Seagate 500GB FreeAgent Go Portable Drive with FireWire 800 & USB 2.0
Easily take your photos, music, videos, and documents everywhere with the sleek, Mac-ready Seagate FreeAgent Go portable storage solution.
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Overview
The FreeAgent Go drive provides plenty of capacity for comfortably storing all your files. It’s formatted for Mac and Time Machine-ready, so you can get up and running in a flash. It offers lightning-fast transfer of your digital content with FireWire 800.
Plus, it’s the world’s first portable drive that includes a convenient desktop dock and travel case. Simply pop your drive into the FreeAgent dock whenever you want to access your files--no more fumbling for cables.
Features
- Sleek design for easily carrying photos, music, and data everywhere
- Style that complements your Mac system
- Easy access to files simply by popping drive into the FreeAgent FireWire 800 desktop dock
- Lightning-fast data transfer with FireWire 800 and USB interfaces
- Convenient travel with durable carrying case and compact FireWire and USB cables
- Quick installation and operation with Mac formatting and Time Machine-readiness
- Energy savings by using one small drive for both mobile and desktop needs; also supports Apple’s power management features
Warranty
Five-year limited
Mfr. Part No.: ST905003FJA105-RK
Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple’s Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
System Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
- 256MB of RAM minimum
- USB 2.0 or FireWire port
- FireWire 800 port (for docking station)
Specifications
- Capacity: 500GB
- Transfer speeds: Up to 480 Mpbs (USB 2.0); 400 Mbps (FireWire 400); 800 Mbps (FireWire 800)
- Rotational speed: 5400 RPM
- Dimensions (HxWxL): 0.69 x 3.15 x 5.40 in./1.75 x 8.0 x 13.72 cm
- Weight: 7.76 oz./220.0 g
What’s in the Box
- FreeAgent Go drive
- Desktop docking station
- Travel case
- FireWire 800 cable
- FireWire 800 to 400 cable
- USB cable
- USB power cable
- Quick start guide
Most Recent Reviews
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Seagate 500GB FreeAgent Go Portable Drive with FireWire 800 & USB 2.0
Gorgeous + Sleek + Be Aware
Written by HG from Bodega Bay
May 6, 2009
My beautiful new drive arrived yesterday. It is indeed beautiful, slim, makes my desk look great! Heads-up though, the dock and dr…Read moreive only work with Firewire 800 or USB. If you have Firewire 400 only on your Mac, you will need to use the USB for the drive or get an adapter to use the dock or drive. I should have read the fine print! I'm using the USB direct to the drive and the backup is slower than our economic recovery...27GB in 24 hours! I got one of these for a family member with Firewire 800 and she loves it. I assume it also makes the backup much faster. So, make sure you have 800 ports.
Looks great and travels great.(21 of 23 people found this review useful)
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Seagate 500GB FreeAgent Go Portable Drive with FireWire 800 & USB 2.0
Great Product So Far
Written by RB from Orlando
Apr 3, 2009
I bought one of these last evening at a local Apple store, took it home, and cloned my hard drive onto it. No problems at all. I u…Read moresed a Firewire 800 connection.
This drive comes with truly industrial strength cables. I've never seen cables like this before--the plugs are partially made of metal! It's a nice touch that they are white too so that they match all the Apple cables.
A couple of days earlier I had purchased a competitor's drive but it stopped working after about 5 minutes of use. I tried various things and it worked for a while but then failed again so I returned it. The Seagate drive seems to be of much better quality and has caused me no problems at all.
The drive does have an area of small lights in a pattern that slowly pulsate (get brighter then darker) when the drive is turning. But, the lights are not terribly bright and I didn't find them distracting or annoying at all.(46 of 49 people found this review useful)
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