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Will my Seagate drive work with macOS 12 (Monterey)?

Seagate has evaluated current product lines to determine which ones will be supported in macOS 12 (Monterey). Older drives that are not listed here may work, but have not been tested.  

Notes:
This is a general compatibility article and not a troubleshooting article. If the drive is not being detected by the computer, click here to see this article.

If you are installing Seagate software for the first time, there is a security feature that was introduced in macOS 10.13 and has continued into the latest version of macOS  which is covered in this article here.

Current products
 

Product Hardware Additional Information
Backup Plus Family Yes  
One Touch HDD Family Yes  
Ultra Touch HDD Yes  
One Touch SSD Yes  
FireCuda Gaming Hub Yes  
FireCuda Gaming HDD Yes  
Fast SSD Yes  
Ultra Touch SSD Yes  
BarraCuda Fast SSD Yes  
Seagate Duet Yes  
Innov8 Yes  
Seagate Seven Yes  
Seagate Expansion Yes No software included with this device. Use Time Machine to back up your computer.
Seagate Expansion SSD Yes No software included with this device. Use Time Machine to back up your computer.
Seagate Desktop Drive Yes Formatted for Windows (NTFS) by default. Requires formatting for macOS. See How to format your drive
Seagate Portable Drive Yes Formatted for Windows (NTFS) by default. Requires formatting for macOS. See How to format your drive
Seagate Personal Cloud Yes  
Seagate Internal Laptop and
Desktop SATA hard drives
Yes  
Seagate NAS
Seagate NAS Pro
Business Storage 4-Bay Rackmount NAS
Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS
Yes

NAS OS 4, the operating system used for our NAS devices, will be officially End-of-Life effective July 18th, 2022. This change will not affect the data on your NAS device, but NAS OS will no longer be receiving any updates, including security updates.

For additional information, please see Seagate NAS OS 4 End of Life.


Legacy Products

Older drives that are not listed here may work, but have not been tested.
 

Product Hardware
GoFlex Family Yes
FreeAgent Family Yes
Seagate Central No
GoFlex Home No
Maxtor OneTouch Untested
Wireless Plus No
Wireless No

Software

The following table lists which Seagate software applications are compatible with macOS 12 (Monterey). If software isn’t listed below, then it is not supported on macOS 12 (Monterey). However, using the drive as a drag and drop destination or with Time Machine can be an alternative.

Software Version Additional Information
Toolkit 1.25.x Yes, with version 1.25.x or later
Apple silicon Macs need to change security settings for Seagate Secure - How to change security settings
Paragon NTFS driver 15.9.x Yes, but requires updating to version 15.9.x or later
Apple silicon Macs need to change security settings How to change security settings
Seagate Dashboard 4.9.2 No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13.
Seagate Media Sync
1.9.5
No, the software was not updated for Monterey. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12.
Network Assistant
1.2.1
No, the software was not updated for Monterey. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12.
Seagate Duet 1.4.x No, the software was not updated for Monterey. Last supported operating system was macOS 11 (Big Sur)
Sdrive 3.2.29 No, the software was not updated for Monterey. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13.
Remote access was disabled on May 15th, 2021. Remote access information