Verbatim 16GB Store'n' Go Secure Pro USB 3.0 Flash Drive with AES 256 Hardware Encryption - Silver

****Update. 6/18/21 Verbatim forwarded an update which has corrected the below issue. Drive is now accessible and works correctly.I can tell you for sure that anyone using Windows 10 will no longer be able to use or access the Verbatim Secure Pro USB. This drive requires Adobe Flash Player to function. The problem: Adobe Flash Player officially ended on December 31, 2020. As such, a Windows 10 update removes Adobe Flash Player for good. This is a forced update. The exact update removing Adobe Flash Player is: (Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 20H2 for x64-based systems (KB4577586))Due to this, this Verbatim Secure Pro WILL NOT work. Verbatim support is well aware of the problem and has been giving me the same false information for months. The drive is now useless.Feel free to research this information I have provided. It is fact. Save yourself the headache.

Although advertised and sold as compatible with MAC, it is not. It is clearly designed to work principally with Windows PCs. MAC is only a stepchild. The Store'n Go, at least under OS Ventura and probably later, functions, if at all, extremely erratically, can even completely remove files, while saving, from your hard drive. The User Manual is . . . useless, the instructions inapplicable to MAC. Software upgrades are available only for Windows. So, if you're a MAC user, look for something MADE for MAC. This definitely is not it.

Very good password prompt and reliable at that, and the password software is secure and not erasable, which good.

Do not buy this. It requires Adobe flash player which Microsoft is deinstalling because it is no longer supported due to security exposures. NOW I CANT ACCESS THE FILES ON THIS FLASH DRUVE! Verbatim has said for several weeks that they are working on a fix but so far nothing. They should not be selling a flash drive you can no longer use.

I have just purchased a second one of these. My experience with the first one has beent that it works as advertised on most of the computers (Windows 10 32 bit & 64 bit) on which I have tried it.I have run into a problem with a couple of Windows 10 (64 bit) computers at my church. Those computers apparently do not read the UDF partition. I get a message saying that it cannot find a compatible Verbatim drive. I've tried a number of suggestions from Miicrosoft et al. with no resolution to date. I expect to keep trying and will post results when more information is available. I believe that this is a Windows 10 problem.

After struggling to find a solution to the Adobe Flash issue* mentioned here in other reviews, I discovered they do now have an update download at the Verbatim site. I'm not allowed to provide the link, but just follow their trail to "professional USB drives," then Store 'n' Go, and you'll see the download.(* Adobe discontinued support for Flash and Microsoft deleted it from our computers, so Verbatim encrypted drives, which used Flash for their encryption/decryption function, were useless from that point until this software update.)

Plug it in and it prompts for password set up. After that it is secure. Works on Mac and Windows (both 7 and 10). Fits in pocket comfortably with no worry about losing cap.

If you are using current software for your pc or mac, do not purchase this usb drive. It using 32-bit SecurePro software to lock the usb. It will not work on new operating systems that no longer support 32-bit applications.