The latest LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 leaps forward with the Thunderbolt 5 interface, impressing with transfer rates and ...

These connection types are ever in flux, but these days, most external hard drives use a flavor of USB or, in rare cases, Thunderbolt. Right now, the fastest connection type in wide use on hard ...

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It's not just about freeing up space on your computer, Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says. It's about protecting your digital ...

Although we have seen a few solid-state drives with USB4 interfaces (which offer the same theoretical 40GBps maximum throughput speed as does Thunderbolt), spinning hard drives are incapable of ...

The best external hard drive offer huge amounts of storage, which frees up space on your computer, and makes it easy to back up your files quickly and regularly. And they're pretty easy to use too: no ...

The interface can also make a difference; Thunderbolt will be a lot faster than USB, for example. For capacity, traditional hard drives (HDDs) offer a lot more options, but SSDs are generally able ...

The best PS5 external hard drives can help you avoid disappointment. We’ve all been there, you pick up a brand new PS5 game only to get home and discover that you don’t have any space on your ...

3. Transfer speed Don’t expect a portable hard drive to always perform at its best. Transferring a large batch of image files will usually take longer than shifting a single video file of the same ...

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such as smarter daisy-chaining and faster PCI hard-drive connections. For more detail, read our Thunderbolt 4 vs Thunderbolt 3 vs USB4 explainer. We have included some cheaper (non-Thunderbolt ...