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I have 2. Mine has very low health(4%) in just 3 years. Both of them. They are just used for transferring files from pc 1 to 2 when needed. Frequency of 2x a month. I dont know if its a defective unit. And my friend's seagate external hdd as well died in just 3 years. How did you manage to make sure yours work in 15years?

I haven't done anything in particular, it has been working very well for 15 years. What was your hard drive brand?@@geminiistu

@@paulwoaert seagate external HDD as well with 2TB memory

Hi, as long as you're plugging your SSD into a Mac, you can read/write to it if it's APFS. Your mac should also be able to read files from your Android/iOS device that's connected to it. So you should be fine transferring data to the SSD. The only warning is, if you might use the SSD on a Windows machine, then avoid APFS and format as exFAT as that's compatible with both Windows and MacOS

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Good question. Unfortunately no longer have the T7 to verify this, and I didn’t really look out for that when testing, but looking back, I want to say probably the SanDisk was slightly warmer indeed. Purely non-scientific. But that’s all I got for now, sorry!

I have both and the sandisk gets a lot hotter

@@01bigtrev thank you for the info

Format does affect speed, but I was also surprised of this much effect here. There's the SandDisk Extreme PRO which is rated at 2 GB/s, but not quite as fast as the rated speed of the X5.

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Not at all, you don’t need to add any program

Generally SSDs last longer than HDDs, they're more rugged, less sensitive to drops and don't have any moving mechanical parts that may fail. Lifespan might be affected by number of times you right data on it. For backups, you're not constantly writing so you should be fine.

@@RawansReviews thanks for the reply, so for backups will t7 will be good!? Bcz recently u been seeing so many negetive reviews about SanDisk ssds failing a lot

Yes you’re right. My SanDisk has been working fine but indeed some of them are failing. While only a small portion I believe is failing, to lower your risk, T7 would be a good option then.

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SAMSUNG T7

Hi, it's the late 2021 MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro. Thanks for watching!

@@RawansReviews I have a macmini M1, and I'm quite satisfied with the workflow I've been using... but with the need for bigger projects, I'm choosing one of the SSDs to run the library directly from them. In the reviews, they rarely reach 500 MB / s on the two indicated ssds.

Not sure why that is. It could also depend on how they’re running the speed test. But in general, I’ve been quite happy with the speed. Do note that the SanDisk does run a bit hotter than the Samsung. Cheers.

Would you be moving that hard disk around, or could it be static, somewhere in an office or desk? If you're looking for backups, then speed is less important, you're better off getting more storage capacity than speed, for each dollar you put in. That's why I wouldn't recommend SSDs as, for the same price, you can get 2-3 times the storage capacity of an SSD if you get an external hard drive. SSDs are more durable though, and can take a drop and some light water splashes much more than external hard disks. If you envision you might be in such cases, then you might need to bite the bullet and get an SSD. But if you don't feel you're likely to be in such situations, but still would like portability, then a 2.5" external hard drive will give you much more storage for the same dollar value. But if you don't even need portability, then look into 3.5" externals (desktop external). This is larger and requires a power source, but likely to be the best value for money in terms of dollars/terabyte of storage. Hope this helps.

@@RawansReviews no I don't need it to be very portable as I'm probably going to store it somewhere I'm not going to move it around much. But i forgot to mention that I need something that can easily connect to my android phone. I have samsung note 10 plus. A hard drive will need a power supply. But will 2.5" external Hard drive also need a power supply or can I directly connect it to my phone using OTG adapter? I was thinking of (Seagate BarraCuda 1TB SATA III 2.5" Hard Drive - 5400RPM) Is it any good?

The Samsung does get a bit less hot. I unfortunately no longer have the Samsung to quantify how much, and I too am using the SanDisk to edit videos off of it directly.

@@RawansReviews I actually decided to get the Samsung and it gets LESS hot for sure. Samsung claims to have software to control the temp...dunno but it does get less hot. However the speed is a bit less than the Sandisk-still very fast. But I feel that the sandisk gets way too hot. Which other external SSD would be better at controlling thermals? I have lots of good Lacie regular drives(5big docks etc) but from now on I will only get SSDs to do the actual editing. It's the way to go but they have to be better at controlling temperatures. Thanks

@@TheFandangovideoguy Controlling temp *could* mean throttling speed, maybe that's why it might be a bit slower? Just speculating here... But either way I think the Samsung is still more than fast enough. I never really examined heat as an aspect when looking at SSDs, but will surely keep this in mind when I'm testing and reviewing any other SSDs in the future. Thanks for the info!

@@RawansReviews I did a blackmagic speed test when they were both cool. Using my M1pro Mac book pro...The Sandisk reached the 920Mbps and the Samsung hit the mid 740Mbps...still fast enough for video editing in 4k. The main thing is that I don't think extreme heat is a good thing for any hard drive even SSDs...I will use the Samsung for editing and the Sandisk for other things. Still very useful. Is there another SSD manufacturer that makes drives that stay cool while editing video? Thanks

@@TheFandangovideoguy Not something I had looked at, and thus unfortunately can't give any recommendations here. But will definitely keep this in mind in the future, so thanks for the suggestion ;)

I have a 1TB Sandisk Extreme that I've used for about 4 or 5 years and haven't had any issues with Data loss.

Yes, I've seen the articles and the cases of data loss--I've also been using a 1 TB Extreme Pro for a while now with no issues. Not sure what's happening there..

You are so lucky.Last month, I have bought 3 Sandisk Extreme Pro 1TB and find out two of them with vital problem and lost my important data. It's said that this problem mainly happends on newly producted ones.

I have two 1TB and one 2TB Sandisk Extreme drives. Never had data loss, but they randomly disconnect. I have a 2TB Samsung T7 and never experienced any disconnects.

Of course. But make sure what file system format you use. If you only want to “read” files copied from your PC, on a Mac, then NTFS file format can be read by Macs. But Macs can’t write anything on NTFS (not without 3rd party software at least). If you want to be able to read and write interchangeably on both Mac and PC, then best to use exFAT as both Macs and PCs can read and write to exFAT discs.

Wow. That’s a big difference. You said PC, I assume Windows then right? For some reason, exFAT on Mac was super slow on the T7. Formatted to APFS and the T7 speed skyrocketed.

I don’t get how this video doesn’t give the clear win to SanDisk.

Hey buddy, you should’nt have used the same cable. You have to use the each cable that specifically came in each box

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Of course. Just make sure the file format is exFAT as then both Windows and Mac can read and write to the disk. (It should come as exFAT from the factory, but just in case it isn't).

If formatted as exFAT, then it can seamlessly be used on both Windows and Mac; both are able to read and write to exFAT file systems.

Yes it can. What you're referring to is probably FAT32, which had a 4 gb file size limit. exFAT has (virtually) no file limit. (In theory, it's 16 exabytes--1 exabyte being 1 million terabytes). So you should be good ;)

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Yes precisely. I realized later I did mistakenly say one when I meant the other throughout the review. Should be focused more on camera ;) sorry bout that!

Good question. But I’m sorry I don’t have the answer, and I don’t have the Lightning to USB adapter to try it.

Yes it's the file system of the SSD, so essentially exactly what you said; how you set up/format the SSD.

@@RawansReviews ohh okay, makes sense now. Thank you for clarifying 👌🏽 I’ll leave a like on the vid for you

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So I ended up going with the sandisk extreme. I’m following a tutorial on formatting it and see these option under the Format tab: APFS APFS (Encrypted) APFS (Case-sensitive) APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted) Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) ExFAT MS-DOS (FAT) The tutorial is saying to erase so I’m also confused by that

Yes formatting will erase everything on your disk. If you will use it only on Mac, then go for APFS. If you might use it on Windows then select exFAT as that’s compatible by both Windows and Apple.

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Samsung has better cooling

@@avishekghatak2176 hey...I have the Sandisk Portable v2 2TB and I use it for video editing in 4k with my macbook pro and it gets really hot...is the samsung T7 really cooler and better for my purposes? did you test both? thanks

@@TheFandangovideoguy I had the v1 and it got stolen from me and I bought the t7 shield recently. The v1 used to overheat quite a bit and the Samsung while it does get warm, never got anywhere near as hot as my sandisk. (I also edit 4k videos from my Sony camera)

@@avishekghatak2176 thanks...I guess the Samsung has some thermal control...I hope so...because the sandisk gets too hot...I don't want to lose my data! I use Lacie regular drives to store all my projects but I intend to use a SSD for the actual editing...I think I will try the Samsung this time. Thanks

That was GBs.. Had a cold when shooting this, so I get your confusion ;)

What format is the file system / what OS are you on? Did you try a different format to see if it impacts speed?

@@RawansReviews latest macOS on my M1 Max MacBook Pro. After unboxing i first tried with exFAT, then formatted the drive to APFS. I tested ot quite a bit and found out that After been plugged in for a 20 minute or so, the speeds do get better to about 800/600 or so. Nevertheless, i think they saved money somewhere on this shield version and especially on this 4tb version.

Go to Disc Utility, select SanDisk Extreme and click on Erase, click Format and chose a file system. Pick exFAT if you’ll be using it on a Windows too, else pick Mac OS Extended or APFS.

Correct. I added a few months ago an update to note that in the video description.

@@RawansReviews gg I didn’t catch that. I always appreciate when I see UKpostsrs take the time to go back and update things on their old videos.

Good question. I haven't had them long enough to judge on that, but what I can say, been using the Sandisk for about 4 months, for all my video editing, with no issues so far.

You’re absolutely right. But citing them wasn’t to establish the relative cost of SSD, but rather to illustrate that getting a decent amount of storage built-in is very expensive-so going lower there and getting an external SSD might be a option.

If you plan on only using it on Windows, then I'd go with NTFS. If you might also use it on Mac, then exFAT as that's the format both Windows and Mac can read and write to.

@@RawansReviews I don't like Mac so NTFS definitely, thanks!

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All drives will fail eventually... Save yourself the grief of loosing your data with backups. When did you experience clicking hard drives, btw.?

@@lw7108 i dont even remember. I know i could open the drives and reset the reader, but with the smaller portable drives its a bit of a hassle. ironically the best means of storing data is via Lto's old school tap media drives.