Reviews for LaCie 1TB Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series Hard Drive

I picked up one of these at my local Apple Store the other day, and it has been working like a dream. I haven't noticed any of problems other users seem to have had. Obviously it doesn't stay ice-cold when you've got it plugged in and working full-tilt. Likewise, it won't perform as fast as say, the SSD versions on Thunderbolt, but comparing it to USB and FW800 drives I also use, this sucker is wicked fast!

I bought this drive hoping to speed up TimeMachine backups. I started a new backup to the drive, and left to run errands for several hours. TimeMachine was merrily moving lots of data when I left, said the backup needed about 3 hours more. When I returned, it appeared no data was moving, and the backup said it'd need 3 DAYS to complete.

Attempting to cancel the backup didn't work. Attempts to unmount failed, and ultimately even shutting down the Mac didn't go cleanly. Removing the Thunderbolt cable and power cycling the Mac eventually got the laptop stable.

I tried connecting the drive again via USB, which seemed to work somewhat, and I used that to erase the drive, but it didn't stay running long. The Thunderbolt interface did not work when I tried to connect that way.

I have one of these for work. I'm working a lot in Photoshop and some of the files are just enormous.. I backup all my files onto this drive, and it's also useful for sharing files. I can copy files from it onto other people's computers quickly, or I can use the online backup software to share files that way.

I already had 4 other Lacie rugged hard drives from older generations before that one. They are the only hard drives I trust to carry with me.
They have always been robust but also handy and fast.
This great when he travel and take photos of my trip. At least I always have a backup of the pictures I transferred to my macbook pro.
I have been waiting for the thunderbolt version.
I don't why it took so long for Lacie to release but I have to say it was worth the wait.
I like the new design, it really feels sturdy and reliable. And thunderbolt is really fast! Such a release! All transfers are so quick, i don't feel like I'm wasting my time any more. My thumbs up for that one!

I have a Mac Book Air that I bought in May and was looking for something faster than USB2 (since I didn't get the USB3 upgrade :( ). This one does the job pretty well. Speed is good over 110MB/s and the product looks very nice.

I ran a lot of I/Os while I was backing up my Mac (SSD) and then did some FCP, the drive behave very nicely.

I don't know what kind of application gets the drive hot like other are mentioning but after heavy beating, it got warmer than idle but nothing worth mentioning.

I don't understand all these 5 star reviews. They must be wrote by LaCie employees to counter the true lower rates reviews. I bought one and wasn't impressed at all. It ran very hot and the thunderbolt wasn't all that much faster than USB 3.0. It's just a slow thunderbolt drive and lap warmer. LaCie dropped the ball on this one

I bought one of these drives for my photography studio. I like to shoot and edit in the same space, so I keep one of these drives on hand to store files and move them around. This drive is fast so it's great for working with high-res RAW files and even the occasional HD video.

** BIG TIME HEAT ISSUE
** THUNDERBOLT CABLE WONT TRANSFER FILES AFTER 15MIN OF USE.
** WONT EVER BUY LACIE AGIAN

I bought this for a long trip to Costa Rica. I wanted to work on a surfing movie while we were there, and I was worried about bogging down my laptop with so much data. I was skeptical about how fast the processing and transferring of files would be with this when using Final Cut Pro X, but it worked flawlessly. It is also nice that it can just rest on the laptop itself when needed, such as on an airplane. I could not be happier with this external hard drive. In fact, I will probably use more of these as more projects accumulate. I would highly recommend this for any use, but especially as a travel solution.