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 |
