This is not a huge deal, but considerably helpful for those who have multiple drives of different colors.

The Seagate Dashboard Agent backup and management software that accompanies the drive also changes the color of its interface based on the color of the connected drive. And the colors don't stop on the drive's chassis. It's now slightly thinner and longer, and comes in multiple colors, including silver, blue, red ,and black.

Conversely, the Backup Plus' included USB adapter can also be used with other GoFlex portable drives as well as any standard 2.5-inch internal hard drives or SSDs, instantly turning one into a USB external drive.ĭespite the similar physical design, the new Backup Plus drive is different from any portable GoFlex drive. If you already have those adapters for use with your existing GoFlex portable drives, they can be used with the Seagate Backup Plus, too. However, you can purchase other adapters to use the drive with other connection types, including FireWire, eSATA and Thunderbolt. The drive comes with just one standard Mini-USB 3.0 cable, which serves both as a data and power cable. For owners of the existing GoFlex portable drives, though, there's no need to upgrade.

It's also safe to say that the drive's street pricing will be lower so maybe you'll want to wait a bit for a better deal. If you want a good-looking and compact portable drive to back up your computer or extend its storage space, at the suggested price of $140 for 1TB (or $130 and $120 for the 750GB and 500GB, respectively), the new Seagate Backup Plus makes an excellent buy. It's also slightly more compact than the GoFlex drives. The drive is bus-powered and comes in many different colors. In my testing, the Backup Plus offered very fast performance, both with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. Out of the box, the drive works with both Windows and Mac machines without reformatting thanks to the included driver software that allows Macs to read and write NTFS.

Similar to previous drives from Seagate, the Backup Plus portable drive comes in two parts, the drive itself and an adapter that determines the type of connections.

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