Efficient, basic device well priced device which seems well made and 3 year limited guarantee is not to be sniffed at. Hopefully longer lasting than the WD products I have used and is quite compatible with my i-mac and Time Machine.

Very easy to use & to configure to iMac via disk utility; It is small and robust & does not need an external elect; supply, just USB unlike my 2 previous WD essential ext drives that have totally failed; Basic storage for pics/music/documents

1st time 4 hrs to back up via Time Machine; Lack of software makes use more intuitive unlike WD where you can see and ID files quite easily so retrieval may be a bit more difficult - but they are there

If you're eager to try out Pogoplug PC, the Toshiba Canvio Connect is a good buy, especially if your computer supports USB 3.0. Otherwise, keep looking for better deals.

The compact Toshiba Canvio Connect Portable HDD offers decent performance and a generous set of bundled software; including Pogoplug PC; which turns a host computer into personal cloud server

The drive is not compatible with some USB 2.0 ports and its current pricing is noticeably higher than that of its peers

A slickly made external with average speeds and software, the Canvio Slim II is a workable backup and supplemental-storage drive for mobile use.

Aluminum-sided design; Activity light signals USB 2.0 or 3.0 connection; Nifty (if patchwork) software bundle; including password-protection utility

Use of password-protection utility requires foresight; No 2TB capacity; Slightly behind other 1TB portables in our tests

Hard drive capacities are on the rise and only a few days back, we tested the Seagate Momentus 750GB , an internal hard drive for notebooks. Today, we're looking at something all of us could use, an external portable hard drive.

This is a well priced hard drive with lots of storage. I am your average computer user and had problems with using it to back everything up. It would be helpful if it came with clear instructions on ways to use it.

Attractive Design; Compact; High Capacity; Quiet

A bit confusing to use

The Toshiba Canvio Slim II offers almost everything I want in a portable hard drive. It's sizeable storage-wise, thanks to a 1TB 5,400rpm spinning drive, speedy thanks to USB 3.0, and offers a surprising number of features for a product with such a minimalist aesthetic.

Stylish design conceals formidable 1TB storage capacity; USB 3.0 connectivity makes it speedy, while preinstalled tools make it easy to back up and protect your data, and jump from PC to Mac without difficulty

USB 3.0 only; No encryption solution

The Toshiba Canvio Slim II offers almost everything I want in a portable hard drive. It's sizeable storage-wise, thanks to a 1TB 7,200rpm spinning drive, speedy thanks to USB 3.0, and offers a surprising number of features for a product with such a minimalist aesthetic.

Feels good to have all my photos restored after my old computer quit completely due to a possible electrical problem. The software is a little hard for me to muddle though, but I now have my photos back!

Convenient Interface; Fast; Lightweight; Reliable

I bought this external HD in January 2018 and I am writing this review in July 2019. It was for backing up my wife's Mac laptop which it did do until about 2 weeks ago. We've since run various diagnostics on it, reformatted, Disk Utility'ed it but to no avail as it doesn't mount and errors out when...

A cheap portable hard disk, but the included software needs refinement