Will my Seagate drive work with macOS 13 (Ventura)?



Seagate has evaluated current product lines to determine which ones will be supported in macOS 13 (Ventura). 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

ProductHardwareAdditional Information
Backup Plus Family Yes 
One Touch HDD FamilyYes 
Ultra Touch HDD
Yes 
One Touch SSD
Yes 
FireCuda Gaming Hub
Yes 
Fast SSD 
Yes 
Ultra Touch SSD 
Yes 
BarraCuda Fast SSD
Yes 
Seagate Duet 
Yes 
Seagate SevenYes 
Seagate ExpansionYesNo software included with this device. Use Time Machine to back up your computer.
Seagate Expansion SSDYesNo software included with this device. Use Time Machine to back up your computer.
Seagate Desktop DriveYesFormatted for Windows (NTFS) by default. Requires formatting for macOS. See How to format your drive
Seagate Portable DriveYesFormatted for Windows (NTFS) by default. Requires formatting for macOS. See How to format your drive
Seagate Internal Laptop and
Desktop SATA hard drives
Yes 

 

Legacy Products

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

ProductHardware
Innov8No
GoFlex FamilyNo
FreeAgent FamilyNo
Seagate Personal CloudNo
Seagate CentralNo
GoFlex HomeNo
Maxtor OneTouchNo
Wireless PlusNo
WirelessNo
Seagate NAS
Seagate NAS Pro
Business Storage 4-Bay Rackmount NAS
Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS
No

Software

The following table lists which Seagate software applications are compatible with macOS 13 (Ventura). If software isn’t listed below, then it is not supported on macOS 13 (Ventura). However, using the drive as a drag and drop destination or with Time Machine can be an alternative.

SoftwareVersionAdditional Information
Toolkit2.1.x

Yes, with version 2.1.x or later

Apple Silicon Macs need to change security settings for Seagate Secure - How to change security settings

Paragon NTFS driver15.10.x

Yes, with version 15.10.x or later

Apple Silicon Macs need to change security settings How to change security settings

Seagate Dashboard4.9.2

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. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12.
Network Assistant
1.2.1
No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.12.
Seagate Duet1.4.xNo, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 11 (Big Sur)
Sdrive3.2.29No, the software was not updated. Last supported operating system was macOS 10.13.
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