![]() Hitachi GST will begin shipping its 4TB-based G-RAID and single-drive G-DRIVE drives with eSATA, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports in October, with the Thunderbolt-packing models shipping in Q4. Seagate's 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive is available from the Seagate site now for US$249.99, with a GoFlex Desk for Mac, which sports FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connectivity, set to hit Apple stores by the end of the month. Seagate Media Sync is a Mac OS application that will assist the user in copying media files to Seagate Wireless, GoFlex Satellite, and LaCie Fuel. Download the software file to your desktop and extract it. ![]() It measures 158(H) x 124(W) x 44(L) mm (6.22 x 4.88 x 44 in) and weighs 1080g (2.38 lb). This driver provides write access for Seagate external drives in Mac OS without having to reformat. The drive is Windows and Mac OSX compatible and comes with automatic backup software for both OS's. A Thunderbolt adapter base is reportedly also on the way (which is definitely something we'd like to see sooner rather than later). The included base features a four LED capacity gauge and USB 3.0 connectivity, but FireWire 800/USB 2.0 bases are also available - as is an adapter base that turns a GoFlex drive into a network drive. In keeping with Seagate's GoFlex line, the new 4TB drive can be paired with an adapter base that can be swapped for bases providing different connectivity options. Obviously looking to steal a bit of Seagate's thunder - or should that be Thunderbolt - the very next day Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) demoed its own 4TB external hard drives at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam in a two-drive, 8TB, RAID 0, G-RAID unit with Thunderbolt, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports. On Wednesday, Seagate announced it was shipping the world's first 4TB external hard drive in the form of the 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive, which offers a high speed USB 3.0 interface.
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