How are the Connect II, Canvio Basics and Canvio Advanced Powered?Īll the drives are powered from the USB 3.0 port on your Mac. Time to look at other areas where we compare these external hard drives. So now you’ve seen how your Mac would use all the Toshiba Canvio drives on your Mac.
Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable External Hard Drive
It shows what is in the Toshiba Canvio Basics box when you buy. You may be interested in this 2 minutes 35 seconds video.
You can check out my document here that talks through the available NTFS drivers for Mac.
If you want to use an NTFS driver on your Mac for your Canvio Basics external drive you’ll have to pay for one. And you’ll find the software driver there with instructions.
Select the link How to Update Tuxera NTFS for Mac OS X “El Capitan” or “Sierra”.
You can download the software direct from Toshiba via this link.Ĭlick on the Knowledge Base tab. Does it support the latest version of your Mac operating system?īecause if it doesn’t then you’ll be trouble. And this highlights the issue with using this type of software. The software works on El Capitan and Sierra.
You install the driver software on your Mac. The driver leaves the Connect II formatted as NTFS and lets your Mac use it that way. This is because Toshiba provided a Tuxera NTFS driver. You can use the Canvio Connect II without reformatting on Mac. View The Review Toshiba Canvio Connect II Tuxera NTFS Driver for Mac You’ll find the Toshiba Canvio Connect II on Amazon called the Classic style.