Transcend JetDrive Lite JDL330 1TB Expansion Card for MacBook Pro 14" & 16" (2024-2021, M4/M3/M2/M1 Pro/Max), Up to 95 MB/s, Seamless Flush-Fit Design with Plug-and-Play Functionality - TS1TJDL330

The transcend Jetdrive Lite is a good option for expanding your ever growing storage needs especially for MacBooks. However, the lack of a 256GB model in the 330 variant for Early 2015 MacBook Pro, is really a bummer, but understandable because of real estate concerns of the laptop chassis itself. It wasn't "really" a plug and play in the first attemp since it took me a couple of tries and fiddling around for my Mac (OSX El Capitan) to detect it, and a couple of restarts. Luckily, I run Win 8 Pro on bootcamp in the same machine and Windows detected the card within seconds. I finally had to re-format this to NTFS in Windows and gave it a try in OSX, and this time OSX detected it without any issues although I am not fully certain why exFAT format (which is the default format of the card out of the box) had issues in detecting itself on Mac. The card sits flush BUT taking it out could be slightly challenging with the risk of breaking the plastic lip on the edge of the card. So, precaution there. I have not faced any issue in having this card auto mount itself after waking up my Mac from sleep although the behavior is vastly different in Windows Vs. OSX. I found that Windows is much faster in detecting it and there is about a 30 seconds to a minute delay every time in OSX wakes up from sleep. Still, not a huge issue. Now about read/write speeds, I stress tested this for about a couple of days with reading files from it and writing large and small files to it. I noticed that the write speed is considerably faster while copying large files (1GB +) and the write speed was on an average 50 seconds or less for a 1.5GB file. I also copied an almost equally sized folder of about 1.3GB but the folder contained numerous documents (PDFs, .DOCs, txt etc.) on it speeds were slightly slower to about avg. 2 mins, and that was expected but the write time was almost double which was a bit surprising in that I expected the slowness but not this slow. Again, not a huge deal, but something that I noticed. Overall I have no qualms about it so far but I will keep an eye on how it performs over time and update my review if required. For now, it's a good buy but please keep in mind that making your Mac detect it for the first time could be a slight challenge and it would definitely help if you have a spare Windows machine or bootcamp to test it with

I got this today and so have not used it for a huge amount of time, but initial impressions are great. I booted up my Mac Pro, plugged it in, and it mounted instantly. I shut down and restarted my computer several times, or woke it from sleep mode, and the device was mounted and worked properly each time (I know some reviewers had said it would't mount coming out of sleep, etc). This device is VERY small, smaller than I was expecting, and as others have said, is nearly flush to the laptop's side when plugged in - so not a drive you would want to unplug and remove often. It's very unobtrusive, and has a huge storage capacity for its physical size. I plan on leaving mine in as a permanent extra storage device. I copied several large folders with files in them to mine, and data transferred quickly and seamlessly. Seems like a great product so far. Update - I liked the 128 GB version so much I bought the 256 GB one to replace it, since the first one was almost full. I had to pry the original one out with my fingernail, which took some effort (which is a good thing - it fits snugly and there is no chance it will fall out on its own). I copied all my files to an external drive and then to the new JetDrive330, and everything works perfectly. I use it mostly for my growing movie library (videos and movies which take up a huge amount of space) and pictures There's an ingenious Mac app called Tunespan that allows you to store media files in iTunes in different locations and play them from iTunes transparently, so this has worked out perfectly for me, since my MacBook Pro only contains a 256 GB internal drive, and I was effectively able to double that.

I purchased this JetDrive for automatically backing up my MacBook Pro with Time Machine on a daily basis. I have not been as diligent as I should in hooking up to an external drive and backing up which has burned me in the past. The fit of this Transcent JetDrive in my Mac is incredible as it fits snuggly to the SD port and non-intrusive at all. In my opinion the drive is meant to be stored in the SD slot and not removed over and over again as it is difficult (with your fingernails) to get out of the slot. Perfect for my intended use as a back up solution. I formatted using disk utility with APFS encrypted so it requires a password in case my computer was lost or stolen. I used time machine for back up and the initial copy took almost 6 hours (about 350 gigs of storage) so you should perform the initial back up just prior to going to bed. Subsequent backups only take about 2-3 minutes each time. I set up my time machine backups to automatically perform once a day so when I turn on my computer in the morning it updates automatically in the background. For weekly backups (in case my MacBook gets lost/stolen) I purchased the Samsung T7 Portable SSD, 2TB External Solid State Drive and partitioned in 2 partitions… 1 for weekly time machine backups and the other for Carbon Copy Clone backups which provides a perfect clone of your internal hard drive in case time machine has a hickup. The Samsung T7 is incredibly fast, small, and when finished backing up I lock it away in the safe. In summary the Transcend JetDrive is the perfect solution for daily time machine backups and as you can see in the photo an SD card you can plug into your MacBook slot and forget about it as it sits flush and automatically performs the time machine backups in the background.

I've watched these for a while and got one after my 1TB drive was full on my MacBook Pro. NOTE! This is just a special SD drive and works at those speeds. Its great for storing extra static files you need to carry. It is not intended to run programs or other data intensive tasks from. I was able to format it in APFS and use encryption on which was very nice. The only knock i have on it is i wish the edge would be a little more flush with the size of my MBP. The edge protrudes about 1mm. Makes removal easier but I would prefer a little smoother install.

Permet d’ajouter de l’espace au Mac book pro afin de passé de 1 à 2 gb. La rapidité de la carte n’étant des plus folles , mais je le savais dès le début. Fait le taffe pour stocker les documents les moins utilisés mais qui doivent toujours être accessible.

One year after and it simple stop to work. It is good to keep files that you want to save space in your disk but than you have a copy in another disk because it is not safe. Take care.

works well with my M1 Macbook pro

it is free good fit in mac

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