It has 12 months complimentary Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows or Mac) – formerly Acronis True Image for drive cloning, cybersecurity, backup and more. It comes with a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 cable with a USB-A adapter. Its edgy design – a monolithic block of CNC milled aluminium and IP67 rating made it my instant favourite. It is about half the size of similar offerings from LaCie, WD, Samsung and more. Small (76 x 52 x 13mm x 89g ) for what it is – a 1TB external SSD. If you don’t need USB-C 3.2, Gen 2, have a look at the range of Envoy products. Macfixit resellers are Epowermac, I Love Computers, RAM City, and Upgradable. Its excellent quality and its warranty are second to none.

It was one of the first to support a Thunderbolt 3 dock for Mac that also had legacy Firewire 800 and Thunderbolt 2 support. OWC (Other World Computing Est 1988) is an American computer hardware company and online store for Mac upgrades and accessories.Īpple users will have heard of OWC for its storage, drives, memory, docks and cables. OWC Envoy Pro Elektron 1TB external SSD WebsiteĢ40/480GB and 1/2TB $199.99/269.99/359.99/649.99 plus shipping $9.90ģ-year OWC and ACL warranty from Macfixit and authorised resellers But it is also backwards compatible with older USB standards – it will just slow to the best speed possible. It is one of the new breed of external SSD using USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (theoretical speed 10Gbps or 1250MBps), so the drive is lightning fast if you have the right interface on your PC, Mac, Android or Linux device. OWC Envoy Pro Elektron is a 1TB external SSD – its main features are data transfer speed (>1000MBps), and its IP67 rating makes it tough as nails.

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