OWC Envoy Pro SX
A very rugged drive for speed–hungry professionals
Small but extremely rugged, the drive powers from a Thunderbolt port.
240GB $199; 480GB $249; 1TB $349; 2TB $529 From
owcdigital.com
Features Speeds up to 2847MB/s, IP67 water–resistance Needs macOS 10.13 or later
The solid state drives inside modern Macs have been very quick for a number of years, but anyone needing to transfer multiple gigabytes of files for backup or transfer knows the pain of waiting for the process to complete. OWC’s Envoy Pro SX is a blazingly fast Thunderbolt drive for Macs and PCs equipped with Thunderbolt 3 or 4, in capacities from 240GB up to 2TB. It’s just 8oz, smaller than most smartphones, and comes with a short Thunderbolt 3 cable. It’s bootable on a Mac, though not on a PC.