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If fast performance, lots of storage space and a low cost are everything you're looking for in a storage device (I mean seriously, who isn't?), go ahead and get the Seagate Expansion. Overall, as far as performance is concerned, the Seagate Expansion is about as good as it gets for a drive of its type. The drive also works with USB 2.0 at around 30MBps, which is as fast as the USB 2.0 standard can offer.

Notes: Measured in megabytes per second, longer bars mean better performance. The drive was recognized quickly and I could use it to save games and apps, as well as to store media for playback. I tried it with the Xbox One and it worked very well. Just make sure you first format it into the supported file system. Apart from computers, the drive will also work with other popular hosts, such as game consoles or media players.

#CARD RESCUE FOR MAC REVIEW WINDOWS#

If you want to use the Seagate Expansion interchangeably in a mixed Windows and Mac environment, you can also format it using the exFAT file system.

In fact, I generally find that buying a drive like this is a much cheaper way to get storage for your Mac than buying a Mac-designated drive, which are generally much more expensive. You can also easily reformat it into HFS+ in order to work with a Mac, a process that takes just a few seconds. Out of the box, the Expansion is preformatted in the NTFS file system so it works right a way with a Windows computer.

#CARD RESCUE FOR MAC REVIEW PORTABLE#

Like all portable drives, the Expansion is bus-powered, requiring just one cable for both data and power. But that's all you need to get up and running. I will now purchase a Lexar which I should have done in the first Expansion ships in a spartan retail package that includes the drive itself and a foot-long standard Micro-USB 3.0 cable. Tried it on a new Win7Ultimate machine I built recently and it's definitely a goner. bummer, my Transcend RDF8k just went belly-up, starting with missing sectors on a CF card (which I verified was the case when using another reader) going into my newish MacBookPro. You can't go wrong with the Transcend RDF8 USB 3.0 multi-format card reader. Wish I had a Mac with USB 3 so I could better answer your question. Its 100 percent reliable and unlike the other two posters I have not had good luck with Lexar card readers. I do use it with fast SD cards and that helps. Anyway it works fast on a USB 2 port on my Mac Pro5,1. Don't know why it has a K on the model number and the one you are asking about does not. I have had one for some time its a Transcend RDF8k. If you have experience with this combo or other USB 3.0 CF + SD card readers with Apple's new USB 3.0 ports, I'd love to hear about it.

I'm considering purchasing a Transcend RDF8 USB 3.0 multi-format card reader, but I've read one comment that it does not work with the USB 3.0 ports on new Macs.

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