I use the plate traveling on my Macbook, and am very satisfied. The cable has the right length, fits perfectly. From data transfer (with Blackmagic Disk Speed Test) I get about 110-120mb / sec, both read and write. This is already the same plate 2. I bought me the first I have for almost nem year run as a Time Machine backup disk, never gave up now problems with it. Currently I have 2 plates hanging on a passive USB3 Hub, and it can operate simultaneously