Also in the box is a USB 3.0 cable with a Type A connection on one end for your computer and a Micro-B connection on the other end to connect to the drive. Our evaluation unit was an 8TB Windows version which comes out of the box in the NTFS format (the Mac version comes in the default HFS+ format). The Seagate Backup Plus Hub is available in both a Windows and Mac format as well as several sizes from 4TB to 8TB. Seagate Dashboard software has limited value Of all the products we review, the hardest ones are external hard drives (read our reviews here) because, let’s be honest, how much can you say about a hard drive after you plug it in and it works? That’s why we were excited to hear about the Seagate Backup Plus Hub, which combines a massive 8TB external hard drive with an always on USB 3.0 powered hub.
