Questions about LaCie Mobile Drive

Yes, the external hard drive can be formatted in NTFS. However, if you want to use this drive with a Mac, you will need to install an additional NTFS driver to enable writing to the drive, as macOS does not natively support writing to NTFS volumes.

You can connect the external hard drive to a USB-A port using a USB-C to USB-A adapter. This enables connection to devices without a USB-C port.

The hard drive has a capacity of 4 terabytes. As 1 terabyte corresponds to 1024 gigabytes, this hard drive has a capacity of 4096 gigabytes.

Yes, you can simply connect this external hard drive to your MacBook without formatting it first. It is compatible with Macs and supports USB-C, which means it can be connected directly. However, it might be necessary to format the drive if you want to use it for macOS ExFAT or APFS, as it might be in NTFS format, which is not natively supported by macOS.

Yes, this is a hard drive with moving magnetic discs and not an SSD.

USB 3.2 Gen 1

It is powered exclusively by USB. Lg

It's not an SSD, it says it's a 3.5".

Yes. So far everything is working fine.

According to the official data sheet this is a hard disc, so not an SSD. https://www.lacie.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/lacie-mobile-drive-non-apple-DS2103-1-2206DE-de_CH.pdf