Transcend 128GB JetDrive Lite 330 Storage Expansion Card for 13-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (TS128GJDL330)

Back in November, I upgraded my laptop to a 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina. It’s the first time in many years that I’ve had a brand new machine with the latest technology. It’s been a wonderful upgrade for me, but I did make one large sacrifice – hard drive space. The model of MBP that I could afford was the model with the 128GB hard drive. For some, that’s plenty of space. But, for someone who takes many pictures and tests lots of different software, the hard drive space gets eaten up quickly. Even though I felt that I could compensate for the lack of hard drive space with various cloud storage and thumb drives, my fiancé found a better solution for me – the JetDrive Lite by Transcend.Transcend, developer of various types of hard drive storage, obviously recognized this storage issue for Apple users, too, and released a special line of expansion storage to assist. The JetDrive Lite is apart of that line. It’s small, sleek and fits right in with the Apple design.JetDrive Lite is designed to be seamless with the MacBook Pro Retina. It fits into your memory card slot, but sits flush with the edge of the computer. It adds the storage space you need without adding any bulk.Installation of this little device is a breeze. You can plug it into your laptop and start using it out of the box. Since it’s 128GB of space, you can store thousands of photos or songs. Plus, the JetDrive is blazing fast. It’s built with the highest quality MLC flash and can read speeds up to 95MB/s and write speeds up to 60MB/s.Perhaps one of the nicest features of the JetDrive Lite is that it’s tough. It’s life proof. The cards are manufactured using advanced COB technology, making them resistant to water, dust and shock. So no matter what your lifestyle is like, you can rest assured that your storage is safe and secure — even if it ends up in the mud.Having the JetDrive as an ancillary hard drive has been a wonderful addition to my work flow. Even though it’s hearty enough to handle media files, I tend to keep documents only on it. One of the things I think is really cool about this device is that it is made specifically for Apple products.If you need extra storage space that is nearly invisible, I can highly recommend JetDrive Lite by Transcend."This product was received at a free or discounted price in exchange for my review. I am a technology journalist and pride myself on providing fair and honest reviews. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have."

I got this today and so have not used it for a huge amount of time, but initial impressions are great. I booted up my Mac Pro, plugged it in, and it mounted instantly. I shut down and restarted my computer several times, or woke it from sleep mode, and the device was mounted and worked properly each time (I know some reviewers had said it would't mount coming out of sleep, etc). This device is VERY small, smaller than I was expecting, and as others have said, is nearly flush to the laptop's side when plugged in - so not a drive you would want to unplug and remove often. It's very unobtrusive, and has a huge storage capacity for its physical size. I plan on leaving mine in as a permanent extra storage device. I copied several large folders with files in them to mine, and data transferred quickly and seamlessly. Seems like a great product so far.Update - I liked the 128 GB version so much I bought the 256 GB one to replace it, since the first one was almost full. I had to pry the original one out with my fingernail, which took some effort (which is a good thing - it fits snugly and there is no chance it will fall out on its own). I copied all my files to an external drive and then to the new JetDrive330, and everything works perfectly. I use it mostly for my growing movie library (videos and movies which take up a huge amount of space) and pictures There's an ingenious Mac app called Tunespan that allows you to store media files in iTunes in different locations and play them from iTunes transparently, so this has worked out perfectly for me, since my MacBook Pro only contains a 256 GB internal drive, and I was effectively able to double that.

This memory card is a fantastic choice for using with Mac's Time Machine! Once you insert it, you’ll barely notice it’s there—it’s so compact and unobtrusive. The large storage capacity makes it ideal for backing up my computer with plenty of room to spare.If you’re looking for a reliable and seamless way to handle backups, this memory card is a fabulous option. Highly recommended!

Effectively, this is an SD card. On my MacBook Pro M3 Pro 16" sits perfectly unobtrusive, and it keeps mounted at all times, either after sleep mode or after restarting the computer. It comes with a software called "JetDrive Lite 330", which only user parameter is a Power Saving feature.At the beginning, I installed it and turned on that power saving switch, but then the card wan't able to mount or properly function on the operative system. So I disabled it and the problems were gone. Many weeks after, it is working quite well.To note here, when playing a movie directly from the card, let's say a MKV format file, about three to four time during the movie there is a momentary lag that lasts for some seconds. This doesn't happen when the file is being read from the computer's SSD. May need to check what the macOS itself is doing with the SD card in the meantime.Nevertheless, it does what it says, and while slower than the SSD, it provides a lot of relief for storage within the computer.

Hi, I am a program developer and need fast access to my data. This drive is amazing and everything but not fast. Slows down my whole system when fast I/O is needed. I would recommend it to people but not to ones who needs good I/O rate. I would advise the seller to write I/O at the title, as same for other sellers too in Amazon.Wish I could change it. Took me a while to realize the issue.