Crucial X9 Pro for Mac 1TB Portable SSD, Up to 1050MB/s Read/Write, 3.2 USB-C, External Solid State Drive, Optimized for Apple Devices, for Professional Creators, Light Gold - ‎CT1000X9PROMACSSD9B02

As a full-time creator using an iPad Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, the Crucial X9 has quickly become one of my favorite tools. It’s compact, sleek, and most importantly—fast. Whether I’m offloading high-res videos, moving Final Cut projects, or managing large batches of content, the transfer speed is lightning-fast and totally reliable.One of the biggest wins? Plug-and-play ease. The X9 connects effortlessly to both my iPad and iPhone using the USB-C to C cable. No fuss, no extra apps, no waiting. It just works—and works fast.For creators juggling large files across Apple devices, this drive is a total game changer. Quiet, powerful, and easy to toss in a pouch or pocket, it’s exactly what I need for a mobile workflow that doesn’t compromise on performance.

This 4Tbyte solid state drive is perfect for my Mac Studio. It is tiny, reliable, quiet and fast. Set-up was a breeze and it’s been working flawlessly completing routine periodic back-ups of my system. I am a wildlife photographer and the Crucial serves as one of my photo library storage disks. I might buy another to use with my MacBook for extra file storage and back-up on the road. I am very pleased with this purchase.

Lightning fast, and lot's of storage in such a small form factor.I mostly use it to store games and movies. Running games off it is no problem. Loading times are super fast.

The only thing I don't know is how long it will last because there's obviously no way to know that until the years pass. I bought this as a safe backup for important data (a second redundant drive to back up an older one), and I hope it will last for many many years. What I do know is that it is MUCH faster than the drive I'm backing up. It consistently mounts faster, and the data moves with lightning speed. It's also a fraction of the physical size of the one I'm backing up. I'm rather amazed.

Small and compact and very good for traveling which is one of the reasons I bought. It’s also very fast and has great capabilities. Only thing that dragged the review down was the usb c wire, which makes transferring things into the drive a little slower than what the drive is capable of but that was an easy fix.

Good value for the money and it is nice and fast over usb 3

If I could give this little device 6 stars, I would.It floored me. The download speeds are blazingly fast. I have no way to measure them, but comparing it to a Samsung T7 and the SanDisk Extreme, although all advertised at at 1000 Mb/sec, this little thing downloads an order of magnitude faster.I am using a MacBook Pro and this is the specially Mac formatted Crucial SSD version. The SanDisk was unreliable, would mount sometimes, not other times, and was of the slowest speeds. The Samsung is very reliable, slightly faster than SanDisk, but still of much slower speeds than this device. This device is far smaller than either, although all had the same 2 Tb capacity. This device has a footprint smaller than a credit card in both height and width (obviously not thickness). You could easily slide this into your pocket and not even feel it - smaller and less bulky than a car key.The front appears to be aluminum, the back rubberized so it stays put. This is an important feature given its small size and weight to not accidentally lose it.It comes with an indicator light - hard to see on the product images but hidden inside the lanyard mounting hole. This may sound silly but is important to me. Samsung has one, the SanDisk Extreme has not. That being the device that would not mount reliably, you never know what is going on without an indicator, I.e. is it still trying to mount or is it dead?No issue here with the Crucial device.All devices are advertised to be shock, dust and moisture resistant. Obviously I am not about to test either.Overall the Crucial X9 is the best SSD I have seen, especially for Macs, although they offer a generic not Mac specifically formatted version as well.Highly recommended. Well done!

First of all, what I like about this SSD:- The size is great. It's super small and easily fits in my pockets. It can even fit into my wallet if needed.- The terabyte of space is more than enough for me. It's pretty easy to make folders and organize my files. From pictures and videos.- There aren't any slowdowns or choppyness. All the videos and images I put on uploaded almost instantly and kept the original definition.- The SSD seems very well constructed. I'm always leaning on the side of caution so it would be rare that it would ever be in a position where it could be damaged in the first place, but the metal build is very nice.A few negatives about the SSD include:- There is no password protection like advertised. I'm also not sure if it includes the encryption.- The program does not interface well with my on device gallery. To open files I have to use a file manager and select images one by one. Definitely something to keep in mind if you are using this as a gallery backup for something like photography.- The included cable is nice, but it is somewhat of a hassle to use everytime I want to use the SSD. I wish there was an included case to hold everything together to things have no chance of getting lost.I still think that this is a great SSD and will continue to use it. There are just somethings that aren't said in the advertising that should be taken into consideration before buying it