Questions about SanDisk Creator Desk Drive

Hello, I'm at 1460 MB/s write and 870 MB/s read with the Blackmagic test.

The SanDisk Desk Drive with the product ID SDSSDT40-8T00-EM25 is very well suited for automatic Time Machine backups on a Mac. - Pre-installation of software: You do not need to install any additional software to use the Desk Drive for Time Machine. It comes with exFAT formatting, which is compatible on both Windows and Mac. - Formatting: You do not need to format the SSD if you want to set it up directly for Time Machine. However, it is recommended that you reformat the SSD to the APFS file system, which is optimised for Mac systems, before using it for the first time. You can easily do this using the Disk Utility app on your Mac. After any necessary formatting, you can select the desk drive directly in your Time Machine settings and start backing up your data.

The power cable of the SanDisk Desk Drive is 1.5 metres long.

The SanDisk Desk Drive (4000 GB) is not designed to be connected to the router as a NAS (Network Attached Storage). It is an external SSD that is connected to a computer via USB-C and does not work via network connections like a NAS device.

Hello, No, I have not noticed any slowdown in the SanDisk Desk Drive. For the moment I have used 2Tb out of the 8Tb available.

Yes, unfortunately