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1. BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING FULL
2. BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING PORTABLE
3. BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING PRO
4. BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING PC

For those of you who popped on a new Mac Pro or are still rocking a Cheese Grater, you can add internal hard drives to your tower and work off those - this is a GREAT option but can be very expensive when looking at capacities above 2TB. Most these days are SSDs, but I know a few of you out there are probably still rocking the ol’ Fusion Drive on your iMac. Whether you edit on a laptop or desktop computer, you’re going to have an internal hard drive. As with Thunderbolt 2, the only reason to invest in an eSATA drive is for use with older computers.A chart breaking down the four different types of video editors.īut before we get into that, let’s break down the different types of hard drives you might be considering for your arsenal.įirst, there’s INTERNAL HARD DRIVES. Created for attaching external storage to your computer’s SATA bus, eSATA was a cheap way in its day to get beyond the 60MBps performance of USB 2.0. You’ll need a powered dock for that.ĮSATA is another legacy port that’s basically disappeared. It does not transfer power, however, so you can’t use it on its own with bus-powered external drives. Note that Apple makes a bi-directional Thunderbolt 1/2 to 3 adapter if you need to connect the one to the other. There’s no need to invest in a Thunderbolt 2 drive unless it’s for legacy support issues. Using the mini-DisplayPort connector, it only really gained popularity on Macs, and even Apple put it out to pasture in 2017. Thunderbolt 2 is at this point, a dead port. The reason we mention it is that any drive with a Type-C port should come with a Type-C to Type-A cable or adapter, hopefully, since most PCs have those.

USB Type-A You won’t find this port on any drive, but you will find this familiar rectangular port on PCs and laptops.

BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING PC

Any higher performance port today should be USB-C-just remember that just because it’s USB-C doesn’t mean the actual electronics inside the PC or drive can hit the highest speeds of what a USB-C port can do. For example, for data transfers from an external drive, a USB-C port could mean everything from USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbps) to USB 3.2 SuperSpeed 20Gbps as well as USB4 and Thunderbolt 3. What is carried over the wires varies greatly. Keep in mind, USB-C refers only to the connector itself. You see it in everything from phones to laptops. USB-C is the latest of the USB connectors the world is coalescing around. Type B ports are becoming rare, though you might find one on enclosures supporting 5.25-inch hard drives or optical drives.

USB 3 Type-B is the larger, blocky version of USB 3.0 Micro B.

It’ll do 5Gbps and is fine for hard drives and SATA (internally) SSDs. It’s actually the same Micro USB port used on your phone, but beefed up with more data lines to hit USB 3.0 speeds.

BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING PORTABLE

This is still a very common port on many lower-cost portable and desktop external hard drives today. PortsĮxternal drives come with a variety of ports, though they’re gradually consolidating on the Type-C connector. The bottom drive features USB-C or USB Type C. The Orange drive features both a SuperSpeed Micro B and Thunderbolt 2 (mini DisplayPort connector). The second drive features the connector that replaced it: Micro B SuperSpeed. The top drive uses the older, slower Mini-USB interface. While the desktop drive provides a far higher capacity, they also require more cables, weigh more, and generally may not be quite as shock resistant as a portable hard drive that’s designed to take a few more bumps, even when on. Having more storage allows you to keep more historical files should you need them or use the same drive to backup additional PCs.

BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES FOR MAC VIDEO EDITING FULL

If you have 1TB of storage in your PC, 2TB will allow you to make a full backup while keeping historical backups on the same drive. So how much do you need? We recommend a backup drive at least twice as large as the total capacity of your PC. The best “value” are typically for the largest hard drives as you can see, but it brings considerably higher prices and not everyone needs that much capacity. It’s almost equally as bad on the WD Elements Portable drive. You’re paying more than twice as much for the lowest-capacity drive versus the next step up. You can see that below where we compare the popular WD Elements desktop hard drive’s available capacities and prices.