External hard drives for Mac are always great helpers for Mac data backup/restore/transfer. But external hard drives for Mac are a dime a dozen, making it a highly labor intensive process to pick out the best one. Here we selected out a list of best portable hard drive for MacBook Pro/Air/iMac, based on price, transfer speed, reliability, portability, durability and some other important criteria.

Top 6 Best External Hard Drives For Mac 2018

Before you shell out money to buy a top Mac external drive, you might as well try a free method to turn your iDevices into USB flash drive to store data. Free Turn to iPhone iPad iPod to External USB Drives for Mac Yes, you can make full use of your existing iDevices, and mount them as portable external USB drive for Mac to transfer and backup data. All you need is a third-party tool, which can easily for Mac, making it quite convenient and most importantly, secure and free, to store music, movies, videos, photos, documents, dmg exe files, to name a few. The data transfer speed is quite overwhelming - 100 pieces of 4K photos copy only takes eight seconds. And it's quite simple experience for even a tech savvy person to get hang of it. Step 1: Launch the hard drive disc for Mac mounter after you, connect your iPhone to computer with USB cable then.

The Best External Hard Drive For Mac

Step 2: Click 'Flash Drive' button on the main interface to get a start. Step 3: Click 'Add' button to add files, documents, videos, photos etc. From computer to iPhone iPad etc. Or simply drag the wanted files folder to the interface as it shows below.

The flash drive software supports to change both jailbroken and non-jailbroken iPhone iPad iPod to top external hard disk drive for Mac (macOS Sierra incl.). LaCie Rugged Mini ($99.99/1TB) - Review: 4.5 Since many users recommend LaCie as the best, we put the 1TB version on the top of the best external hard drive for Mac list. Claimed as being even rain-resistant, and pressure-resistant, it can be easily carried wherever you go. 700MB video file can be transferred with USB 3.0, which is quite satisfying in speed. With secure password protection software built-in, it's also the best portable hard drive for MacBook Air/Pro/iMac to, restore Mac data in terms of security.