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Name: 480GB OWC Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 - Rugged High-Performance Ultra-Compact External SSD
Brand: OWC
SKU: OWCTB3ENVP05
Price: 199 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.50 (4 reviews)

Envoy Pro EX
480GB Rugged, Portable Solid-State Drive with
Thunderbolt 3

Mac / PC / Thunderbolt 3

Rugged Portability in Overdrive

Shift your expectations of speed, performance, capacity, and portability with the Envoy Pro EX family of rugged, bus-powered, lightning-fast external SSDs.The OWC Envoy Pro EX portable SSD with Thunderbolt 3 provides ultra-fast, production-level storage for audio, design, and photography workflows.Built in a strong, slim, and stylish aluminum enclosure it’s the perfect project drive that provides rugged military-level protection from the drops and bruises demanded of portable drives. Designed to run cool and silent, the OWC Envoy Pro EX is fully bus powered with zero moving parts. It’s the perfect portable powerhouse for demanding environments that won’t let you down

Your "Get the Take" Anywhere Digital Companion

Whether you're capturing your travels on the road, grabbing amazing aerial shots, on a photo safari, making digital dupes in the desert, or rocking some killer designs in the urban jungle – the OWC Envoy Pro EX is ready to be your companion wherever your digital adventures take you.

Bring It On

The OWC Envoy Pro EX has the power and performance to do everything from daily tasks such as storing photos, videos and documents to importing and editing photography and audio. This high-performance portable blends the latest technologies with multiple capacity options to push the price vs performance envelope to meet nearly any need or budget.

Highlights

Up to 2800MB/s
Compact and portable
Protective impact absorbing bumper
Rugged MIL-STD810G drop test certified*
Couples NVMe SSD and Thunderbolt 3 performance
Integrated Thunderbolt 3 cable
3 Year OWC Limited Warranty

The Portable Peak Performer

The OWC Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 is extremely fast and provides up to 2800MB/s of sheer performance. The secret is the perfect combination of phenomenal 40Gb/s bandwidth offered by the Thunderbolt 3 interface and an ultra high-performance M.2 NVMe SSD. Available in a range of capacities, there’s an OWC Envoy Pro EX that’s perfect for your workflow.

Reliability and Support You Can Count On

Like all OWC drives, the Envoy family of external SSDs are built to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, they are rigorously tested and backed by an award-winning 24/7 customer support.

* Test performed by a third party testing and certification service. To achieve this level of certification the drive was dropped over 25 times at every angle from a height of four feet.

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Product Specifications:

Mac OS Requirements

macOS 10.13 or later

PC OS Requirements

Windows 10 or later
Windows Server 2016

Hardware Requirements

Thunderbolt 3 host port

Boot Support

Mac: macOS 10.13 or later
Windows: Booting not supported

Power Supply

Bus Powered

Device Port

(1) 15.0 cm (5.9 in) Thunderbolt 3 Integrated (Captive) Cable

Security Slot

Housing Color

Black

Housing Material

Aluminum

Performance

Up to 2800MB/s

Interface (chipset)

Thunderbolt 3 (Intel DSL 6340)

Drive Interface

M.2 NVMe (PCIe 3.0)

Max Data Transfer Rate

Thunderbolt 3: 40 Gb/s(or 5000 MB/s)

Plug and Play Support

Noise

Environment

Environmental (Operating)
- Temperature (°F) 32° — 158°
- Temperature (°C) 0° — 70°
- Altitude -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft)
- Humidity 8% to 90% non-condensing
Environmental (Non-Operating)
- Temperature (°F) −40° — 167°
- Temperature (°C) −40° — 75°
- Altitude -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)
- Humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing

Dimensions (With Bumper)

Height: 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
Length: 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
Width: 7.4 cm (2.9 in)

Weight (With Bumper)

300.0 g (0.66 lbs)

Notes

The Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 cannot be used with Thunderbolt/Thunderbolt 2 enabled systems via the the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. The Apple adapter does not support Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C devices with captive cables.

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Note: The Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 cannot be used with Thunderbolt/Thunderbolt 2 enabled systems via the the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. The Apple adapter does not support Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C devices with captive cables.

This product is compatible with... Learn how to find your Mac's model ID

iMac Pro
(27-inch Late 2017)

(December 2017)

Model ID: iMacPro1,1

3.2GHz 8-core, 3.0GHz 10-core, 2.3GHz 14-core, 2.5GHz 18-core

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iMac w/Retina 5K display
(27-inch Mid 2020)

(August 2020)

Model ID: iMac20,1; iMac20,2

3.1GHz i5, 3.3GHz i5, 3.8GHz i7, 3.6GHz i9

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iMac w/Retina 5K display
(27-inch Early 2019)

(March 2019)

Model ID: iMac19,1

3.0GHz i5, 3.1GHz i5, 3.7GHz i5, 3.6GHz i9

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iMac w/Retina 4K display
(21.5-inch Early 2019)

(March 2019)

Model ID:iMac19,2

3.6GHz i3, 3.0GHz i5, 3.2GHz i7

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iMac w/Retina 5K display
(27-inch Mid 2017)

(June 2017)

Model ID:iMac18,3

3.4GHz i5, 3.5GHz i5, 3.8GHz i5, 4.2GHz i7

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iMac w/Retina 4K display
(21.5-inch Mid 2017)

(June 2017)

Model ID:iMac18,2

3.0GHz i5, 3.4GHz i5, 3.6GHz i7

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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)

(June 2017)

Model ID:iMac18,1

2.3GHz i5

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Late 2020)

(November, 2020)

Model ID: MacBookPro17,1

Apple M1

MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2020)

(May, 2020)

Model ID: MacBookPro16,3

1.4GHz i5, 1.7GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2020)

(May, 2020)

Model ID: MacBookPro16,2

2.0GHz i5, 2.3GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (16-inch Touch Mid 2019)

(November, 2019)

Model ID: MacBookPro16,1

2.6GHz i7, 2.3GHz i9, 2.4GHz i9

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Mid 2019)

(May, 2019)

Model ID: MacBookPro15,1; MacBookPro15,3

2.6GHz i7, 2.3GHz i9, 2.4GHz i9

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2019)

(July, 2019)

Model ID: MacBookPro15,4

1.4GHz i5, 1.7GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2019)

(May, 2019)

Model ID: MacBookPro15,2

2.4GHz i5, 2.8GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Mid 2018)

(July, 2018)

Model ID: MacBookPro15,1

2.2GHz i7, 2.6GHz i7, 2.9GHz i9

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2018)

(July, 2018)

Model ID: MacBookPro15,2

2.3GHz i5, 2.7GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Mid 2017)

(June, 2017)

Model ID: MacBookPro14,3

2.8GHz i7, 2.9GHz i7, 3.1GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Mid 2017)

(June, 2017)

Model ID: MacBookPro14,2

3.1GHz i5, 3.3GHz i5, 3.5GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina display Mid 2017)

(June, 2017)

Model ID: MacBookPro14,1

2.3GHz i5, 2.5GHz i7

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Touch Late 2016)

(October, 2016)

Model ID: MacBookPro13,3

2.6GHz, 2.7GHz, 2.9GHz

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Touch Late 2016)

(October, 2016)

Model ID: MacBookPro13,2

2.9GHz, 3.1GHz, 3.3GHz

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina display Late 2016)

(October, 2016)

Model ID: MacBookPro13,1

2.0GHz, 2.4GHz

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MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2020)

(November, 2020)

Model ID: MacBookAir10,1

Apple M1

MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2020)

(March 2020)

Model ID: MacBookAir9,1

1.1GHz i3, 1.1GHz i5, 1.2GHz i7

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MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2019)

(July 2019)

Model ID: MacBookAir8,2

1.6GHz i5

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MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2018)

(November 2018)

Model ID: MacBookAir8.1

1.6GHz i5

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Mac mini (Late 2020)

(November, 2020)

Model ID: Macmini9,1

Apple M1

Mac mini (Late 2018)

(November, 2018)

Model ID: Macmini8,1

3.6GHz i3, 3.0GHz i5, 3.2GHz i7

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Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020)

(January 2020)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

3.5GHz 8-Core

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Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020)

(January 2020)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

3.3GHz 12-Core

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Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020)

(January 2020)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

3.2GHz 16-Core

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Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020)

(January 2020)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

2.7GHz 24-Core

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Mac Pro Rack (Early 2020)

(January 2020)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

2.5GHz 28-Core

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Mac Pro (Late 2019)

(December 2019)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

3.5GHz 8-Core

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Mac Pro (Late 2019)

(December 2019)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

3.3GHz 12-Core

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Mac Pro (Late 2019)

(December 2019)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

3.2GHz 16-Core

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Mac Pro (Late 2019)

(December 2019)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

2.7GHz 24-Core

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Mac Pro (Late 2019)

(December 2019)

Model ID: MacPro7,1

2.5GHz 28-Core

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PC Compatible

Compatible with Intel / AMD based desktop/laptop PCs with built-in Thunderbolt 3 ports.

Benchmarks

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macOS Test Results

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Includes

(1) OWC Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 captive cable
(1) Removable rugged bumper
(1) User guide

Videos

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.5 / 5 3 out of 4 (75%) reviewers would recommend this product

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Reviewer: BigT Location: Tokyo, JP Age: 35-44 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 3/5 Pretty good little storage device. September 24, 2020 Overall this is an excellent drive and I would purchase another one. The good things: This drive is super fast and is a great amount of storage in a small bus powered package. It runs pretty cool. It gets warm, but not as warm as other devices. This is nice.

The not so good things: The TB3 connector feels like the cheap brittle plastic. Inconsistent finish and you can barely read the 3 and the Thunderbolt logo on it.

The rubber "rugged" cover is not removable and it is loose enough that it catches on things.

The OWC Drive Guide app on the OWC Setup volume on the device as delivered from the factory had some error and was not usable. I am comfortable with Disk Utility and Terminal so it was easy to format as I needed, but a less experienced Mac user might need support.

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Reviewer: BubbaPDX Location: Oregon Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Great Deal! September 22, 2020 Purchased as a sale item at a great price. The drive shipped quickly and has been great!

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Reviewer: love2editVideo Location: New Lebanon, NY Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Works as intended! September 13, 2020 I recently purchased a new iMac Pro. I purchased this device for additional storage. Specifically, I edit my modest video projects using this. It seamlessly works with my new iMac Pro, and editing the 4K video projects is a breeze. I'm very happy to have purchased this product.

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Reviewer: Macanudo Location: El Paso, TX Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Handy, Fast, and Light September 8, 2020 I bought this to compliment my new 2020 MacBook Pro. I have it to serve two functions: (1) As a backup for storing critical files when I travel and (2) to serves as an alternate startup drive for troubleshooting. I regret I didn't go for the 2 TB drive.

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Reviewer: Themixguy Location: CA Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Only one downside... August 24, 2020 Love the size, bus powered, and performance of these drives. My only complaint: you can’t daisy-chain them. Otherwise, brilliant solution. Comes in a protective rubber case, perfect for mobile use. Cable is not very long.

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Reviewer: BradMacPro Location: Nesconset, NY Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Write speed? August 1, 2020 A more expensive but similar Glyph Atom Pro is limited to 2 TB capacity but they do say read speed up to 2,800 Mb/sec which is similar but they also say write speed up to 2,600 Mb/sec. I don't see a write speed claim here. If it's way slower than this, why?

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Reviewer: Unclebugs Location: El Paso, TX Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 so far, so good July 14, 2020 Just bought this to replace my Time Machine drive which was.a 500MB HDA Mercury unit sporting USB and Firewire 1394b ports. My new MacBook Pro 16" had neither ports. It showed up today. Formatted it, And had my hard drive backed up in less than ten minutes thanks to an SSD and Thunderbolt 3. I also like the rugged rubber sleeve which provides peace of mind if you travel with this hardware. Looking forward to many years of reliable service.

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Reviewer: MikeyBee Location: Singapore Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 It's fast July 4, 2020 I'm using this for some video stuff but also as a 3rd Time Machine backup (one at home, one in the office, one in my bag) - it backs up so quickly and is a real time saver on the road.

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Reviewer: DJ208 Location: Boise, ID Age: 35-44 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Fast w/issues July 4, 2020 Small, silent, and fast. Had issues where is started disconnecting randomly. I changed the port that I was using (2018 Mac mini) and haven’t seen issues since. Could have been an under powered port and not a bad drive/cord.

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Reviewer: MoorestownKen Location: Moorestown, NJ Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Boot Drive Upgrade for 2019 iMac 21.5 inch May 22, 2020 I bought a 1TB SSD drive, OWC Envoy Pro EX, Thunderbolt 3 external drive and I set it up as the boot drive for my 2019 iMac 21.5 inch; running OS 10.15.4 with a 5400rpm hard drive, The iMac ran extremely slowly especially when booting or waking from sleep or launching programs. I copied the internal drive to the Envoy Pro using Carbon Copy Cloner 5.x and changed the boot drive in the MacOS system preferences. It has worked wonders in increasing speed. One of the criticisms of this drive in other OWC reviews is that the cable is too short. It is sufficient for my needs. I connected it to a Thunderbolt port on the back of the iMac and the drive lies flat under the iMac on the Mac stand and that puts no strain on the cable plugged into the Thunderbolt port. I'm very happy with it.

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Reviewer: minightgolfer Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Use with old Mac with Thunderbolt 2 - a note on backwards compatibility May 21, 2020 It is backwards compatible over Thunderbolt 2 (when connected properly, with an adapter and a powered dock.) I didn't see any notes so far regarding backwards compatibility of this drive. [Since it is a portable drive, I am using it with more than one computer.] One of the devices I am using it with is a Mac Mini that doesn't have a Thunderbolt 3 port, only Thunderbolt 2. This Envoy Pro EX drive comes with a non-detachable TB3 cord. Apple only has one adapter available for TB2-toTB3, [part MMEL2AM/A]. It is bi-directional, and full TB2 speed. Alone, it was not sufficient to connect this external drive to the old Mac Mini. Two more devices were necessary: a TB2 cable, [Apple part MD862LL/A, is what I'm using], and a **powered** TB3 dock, [I used the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock - 14-port, but I imagine any powered TB3 dock would suffice, if it has at least two available TB3 ports.] Black Magic Disk Speed Test puts my throughput at around 850 MB/s up and down.

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Reviewer: MacZoomer Location: Aspen, CO Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 4/5 Almost perfect... December 16, 2019 These are great drives, I have the 1TB and 2TB, I use them for jobs on location and OS time machine backups. My main beef with it and it is a fairly annoying one is that the cable is simply too short and no one makes any kind of extension cable. I would prefer to have a regular TB3 port on the back and supply my own cable. I understand why they did this as a data integrity move but in the long run and it might actually work against that idea if the cord gets worn out.

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Reviewer: JakeAntelis Location: NY Age: 25-34 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 As fast as my 16 inch MBP internal NVME/blazing December 14, 2019 Highly recommend for any creative folks for backups/transfer/scratch disk. insanely fast drives. it feels very well made.

Only thing i wish is that the cable was not attached.

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Reviewer: USArmyRangerVet Location: Georgetown, SC Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 An excellent all around product September 18, 2019 I have a 2017 5k iMac which has an internal fusion drive. (1TB drive spinning at 7200rpm with a 32GB SSD). Although the stock internal drive is certainly speedy, as compared to a 5400rpm hard drive that is, this external TB3 drive is exceptional. I got very close to the advertised throughput and couldn't be happier. I well made product which I intend on using for many years to come. Highly recommended.

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Reviewer: Macaholic Location: Fort Worth, Texas Age: Over 65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Excellent Performance July 12, 2019 I bought this drive to use as an alternate system drive while beta testing Catalina with Catalina on the internal drive and Mojave on this one. There was an issue with the built-in cnnectubg cabal ion the first one I receive but an on-line chat with OWC promptly had a replacement on the way. The replacement has exceeded my expectations. According to a drive test utility, Read/Write speeds are more than 90% of those from the internal drive on my MacBook Pro and for all practical purposes the difference is imperceptible in day to day use. The only negative is the built-in TB 3 cable. A TB 3 port would be more versatile and potentially offer more structural integrity, but then read/write performance would be at the mercy of a third party TB 3 cable.

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Reviewer: tomd181 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Significant upgrade without melting my credit card May 10, 2019 I own a 2017 27" iMac with the 3TB Fusion setup. I bought the 1TB dive to use as my startup disk. If you trust Blackmagic, Write improved from 600 to 1400 MBs, and Read from 1400 to 2350. Another benefit is that Apple Watch unlock happens within 3 or 4 seconds, where before it seldom worked at all.

The integrated cable is a short as you have heard, so I had to use a shelf to support the drive near the Thunderbolt port. It would be nice to achieve the 2500MBs speeds mentioned, but this is already a big improvement. I have not noticed the drive exceeding 105F, but I removed the silicone sleeve it arrived in.

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Reviewer: TAHe Location: Detroit, MI Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Very fast external drive January 1, 2019 I have an iMac with a thunderbolt 3 port. I am now using this drive, instead of the 5400 RPM internal drive as my boot drive. Very happy. File access is almost instantaneous.

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Reviewer: EmileB Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Great product, a bit worried about fixed cable December 17, 2018 Great product. I don't get the claimed 1800MB/s when copying large PSD files to the finder but more like 1150MB/s to a iMac 5K. That's good enough for my needs. I guess this could be a Mac limitation. I'm a bit worried about the longevity of the cable thas is attached and fixed to the unit and could brake in the long term because of constant bending so I treat it with lots of care. Time will tell. So far fantastic product. Many thanks OWC

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Reviewer: KJB631 Location: Alexandria, VA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Excellent as External Boot Drive for New MacMini December 10, 2018 I bought a new 2018 Mac mini, and am using this Envoy Pro EX as the boot drive. Once you enable the T2 chip to allow external booting, it is clear sailing. The drive is fast and flawless. By purchasing this instead of the 1TB internal chip, and getting the 32 GB of OWC RAM, I saved over $700!

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Reviewer: MGGfriend Location: NJ Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Matches my new iMac April 30, 2018 My new iMac is a 27 in running High Sierra with a 1 TB SSD. I then purchased a 1 TB external SSD with thunderbolt 3. I then divided the external SSD into 2 partitions one for Time Machine and one for external storage needs.

The whole thing was about as easy as it could be.

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Reviewer: bazz

Rating: 5/5 This product lives up to its specifications March 20, 2018 I bought this 1TB OWC Envoy Pro EX to compliment my Apple iMac Pro. It performs as advertised. It's small, solid and easily carried about when needed. It has to be last unit in a Thunderbolt daisy chain or can be connected directly to a TB3 port on the iMac Pro. I like that it's bus powered and requires no outside power cable and big brick.... a big plus IMO. I would strongly recommend this product to others that require a bus powered fast TB3 device.

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Reviewer: iWotever Location: Mississauga Ontario Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Performs as you stated March 7, 2018 The drive was packed well and no damage, I have divided it into 3 sections 1st is APFS and the other 2 are Max OS enabled. I am using its an external drive for my iMacPro. Thanks iWotever

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OWC Envoy Pro EX 480GB Rugged, Portable
Solid-State Drive with Thunderbolt 3 Mfr P/N: TB3ENVP05 OWC SKU: OWCTB3ENVP05 Rugged, compact, bus-powered, high-performance storage for demanding applications with integrated Thunderbolt 3 cable 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty Ships: Same Day

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Envoy Pro EX 480GB Rugged, Portable Solid-State Drive withThunderbolt 3

Product Specifications:

Mac OS Requirements

PC OS Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Boot Support

Power Supply

Device Port

Security Slot

Housing Color

Housing Material

Performance

Interface (chipset)

Drive Interface

Max Data Transfer Rate

Plug and Play Support

Noise

Environment

Dimensions (With Bumper)

Weight (With Bumper)

Notes

Gallery

Benchmarks

Includes

Videos

Customer Ratings

Envoy Pro EX
480GB Rugged, Portable Solid-State Drive with
Thunderbolt 3