Crucial X10 Pro 2TB Portable SSD, Up to 2100MB/s Read, 2000MB/s Write, USB 3.2 USB-C, External Solid State Drive, Durable Storage for PC & Mac, for Professional Creators, Black - ‎CT2000X10PROSSD902

Excellent performance, much smaller than Samsung T series!I used the Samsung portable SSD's for a long-ish time. But my recently purchase Samsung T7 SSD crapped out entirely so I decided to try this Crucial unit.Am very impressed so far. Using a M series macbook, APFS encrypted file system, flawless fast clone 2.1TB data using Carbon Copy Cloner. The drive didn't get hot at all (barely warm) which was surprisingly pleasant.

Small. Robust. Incredibly fast.I’ve used Crucial for over two decades, dating back to PC builds in high school where I used their RAM and hard drives. They have a long history of being highly dependable as well as delivering top notch performance. I bought this with confidence based in that experience. It still over-delivered.I knew this would be small, but holding it in my hand blew my mind. It doesn’t even fill my palm The build quality is extremely high. It feels extremely robust.Transfer speeds are the fastest I’ve experienced in a portable SSD. Absolutely insane.When registering it on Crucial’s website, they also gave me a free month of Adobe CC Pro—a very nice perk for a freelance designer and photographer like me. Saved me $70.Overall the value of this product far exceeded my expectations. I would be another tomorrow if I needed it and will consider this my go-to SSD moving forward.

First of all....I'm an older gent who knows enough about this stuff to utilize digital life and love it. This SSD is fast and small. I thought the price was great for 4TB.The downside is twofold thus far....1.) This drive disconnects and reconnects a few times an hour all on its' own. It doesn't matter if it is sitting or being used. It doesn't feel hot and is not the cable.2.) Getting some kind of encryption on this to protect the data is a nightmare. I've downloaded the Storage Executive software and while it is comprehensive in its' scope, and mentions encryption, there is no way to simply password protect this drive. Crucial sends me to Bitlocker but it doesn't handshake and I'm tired of reading endless MS forums to sort this out. Do I need "Bitlocker to Go"? Do I need to have "MS10 Pro edition" to simply get this damned thing encrypted? It's maddening that Crucial simply can't make this easy. I have used WD drives for years and they are bulletproof plug and play in this regard. I'm going back as I am quickly losing faith in this drive.3.) I wrote tech support, let's see what happens tomorrow if they will redeem themselves. I think if I was 30 years old and could navigate all the jargon with drives etc. I might stand a chance but why would anyone go through this nonsense?10-10-2024......Still waiting for the encryption software I was promised for this drive. On top of that the drive is now disconnecting and reconnecting by itself while remaining docked to my computer. I regret buying this SSD and will stick with Samsung or WD next time. Crucial needs to do what they say they will, it's not worth saving a few bucks and spend so much time screwing with this.2/14/2025Here I am still trying to get an SSD out of this company that actually works. I spent a lot of time following their directions with reformats, Executive and disk analysis. They finally issued an RMA and I sent it back to them in the required timeframe. Now they have accepted it and tell me they have no stock with which to replace my defective unit. Funny how the encryption software FINALLY comes out after waiting over a year and now I don't have a drive. I would just like my money back and be done with this company.3/7/2025 I just downgraded my rating to one star based on my experience with this comapny. Why Amazon shows this as an "Amazon Choice" is beyond me. It is going on 2 years and I still don't have a drive that works with no definitive time I can expect to have it replaced. They have my drive now for months and I have spent dozens of hours with tech support trying to manage the drive before I sent it in. Today, I asked for a refund. I have lost all faith in this POS comapny and their drives. My drive hasn't worked properly from day one and all I get is jerked around by Micron. They send me endless internal memos until I got angry and told them to stop. The day another replacement drive shows up and fails is the day my head explodes with this company. I am going to ask Amazon to intervene at this point . It just figures when they FINALLY come out with encryption software I don't have a drive to use it on. Honestly, these people suck.

I purchased this item for the storage capacity and boy did I make a wonderful choice !! It's very portable, the heat level can be warm but you can get around this a little by positioning the cord with item attached -very gingerly, as to not disturb the downloading process- by lifting the card up off the desk area or other flat surface.I do recommend a flat surface to ensure a good transfer of w.ever files you need downloaded onto this item. Very easy to transfer things once you've done this a few times !!!