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The Samsung T7 Touch is a faster follow up to the Samsung T5 portable SSD, with a built-in fingerprint sensor to secure its contents. Samsung T7 Software. The same goes when booting my Mac. However, the software that comes with it should not be installed on a Mac. It caused all sorts of problems and kept disconnecting the Samsung SSD from my 2017 MacBook Pro. I ended up having to copy all the files back to my Mac, uninstalling the software and drivers, and reformatting the Samsung SSD as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

The Samsung T7 Touch is the successor of Samsung’s super popular T5 external SSD. Free calendar for mac. What’s the touch part of the name? Well, you can use the fingerprint reader on the drive to unlock the T7 Touch. But is this battery bank-looking little drive worth its price tag over the still-really-nice T5? A 1TB T7 Touch SSD will set you back about $210 while the 1TB T5 goes for $198.

We really want to tell you about how fast the T7 Touch is but we also want to discuss a lot before we get there. That’s because this drive is a lot more than just a speedy little race car. The first thing you’ll notice about the Samsung T7 Touch is the square panel right on top of the SSD. It is a fingerprint reader that does not come with the T5.

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The entire exterior of the Samsung T7 Touch is made of aluminum from all angles while the T5 has black plastic on two of its sides. The Samsung T7 Touch is also a little bit longer than the T5. Samsung’s T7 Touch is also boring when it comes to color options with just black and silver. The T7 Touch comes with both a USB-C to USB-C cable and a USB-C to USB 3 cable.

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Samsung T7 Touch vs T5 SSD Performance

Anyway, let’s start off by looking at sheer performance numbers before we discuss user experience. There are a couple of asterisks around its performance. Samsung claims that the T7 Touch is twice as fast as the T5. When tested, the sequential read and write speeds for the T7 Touch are double that of the T5.

That means for moving a few massive files, the T7 Touch just flies; it’s crazy fast. However, both the Samsung T5 and the T7 Touch have the same performance when it comes to random reads and writes. Well, they are much closer than with sequential reads and writes. That means when you’re moving large amounts of small files, they’ll be similar in performance.

Then, why would anyone look at anything else other than the T7 Touch?

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Caveats to Samsung T7 Touch Performance

Well, you see that’s where the asterisk comes in. Sure, it’s twice as fast but it’s only that fast if you meet certain criteria. Let me explain. The Samsung T7 Touch utilizes a USB 3.2 Gen 2. To expatiate, the T5 has speeds of up to around 550 MB/s.

Because it utilizes a USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, the T7 Touch can do basically double that. Here is the problem, many older laptops, and even more recent ones don’t have the support for USB 3.2 Gen 2. So you have to be careful. Because if your laptop doesn’t have that exact specification, it can’t make use of that maximum speed.

And whenever you use the USB-C to USB 3 cable, the Samsung T7 Touch will be bottlenecked to USB 3 speeds. But if you have that correct interface you will be able to edit videos straight off of the drive. And you will not experience any stuttering or strange hangs.

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The Fingerprint Reader

Now let us talk about the fingerprint reader which is a nice touch — pun intended. You can plug the SSD to your Mac or PC, download the Samsung software then set up a password and a fingerprint. You will also get updates with the app whenever Samsung decides to do that.

The fingerprint reader on the SSD lights up when plugged in. The light also circles around the fingerprint reader when you’re reading or writing files, which looks really cool and futuristic.

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Downside and Target Market

A downside with this app is that if you want to use your T7 Touch with another device, you have to download the app again on the other machines for it to unlock. So who really is this SSD for? It is a drive that is suitable for content creators because it enables them to move large files quickly.

You can even edit video straight off the drive. It’s also a nice backup drive for people with fast internal drives like NVMe SSDs found in some laptops. Like Apple’s MacBooks or Microsoft Surface laptops. It’s also good for users who need extra security, for those super top-secret plans to take over the world, or something.

That is just to name a few different things that the T7 Touch could be used for. As for everyone else, the ones who don’t need those features, I think the T5 meets their needs just enough. That is until most laptops have USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports.

Anyway guys, what do you think? Are the extra speed and fingerprint reader worth the cost over the T5? Does your computer have a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port to handle this drive? Are there any better alternatives out there you can think of? Leave all that down the comment section below.

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Samsung Portable SSD T5

Editor Rating: Excellent (4.0)
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  • Pros

    • Excellent performance.
    • Includes USB 3.0 and USB-C cables.
    • Compact.
    • Android-, Mac-, and Windows-compatible.
  • Cons

    • While a comparable good per-gigabyte value, the drive itself is expensive.
  • Bottom Line

    Samsung's Portable SSD T5 drive has a speedy USB-C interface, plenty of reliable storage, and it takes up about as much room in your pocket as a short stack of credit cards.

Solid state drives like the 2TB Samsung Portable SSD T5 ($799.99) buck the 2.5-inch form factor of their portable hard drive predecessors. Since SSDs don't need to house a spinning platter, they're a whole lot smaller and easier to slip into a small pocket. While our capacious 2-terabyte test drive may be too expensive if you who simply want to back up files from your laptop, its speed and capacity are suited to well-heeled digital packrats and graphics professionals.

Card-Size Drive

As just 0.4 by 2.3 by 3.0 inches (HWD) and 1.8 ounces, the T5 is imperceptibly heavier and the same size as its predecessor, the Samsung Portable SSD T3. The 1TB ($399.99) and 2TB versions have a monochromatic black finish, while the 250GB ($129.99) and 500GB ($199.99) capacities are blue. It's a lot more subdued than the smaller, gold Adata SE730 External SSD, and a bit more attractive than the relatively plain-looking OWC Envoy Pro EX, which has a greater length, but otherwise similar dimensions. All three of these drives will fit in a pocket more easily than the G-Technology G-Drive Slim SSD, a traditionally sized drive (0.39 by 5.08 by 3.23 inches). The T5's case is aluminum, and there are no moving parts, and it's rated to survive a tumble up to 6.6 feet.

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The drive connects via USB-C, matching the G-Drive Slim, Adata SE730, and our current top pick, the Sandisk Extreme 900 (the Envoy Pro EX uses a legacy micro USB 3.0 port.) Like the Extreme 900 and G-Drive Slim, the T5 SSD comes with both USB-C-to-USB-C and USB-C-to-USB-3.0 cables, so you can use it with virtually all laptops and desktops. (The previous Samsung Portable T3 SSD and Adata SE730 don't come with USB-C cables.)

Good Per-Gig Value

The 2TB iteration of the T5 SSD works out to 39 cents per gigabyte, which is reasonable compared with the higher per-gigabyte ratio of 52 cents for the Sandisk Extreme 900. The G-Drive Slim is comparable at 38 cents per gigabyte, but our current SSD co-champion, the Oyen Digital MiniPro 3.1 USB-C Portable Solid-State Drive, has the best ratio (29 cents per gigabyte at a 1TB capacity). To be fair, the MiniPro 3.1 is physically larger, more akin to a desktop drive than the smaller SE730, T3, and T5. Paying a little extra for the T5's miniature case is worth it, particularly when you consider it's $50 less than the T3 at the same capacity.

Software is relatively sparse. The drive includes the Samsung Portable SSD software utility, which activates and manages the drive's built-in AES 256-bit encryption via password, but that's about it. The encryption software works on Android tablets and phones, Macs, and Windows PCs. The T5 SSD is exFAT formatted, so it will work with all three operating systems out of the box. Samsung backs the drive with a three-year warranty, which is on par for this class of portable SSDs. Since there are no moving parts, there's not a lot that can go wrong.

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Speedy Storage

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We tested using USB-C on a Windows PC and an Apple MacBook Pro, as well as using a USB 3.0 port on the Windows laptop. Samsung claims up to a 540MBpss most glaring omission by including a USB-C cable, and improves its dollar-to-gigabyte ratio and its performance significantly. At $799 for 2TB, it's made for well-heeled hobbyists and graphics artists. But with it, you'll have speedy access to a massive library's worth of data that fits in your jeans pocket. It's particularly handy for 4K video editors and photographers with huge archives. With more than twice the capacity, a (much) smaller body, and significantly faster performance than the Sandisk Extreme 900, it's our top pick for portable SSDs. If you don't have that kind of scratch handy, the Oyen Digital MiniPro is a less-expensive alternative, at $299 for 1TB in a much larger package. And if you don't need an SSD, you can get a solid storage deal on a traditional external hard drive.