Toshiba 4TB 2.5-Inches Canvio USB 3.0 Portable HDD

Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. announces an addition to its family of Canvio external HDDs, a 4TB ^[1] option in its Advance, Basics and Ready series.

The option gives up to 33% extra storage (compared to 3TB) for consumers and SMBs that want to store large files and backup their data. Using 1TB platter technology allows the 4TB Canvio models to maintain the same low-profile design as 3TB models. All models support Windows ^[2] and Mac ^[3] OSs and are compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.

Canvio HDDs combine a sleek, slim and stylish design with practical features such as a ramp-load design to prevent internal wear, plug-and-play functionality, backup and security software (available on the Advance models), and a range of more flexible capacity options of 1TB, 2TB, and now 4TB. ^[4]

“The amount of data a person or company needs to store and backup is increasing exponentially. Toshiba constantly strives to give our customers cutting edge technologies with ever greater storage in a portable, lightweight and attractive design,” says Michael Cassidy, VP, consumer HDD, Americas, Toshiba America Electronic Components.

The 4TB Basics model is available.

Availability of the 4TB Advance and 4TB Ready models will start in January 2019.

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2018.01.19 | Press Release

^[1] Definition of capacity: 1GB means one billion bytes and 1TB means one trillion bytes. Total available capacity will vary based on operating environment and may show less storage capacity. Your results will vary. A computer OS, however, reports storage capacity using powers of two for the definition of 1TB=240= 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity.
^[2] The Canvio HDDs support Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. The drive is by default formatted to the NTFS file system for Microsoft and can be reformatted.
^[3] The Canvio HDDs support macOS v10.13/v10.12/OS X v10.11 but requires reformatting to HFS+ file system to do so. Mac, macOS and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
^[4] 500GB for Canvio Basics and Canvio Ready.