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Lexar’s new 8TB SSD is a dream for creatives, but Apple’s port choices are holding it back. Let’s find out if the large capacity Armor 700 is still worth buying.

Black Lexar external drive standing upright on a gray surface beside a small potted plant in a textured stone-like pot, with blurred background elements
Lexar Armor 700 8TB review: The Lexar drive is good, but Apple won’t support USB 3.2 Gen 2×2

As both a photographer and videographer, I’m always churning through storage. I have near a hundred terabytes sitting on my desk in one fashion or another.

Recently, I’ve been working more mobile than I had been, requiring somewhat of a reevaluation of my workflow. I needed something I could bring around to use with my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro with enough capacity to reduce my transfers between drives.

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