External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your ...

External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to quickly back up your important files, as well as store any data that you don’t need on your ...

When connecting to the computer, most external enclosures for 2.5-inch hard drives make do with USB 3.2 Gen1 (formerly USB 3.0). The theoretical transfer speed here is a maximum of 5Gbps.

The fastest read/write speeds will be bottlenecked when transferring data over a connection that uses an older standard like USB 2.0. Make sure your external hard drive uses at least USB 3.0 ...

The USB-C (40Gb/s) maintains high-speed transfers ... it's not the fastest external drive we've reviewed - check out our Adata SE920 external SSD review for that - but it's an impressive Mac ...