Best Affordable External Hard Drive For MacOS and Windows PC

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I made a purchase about 6 months ago and needed to share my findings with the world. Since I had filled up a 32 gig thumb drive with my YouTube videos I decided to go looking for a larger capacity way to file my videos. Walking the isles of my local Wal-Marts electronic section and then heading over to Target I found tons of external HDDs that I knew nothing about. Asking an employee about their recommendation is not always the safe way to go since many retail stores just shove employees where they’re needed with no knowledge about the product they stock. That’s when it hit me to go to Amazon and search the endless pages of the internet for the best way to store video files. 

After a few moments of looking I found the Seagate Portable 1TB External HDD for $46 and free shipping. Still not sure what I was exactly looking at I decided to read the product description and customer reviews. It said fast writing speed, compatible with MacOS, and portable with the right price tag. If you are a gamer the description says it is also compatible with Xbox and PlayStation. This was cheaper than I had found it at any brick and mortar store so I purchased my first external drive.
Seagate Drive as Seen on Amazon

 I was impressed with the speed and amount of files this thing holds. It was simple to format to my MacBook as well as easy to learn to use. Since my first purchase I have purchased a second drive for my wife to use for her photos and music. 

This is an extremely affordable HDD that I use on a daily basis and has not failed me in the six months (probably longer) of my use. My wife takes hers with her in her laptop satchel almost everywhere she goes and mine sits steadily on my desk hooked to my laptop. 

These will also work on the iPad Pro models as well.  If you have an older iPad you may need to get an adaptor to plug in the USB cord as well as plug in your iPad for charging as this takes extra power to run. 

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