Questions about SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe

The write speed is not (only) hidden by Digitec, even on the manufacturer's page Sandisk does not give any information about it! The reason? The stick is incredibly slow when writing. Here is a test: https://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-Tests-Speicher-USB-Stick-Test-64-Gigabyte-128-Gigabyte-Test-Review-27331521.html There are two graphs in the lower part to compare the speed, the second one shows the Sandisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe with a write speed of only 29 MB/s. The test tiger from the same company, Sandisk, does not give any information. The test drive from the same manufacturer, Sandisk (Extreme Pro), has a write speed of 232 MB/s. If I calculate correctly, it would take an incredible 9.5 hours to write to the entire stick (1 TB). For this amount of data, I prefer an external HDD, e.g. the Samsung SSD T7 with a write speed of up to 1000 MB/s.

Yes flawless

According to research, the product is compatible with iOS. (Mac OS X v10.9+)

yes it is also metal

In my opinion, it doesn't heat up any more than any other. The transmission of heat to the surface is greater because of the metal.

salut ! it works tiptop for me with the ps4 pro (small side note: by the way, i had first tried to save the game saves on an external hard drive, which didn't work. there was nothing to read anywhere about this fact, that it has to be a stick, neither in general on the net nor on the sony-ps4-homepage. it was a little nerve-racking odysee to find this out). and the sandisk 1 gb has worked perfectly so far (in use for a few months) and is first-class and robust. however, the data volume of the game files is smaller than i expected (as a gamer, i'm a beginner). so a 128 gb stick would have been sufficient. unfortunately, i can't say anything about the ps5 due to the delivery bottleneck, but it will probably be identical. best regards and good luck !

OK... Already seen it... Cool, he can do both :D

All USB sticks get hot very quickly. You can avoid this by using an adapter plug, which helps a little. Unfortunately, you can't prevent it completely. It is also normal for small USB sticks made of metal to get hot very quickly when they are plugged directly into a notebook. The smaller the USB stick, the hotter it gets.

The error message "The file xxx is too large for the target file system" could indicate that the file system on the USB stick has a maximum file size that you have exceeded. Some file systems, such as FAT32, have a maximum file size of around 4 GB. If your USB stick is formatted with FAT32, this could be the reason. You could reformat the stick to a file system such as exFAT, which supports larger files. Note that all data on the stick will be deleted when you reformat it.

On Windows, you can encrypt this USB stick with a password by calling up the properties of the stick and then encrypting the content in the advanced settings.

Yes, the "SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe" product allows you to transfer data between different devices, including from an iMac to a MacBook Air. Here are the key points to consider: - The USB flash drive is compatible with both USB Type-C and Type-A ports, which means it can be used with a MacBook Air M2 (which uses USB-C ports) and an older iMac (which may use USB-A ports). - You can transfer data by connecting the USB stick to your iMac, copying the files to the stick, and then connecting the stick to your MacBook Air to transfer the files to it. This method is particularly useful if you don't want to use the online migration function or the direct connection cables between the two computers.

iPhone 11 still has a Lightning connector, so this is the wrong USB stick. A cable won't help you. You need something like this: SanDisk iXpand Go (256 GB, USB A, Lightning)

Hello, it's probably a question of limiting the disk partition format. It probably needs to be formatted in ntfs.

Well, you can test a USB stick with the Heise tool H2testw 1.4, maybe it is simply defective? The tool is available free of charge, it writes the stick completely and then reads the data again, if there is a defect, the tool would then report it. https://www.heise.de/download/product/h2testw-50539 By the way, this tool also makes it very easy to detect counterfeit sticks, because if the data can suddenly no longer be read, then you have caught a fake (e.g. the reason why I would never order a USB stick from Aliexpress, a very large percentage of them are simply counterfeit).

You can format any USB stick with FAT32. (Almost) all sticks are delivered with exFAT but it is no problem to reformat them with Fat32.

Simply format it with FAT 32 using Disk Management in Windows or Disk Utility on Mac, no problem. As far as I know, it is delivered as exFAT.

Hi. This is probably due to the file system used on the USB stick. If it is FAT32, the maximum file size is only 4GB. As an alternative, I recommend formatting the stick with a tool (Windows: right-click on the medium in Explorer; MacOS: Disk Utility). Then select exFAT, for example. It is also recognised by all common OS.

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In the meantime, the supplier has been able to move the expected delivery date forward a little again 😅

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