged Triple USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
- USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible)
- FireWire 800 cable
- Quick install guide
- Software Suite: LaCie Private-Public, Backup Assistant, Eco Mode, Wuala
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Tech Specs
- Connections : Firewire 800,USB 2.0,USB 3.0
- Height : 28 mm/1.10 in.
- Width : 90 mm/3.54 in.
- Weight : 260 g
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System Requirements
Mac
- OS X 10.5 or later
- 600 MB free
- USB 3.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 port
Windows
- Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
- 600 MB free
- USB 3.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 port
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Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number : 301983
- UPC or EAN No. : 093053822019
Warranty
- Note : Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Non-Apple-branded products may have the benefit of a manufacturer's warranty provided by the product manufacturer — please see your product box and literature for details. Benefits under the manufacturer's warranty are in addition to rights provided by consumer law. For details, click here.
Manufacturer Note
- USB 3.0 speeds are only available on devices that support USB 3.0 interfaces
Ratings & Reviews
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Good drive
Rugged, easy to use, fast, and quiet. I use for backups with Time Machine, and it works perfectly with my MacBook Pro. Having the encryption on it is nice too. …
- Written by Bertrand C
17 of 20 people found this useful
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Great Little Hard Drive
I bought one of these to run my weekly office backups. I don't need a massive drive, we only have a small office. This is plenty b ig enough, and it's fast enough that I can a backup pretty quickly. I take it home every weekend and run the files across to our offsite backup, which then gets backed up to tape every month. Love it! …
- Written by Zander K
9 of 9 people found this useful
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Great Product
The Rugged Triple is an excellent product. It was fast to connect and it works like it said it would. The built quality is very go od. I've created an area on the drive protected by 256-bit encryption for my confidential data. Overall, this was a very good buy, considering all what you get with it - 1TB of storage, rugged design, encryption and free access to cloud storage. …
- Written by Bailey A
11 of 13 people found this useful
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Great Rugged Drive
I owned this product for 5 months now. I use it mostly with my Mac's Time Machine to backup my data. I've had no issues with it. I t's fast, quiet and very rugged. In fact, once I forgot to unplug it from my laptop and then clumsily let go of it when I was packing up.. I was really worried that it was broken and it was such a relief to see it working perfectly when I plugged it back in. …
- Written by Aoife L
1 of 1 people found this useful
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Rugged and powerful
Great product. Easy to setup. It took me about ten minutes, including unboxing. Transferring files from my iMac didn't take long. I love that the drive has a rugged design and that the data is encrypted. Overall I'm very happy with this product and would recommend it. …
- Written by Chance F
7 of 7 people found this useful
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Great Little Hard Drive
I bought one of these to run my weekly office backups. I don't need a massive drive, we only have a small office. This is plenty b ig enough, and it's fast enough that I can a backup pretty quickly. I take it home every weekend and run the files across to our offsite backup, which then gets backed up to tape every month. Love it! …
- Written by Zander K
9 of 9 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
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does this drive allow you to delete files/folders no longer needed, or do you have to reformat to delete????
- Asked by Jeremy M from Beaufort
- 17-Apr-2013
No answers yet
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is there a data recovery policy?
- Asked by Katherine P from Apache Junction
- 17-Apr-2013
No answers yet
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can i use it on my mini mac
- Asked by Scott S from Fort Worth
- 23-Feb-2013
No answers yet
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For USB 3.0 connection to a Macbook Air, will one single USB connection be able to provide enough power to power on and use this drive?
- Asked by Simon C from Thornhill
- 10-Aug-2012
Best Answer
One USB port will be plenty to power the drive and migrate any data. I'm currently using this model and it has no problems getting everything it needs from either the included USB 3.0 cable or included FireWire 800 cable. …
- Answered by Wess P from Charlotte
- 18-Aug-2012
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can you transfer pictures from iPhone to this device?
- Asked by Reuben J from San Francisco
- 06-Dec-2012
Answer
No. You can't physically plug your iPhone in and transfer pictures. The only way is to download the pictures from your iPhone to your computer, then transfer the pictures from your computer to the hard drive. …
- Answered by Carson D from Belleair
- 31-Dec-2012
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Can this drive be daisy-chained via the FireWire 800 port?
- Asked by Peter M from Subiaco
- 05-Sep-2012
Best Answer
When used connected to USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port, the FireWire ports are not active.
When connected to a FireWire port first, the USB port is not active.
So, the simple answer is that you can use FireWire and daisy chain, but not at the same time the USB interface is used. …- Answered by Mike M from Beaverton
- 28-Sep-2012
