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Offering the ultimate combination of style and value in portable data storage and backup.
Compact, bus-powered design Works with 2.5-inch SATA hard drives and SSDs up to 9.5mm in height Lightweight & pocket-sized Simple plug-and-play connectivity 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
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Express Your Digital Life with Style, Convenience, and Value! The 2 oz., pocket-sized OWC Express USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Portable Storage Enclosure offers bus-powered1 personal storage performance in an ultra-portable design. With no AC adapter needed, a USB connecting cable included, and compatibility with Macs and PCs, the OWC Express puts your music, photos, and personal data in the fast lane.
Compact and Versatile – No AC Adapter Required! The OWC Express USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Portable Storage Enclosure offers maximum mobile data storage/backup potential with a sleek, totally bus-powered design. Just add your own 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drive or SSD up to 9.5mm in height, and take your digital life with you wherever you roam!
Bus-powered via USB port on most computers, provided computer's bus supplies appropriate power needs.
Drive Bays 1 bay supporting: 2.5-inch SATA drives Supports drives up to 2.2TB in capacity and up to 9.5mm in size
Device Ports (1) USB 3.2 Gen 1 Micro-B Port
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum) USB 3.2 Gen 1 : Up to 5Gb/s (or 625MB/s) USB 2.0 : Up to 480Mb/s (or 60MB/s) USB 1.1 : Up to 12Mb/s (or 1.5MB/s)
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Contact Start Stops Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Mac OS Compatibility Mac OS 8.6 Mac OS 9.0 Mac OS 9.1 Mac OS 9.2 Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Mac OS X 10.1 Puma Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion OS X 10.9 Mavericks OS X 10.10 Yosemite OS X 10.11 El Capitan macOS 10.12 Sierra macOS 10.13 High Sierra macOS 10.14 Mojave macOS 10.15 Catalina macOS 11.x Big Sur macOS 12.x Monterey macOS 13.x Ventura macOS 14.x Sonoma macOS 15.x Sequoia
PC OS Compatibility Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Windows XP 64-bit Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista Windows 7 32-bit Edition Windows 7 64-bit Edition Windows 8 32-bit Edition Windows 8 64-bit Edition Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition Windows 10 32-bit Edition Windows 10 64-bit Edition Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 Windows 11
Dimensions Height: 1.4 cm (0.6 in) Length: 13.0 cm (5.1 in) Width: 7.8 cm (3.1 in)
Altitude Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Noise Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
OWC Confirmed Compatibility
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Late 2004
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Early 2004
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Late 2003
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Late 2003
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Late 2013
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Mid 2012
Model ID: MacPro5,1
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Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Mid 2010
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.8GHz & 3.2GHz 4-Core Xeon & 2.66GHz & 2.93GHz & 3.33GHz & 3.46GHz 6-Core Xeon & 2.4GHz 8-Core Xeon & 2.66GHz & 2.93GHz & 3.06GHz & 3.33GHz & 3.46GHz 12-Core Xeon
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Early 2009
Model ID: MacPro4,1
2.66GHz & 2.93GHz & 3.33GHz 4-Core Xeon & 2.26GHz & 2.66GHz & 2.93GHz & 3.33GHz 8-Core Xeon
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Early 2008
Model ID: MacPro3,1
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Early 2022
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Early 2023
Model ID: Mac14,3 & Mac14,12
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Late 2020
Model ID: Macmini9,1
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Xserve Xeon (Early 2009)
Early 2009
Model ID: Xserve3,1
2.26GHz Xeon E5520 & 2.66GHz Xeon X5550 & 2.93GHz Xeon X5570
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Xserve Xeon (Early 2008)
Early 2008
Model ID: Xserve2,1
2.8GHz Xeon E5462 & 3.0GHz Xeon E5472
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Xserve Xeon (Late 2006)
Late 2006
Model ID: Xserve1,1
2.0GHz Xeon 5130 & 2.66GHz Xeon 5150 & 3.0GHz Xeon 5160
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Early 2005
Model ID: RackMac3,1
2.3GHz PowerPC G5
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Early 2004
Model ID: RackMac3,1
2.0GHz PowerPC G5
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