Best External Hard Drive for Macs in 2019

Though the huge 8TB of storage space might seem like the best feature of this external hard drive, I appreciate its quiet, fanless design more than anything. The aluminum enclosure looks great and keeps the unit cool, too.

You can use this drive with Mac or PC, and with the USB 3.0 connection, you get a respectable 5GB/s file transfer speed. Though that won’t blow you away, it’s doable for most applications.

Besides, with all that storage, it’s hard to deny that this is one of the best external hard drives for photographers.

Best Feature: Huge capacity

Worst Feature: Slow compared to Thunderbolt SSDs

Price: $175.00 at Adorama