Amazon Prime Day is a great time to pick up a deal on a new SSD or hard drive to use with your Mac, as Amazon and its partners are likely to discount products even more than usual. This year Prime Day is running from Tuesday, July 12 to Wednesday, July 13.
In this article, we’ve tracked down the best Amazon deals on hard drives, SSDs, and network drives that work with Macs. You can also check the best prices below for our favorite SSDs and hard drives to see what the discounts are right now.
To take advantage of the deals you will need Amazon Prime (which costs $14.99 / £7.99 / AUD$6.99 on a monthly basis but can be canceled after 30 days).
Best Amazon Prime early deals for SSDs and hard drives
Among the best early deals right now over at Amazon we’ve spotted the following:
Amazon U.S.
For the best memory and storage deals on Amazon right now go to Amazon’s Memory & Storage section where you will find deals on external hard drives, SSDs and Network Attached Storage. Also take a look at these Hard drive deals specific to Prime Day. You might also like these Prime Day flash storage deals.
- ACASIS HDD 2.5″ 120GB Portable External Hard Drive, $15.19 ($3.80 off).
- Buffalo External SSD 1TB: normally $114.99, get it for $79.99 ($35 off).
- G-Technology G-Drive Mobile USB-C: normally $111.93, get it for $72.49 here.
- LaCie Rugged Mini 5TB external hard drive, USB 3.0: normally $179.99, get it for $113.99 ($66 off) Also the 4TB model is $94.99 ($65 off).
- Seagate Portable Drive, 5TB: get it for $97.99 ($12 off).
- Samsung SSD T7: normally $139.99, get it for $109.99 here.
- SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD: normally $249.99, get it for $129.99 here. A 4TB version is available for $455.99 ($444 off) here.
- WD Black 5TB: normally $149.99, get it for $94.99 ($55 off).
- WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive HDD: get it for $166.24 ($37.76 off) here.
- WD 12TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0: normally $309.99, get it for $215.49 here.
- WD 5TB My Passport for Mac Portable USB-C, USB-A: normally $159.99, get it for $94.99 here.
Amazon U.K.
For the best memory and storage deals on Amazon right now go to Amazon’s Memory & Storage section where you will find deals on external storage, SSDs, and Network Attached Storage. Plus, these are the hard drive deals specific to Prime Day. You might also like these Prime Day flash storage deals.
- LaCie Rugged Mini, 2TB, 2.5″, Portable External Hard Drive, get it for £61.99 (£33 off).
- Crucial CT2000X8SSD9 X8 2TB Portable SSD, get it for £141.99 (£68 off).
- Seagate Portable Drive, 2TB: normally £74.99, get it for £50.99 here.
- WD Elements Portable External Hard Drive, 2TB, normally £59.99, get it for £58.30 here.
- SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD, 1TB: normally £221.99, get it for £135.60 here.
- Toshiba 1TB Canvio Basics Portable External Hard Drive: normally 51.30, get it for £37.23 here.
- SanDisk Ultra, 128GB, Dual Type-C USB 3.1 Flash Drive: normally £53.86, get it for £19.90 here.
SSD for Mac deals
We have reviewed the following SSDs and recommend them. Should you see a good deal we recommend you buy one.
For our recommendations of the best SSD to buy for your Mac, check out our round-up of the best SSDs for Mac.
LaCie Portable SSD, MSRP from: $94.99 / £119.99
Seagate OneTouch SSD, MSRP from: $129.99 / £134.99
LaCie Rugged SSD Pro, MSRP from: $419.99 / £409.99
G-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD, MSRP from: $139 / £141.99
This model has been replaced with the G-Drive SSD, but you may still find a deal while old stock is sold off.
WD My Passport SSD, MSRP from: $104.99 / £77.99
Hard drive for Mac deals
We have reviewed the following hard drives and recommend them. Should you see a good deal we recommend you buy one.
For our recommendations of the best hard drive to buy for your Mac, check out our round up of the best hard drive for Mac.
LaCie Mobile Drive, MSRP from: $79.99 / £69.99
WD My Passport, MSRP from: $59.99 / £52.99
LaCie 1big Dock, MSRP from: $369.99 / £349.99
Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hard Drive, MSRP from: $79.99 / £79.99
Author: Karen Haslam, Editor
Macworld editor since 2008, Karen has worked on both sides of the Apple divide, clocking up a number of years at Apple's PR agency prior to joining Macworld almost two decades ago.
Karen's career highlights include interviewing Apple's Steve Wozniak and discussing Steve Jobs’ legacy on the BBC. Her focus is Mac, but she lives and breathes Apple.