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<blockquote data-quote="usagora" data-source="post: 1810106" data-attributes="member: 60390"><p>I received the dock and the two 4TB Seagate HDDs yesterday. The dock is plug-and-play, and both drives formatted just fine. One is being used for large file storage (mainly video) and the other is being used as a Time Machine backup of both the other drive as well as my internal SSD. So far both drives have operated very smoothly without any errors and are very quiet. I'm very pleased.</p><p></p><p>In case anyone didn't realize, this dock can clone a drive without being connected to the computer. You simply put the drive you want to clone in the slot marked "A" and then the drive you want to clone it to in slot "B" - you then hold the "Clone" button for about 3 seconds until the "100%" light flashes and then press the "Clone" button once more to initiate the cloning. 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% lights indicate progress. I haven't had a chance to test that yet, but have no doubt it works as advertised based on the great reviews on Amazon.</p><p></p><p>I forgot to mention in my OP that I also had ordered <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018VKBYWI/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">these nice storage cases</a> for when I have to transport the bare drives:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61IXhNE%2BgwL._SL1200_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="usagora, post: 1810106, member: 60390"] I received the dock and the two 4TB Seagate HDDs yesterday. The dock is plug-and-play, and both drives formatted just fine. One is being used for large file storage (mainly video) and the other is being used as a Time Machine backup of both the other drive as well as my internal SSD. So far both drives have operated very smoothly without any errors and are very quiet. I'm very pleased. In case anyone didn't realize, this dock can clone a drive without being connected to the computer. You simply put the drive you want to clone in the slot marked "A" and then the drive you want to clone it to in slot "B" - you then hold the "Clone" button for about 3 seconds until the "100%" light flashes and then press the "Clone" button once more to initiate the cloning. 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% lights indicate progress. I haven't had a chance to test that yet, but have no doubt it works as advertised based on the great reviews on Amazon. I forgot to mention in my OP that I also had ordered [URL="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018VKBYWI/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]these nice storage cases[/URL] for when I have to transport the bare drives: [IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61IXhNE%2BgwL._SL1200_.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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