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# USB 3.0 blazing transfer 12TB massive storage Rescue Data Recovery included Seagate Expansion 12TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0, with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP12000400)

**Brand:** seagate
**Price:** ₪82
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## Summary

> 💾 Unlock your digital universe with storage that keeps up!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Seagate Expansion 12TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0, with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP12000400) by seagate
- **How much does it cost?** ₪82 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- seagate enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted seagate brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Blazing Fast USB 3.0:** Experience seamless drag-and-drop transfers at speeds up to 5,000 MB/s—no more waiting around.
- • **Massive 12TB Capacity:** Store your entire digital life—photos, videos, work files, and more without compromise.
- • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** Effortless setup with automatic Windows/Mac recognition—just connect and go (reformat for Time Machine).
- • **Peace of Mind Data Protection:** Includes Rescue Data Recovery Services and a limited warranty to safeguard your valuable files.
- • **Sleek, Durable Desktop Design:** Robust 3.5-inch mechanical drive housed in a stylish, compact enclosure perfect for any workspace.

## Overview

The Seagate Expansion 12TB External Hard Drive offers massive desktop storage with ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, compatible with Windows and Mac systems. Designed for effortless plug-and-play use, it includes Rescue Data Recovery Services and a limited warranty, making it a reliable choice for professionals needing secure, high-capacity backup and transfer solutions.

## Description

Ideal for the home, office, or dorm, Seagate Expansion desktop drive offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music, and more. Backing up and transferring content is incredibly easy—just drag and drop! To get set up, connect the USB hard drive to Windows or Mac—no software required. For Apple Time Machine, simply reformat. Included is an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable and 18W power adapter.

Review: How I got it to work on my mac (finally)... - I bought this drive (10TB version) to use as a media storage device for my Plex server. I run my Plex server on an older (2013) apple iMac that is running MacOS Catalina. When I first unboxed the drive, it looked nice, but when I plugged it into the power and then the USB on the back of my computer, it wouldn't show up. I couldn't get it to show up in my Finder window, on my desktop, or even in Disk Utility. I did all the tricks to show all drives and all volumes, but it just didn't even recognize that it was plugged in at all. I read some of the other reviews, lots of people complaining about how it wouldn't work on their mac etc..., I thought that maybe I was going to have to return the drive and figure out something else (it comes preformatted in exFAT, but as I said, MacOS Catalina wouldn't even acknowledge it was plugged in at all, so there was no way for me to reformat into the the system I wanted). Luckily I had a Mac Laptop with BigSur installed. On my laptop, it didn't show up in Finder or the desktop at first, but it did recognize it in Disk Utility (again, you have to set it to show all drives and volumes in the view). There I was able to select it, then reformat it as MacOS Journaled (or whatever file system you wanted, but that is what I use on my older Mac). Once I did that, I was able to plug it into my older Mac, and it showed up in Finder, Desktop, and Disk Utility. I actually reformatted again on the old mac (just to be safe, but probably not really needed as it was reading, I just wanted to make sure it would work on the old mac the way I wanted it to). As I'm typing this, it's just finishing backing up the 4TB of media from my old drive, it's been whirring away for about 24 hours now, no problems so far. So as long as you are willing (and have the newer macOS available), then this is a great external hard drive for Macs, just don't expect it to work natively right out of the box (but external hard drives rarely do). That being said, I am happy with the price and performance so far, hoping 10TB will last me quite a while (my old drive was 6TB and I thought I would never even come close to filling that up, but I don't like to run my drives too full, so using 4TB out of 6TB was more than I liked, so this 10TB should fit the bill nicely for a while anyway).
Review: Seagate Expansion 16TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 - This review is for the Seagate Expansion 16TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 There's nothing special about it. It's just an external disk. They will either fail in the beginning or last a long time. I'm still burning it in and so far so good. I've been buying Seagate over the years because they included Paragon NTFS for Seagate, making it useful for Macs too. I didn't actually pay attention if this one had it before I wiped it, since I already had Paragon on Mac. I think you can get it from Seagate's web site if you hadn't installed it yet. I usually just attach it to one system these days, usually Windows, and share it to the others. I just leave it as NTFS, since it's a much better file system and more useful, since it can hold Mac files, including old files with Resource Forks, without needing them to be zipped up. The NTFS versions also cheaper than the Mac formatted versions. If you really need it to be Mac, just reformat it on a Mac. The only really bad Seagate disks, so far, were those old 1.5TB and 3TB batches. But most of the other sizes have been reliable. I just buy the cheapest one per TB at the time of purchase for my home backup. My previous one was a Western Digital 12TB, and the one before that was a Seagate. it's whatever was cheapest at the time. I generally buy single disks for backups, because they're much easier. It's also much cheaper than RAID and less overall maintenance for my needs. I usually buy a new single disk about once every 3 years +/- and start copying my previous disk contents to it and keep the old disks as backups. That way I don't lose data if one disk fails. Long ago, you needed to do that every 3-5 years before a disk actually fails. These days, they're lasting longer than the typical 3-5 years because they go into sleep mode when not in use. I've had older disks under 750GB fail on me, but other than a 1.5TB Seagate, I haven't had these disk fail in a long time. My 2 TB Seagate is still running fine. Of course, these are basically low use backup now.

## Features

- Easy-to-use desktop hard drive—simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
- Fast file transfers with USB 3.0
- Drag-and-drop file saving right out of the box
- Automatic recognition of Windows and Mac computers for simple setup (Reformatting required for use with Time Machine)
- Enjoy peace of mind with the included limited warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Services

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B093BSR3H4 |
| Additional Features | Portable |
| Best Sellers Rank | #13 in External Hard Drives |
| Brand | Seagate |
| Built-In Media | Expansion Desktop External Drive 12TB USB3.0 |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 12 |
| Color | DESKTOP |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop, Gaming Console |
| Compatible Video Game Console Models | Sony PlayStation 1 |
| Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Customer Package Type | Deposit Crate |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 3,573 Reviews |
| Data Transfer Rate | 5000 megabytes_per_second |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 12 TB |
| Enclosure Material | Aluminium or Steel |
| Form Factor | desktop |
| Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 inches |
| Hard Disk Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 7200 |
| Hard-Drive Size | 12 TB |
| Hardware Connectivity | USB 3.0 |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Installation Type | Plug In |
| Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 13"L x 9"W x 9"Th |
| Item Length | 17.87 centimeters |
| Item Type Name | Seagate Expansion STKP12000400 External Hard Drive 12TB 3.5 Inch USB 3.0 PC Notebook with 2 Year Rescue Service |
| Item Weight | 1176 g |
| Item Width | 4.2 centimeters |
| Manufacturer | Seagate |
| Media Speed | 123 megabytes per second |
| Mfr Part Number | STKP12000400 |
| Model Name | Seagate Expansion |
| Model Number | STKP12000400 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Read Speed | 123 megabytes_per_second |
| Special Feature | Portable |
| Specific Uses For Product | Office |
| UPC | 763649160671 |
| Unit Count | 1 Count |
| Warranty Description | 1 year manufacturer |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Seagate
- **Color:** Black
- **Compatible Devices:** Desktop
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB
- **Digital Storage Capacity:** 14 TB
- **Hard Disk Description:** Desktop
- **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 3.5 inches
- **Hard Disk Interface:** USB 3.0
- **Installation Type:** Plug In
- **Special Feature:** Portable

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## Available Options

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How I got it to work on my mac (finally)...
*by M***N on November 19, 2022*

I bought this drive (10TB version) to use as a media storage device for my Plex server. I run my Plex server on an older (2013) apple iMac that is running MacOS Catalina. When I first unboxed the drive, it looked nice, but when I plugged it into the power and then the USB on the back of my computer, it wouldn't show up. I couldn't get it to show up in my Finder window, on my desktop, or even in Disk Utility. I did all the tricks to show all drives and all volumes, but it just didn't even recognize that it was plugged in at all. I read some of the other reviews, lots of people complaining about how it wouldn't work on their mac etc..., I thought that maybe I was going to have to return the drive and figure out something else (it comes preformatted in exFAT, but as I said, MacOS Catalina wouldn't even acknowledge it was plugged in at all, so there was no way for me to reformat into the the system I wanted). Luckily I had a Mac Laptop with BigSur installed. On my laptop, it didn't show up in Finder or the desktop at first, but it did recognize it in Disk Utility (again, you have to set it to show all drives and volumes in the view). There I was able to select it, then reformat it as MacOS Journaled (or whatever file system you wanted, but that is what I use on my older Mac). Once I did that, I was able to plug it into my older Mac, and it showed up in Finder, Desktop, and Disk Utility. I actually reformatted again on the old mac (just to be safe, but probably not really needed as it was reading, I just wanted to make sure it would work on the old mac the way I wanted it to). As I'm typing this, it's just finishing backing up the 4TB of media from my old drive, it's been whirring away for about 24 hours now, no problems so far. So as long as you are willing (and have the newer macOS available), then this is a great external hard drive for Macs, just don't expect it to work natively right out of the box (but external hard drives rarely do). That being said, I am happy with the price and performance so far, hoping 10TB will last me quite a while (my old drive was 6TB and I thought I would never even come close to filling that up, but I don't like to run my drives too full, so using 4TB out of 6TB was more than I liked, so this 10TB should fit the bill nicely for a while anyway).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seagate Expansion 16TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0
*by S***Y on January 24, 2023*

This review is for the Seagate Expansion 16TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 There's nothing special about it. It's just an external disk. They will either fail in the beginning or last a long time. I'm still burning it in and so far so good. I've been buying Seagate over the years because they included Paragon NTFS for Seagate, making it useful for Macs too. I didn't actually pay attention if this one had it before I wiped it, since I already had Paragon on Mac. I think you can get it from Seagate's web site if you hadn't installed it yet. I usually just attach it to one system these days, usually Windows, and share it to the others. I just leave it as NTFS, since it's a much better file system and more useful, since it can hold Mac files, including old files with Resource Forks, without needing them to be zipped up. The NTFS versions also cheaper than the Mac formatted versions. If you really need it to be Mac, just reformat it on a Mac. The only really bad Seagate disks, so far, were those old 1.5TB and 3TB batches. But most of the other sizes have been reliable. I just buy the cheapest one per TB at the time of purchase for my home backup. My previous one was a Western Digital 12TB, and the one before that was a Seagate. it's whatever was cheapest at the time. I generally buy single disks for backups, because they're much easier. It's also much cheaper than RAID and less overall maintenance for my needs. I usually buy a new single disk about once every 3 years +/- and start copying my previous disk contents to it and keep the old disks as backups. That way I don't lose data if one disk fails. Long ago, you needed to do that every 3-5 years before a disk actually fails. These days, they're lasting longer than the typical 3-5 years because they go into sleep mode when not in use. I've had older disks under 750GB fail on me, but other than a 1.5TB Seagate, I haven't had these disk fail in a long time. My 2 TB Seagate is still running fine. Of course, these are basically low use backup now.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extra Space - Perfect for backups
*by J***K on July 25, 2023*

After noticing that the drives that had failed me most often were by other manufacturers, I have relied on Seagate devices to store my precious data. So, when I needed more space to back up my primary drives, getting a new Seagate external memory was a no brainer. At 16T it easily backs up the primary drives for photos and data with lots of room to grow. I've never had to use their "data recovery" but always nice to know it is there if needed. Performance has been as expected from USB 3.0 speed. The only slowdown appears to be the need to transfer the older data via my computer. For power, it came with several additional places that can be used to fit power outlets in other countries. - unnecessary for me, and I really don't plan to travel with this drive. Performance has been very quiet, being literally an arm's length away, I don't hear it operating. Even while writing, data retrieval has been quick and efficient. Only real negative was that I was expecting far quicker delivery being a Prime member as well as this being a Prime day purchase. Instead, I got several email messages saying the dates had been delayed, advanced, moved back again, and even when finally arrived came the next day. Fortunately, I wasn't in a hurry - this time. Overall, price is good. (edited - Good Grief! has the price increased since I was looking at this both before and after purchase, that deal I took advantage of is now long gone.) Seagate has a proven track record for reliability, and I expect to be using it for a very long time.

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