I have an older iMac and I think it is FireWire400. Will this drive work at the slower speed?
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I have never owned a older Mac, but I have used it for my sony Vaio and it works great! As well as HP that my boys have.I hope this can be of any help?Enjoy your Holiday!Regards,
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You will need a 400 to 800 cable, and your data transfer will only be at the slower rate; apart from that, you shoudn't have any problems. As I write I have an 800 disk connected to my MacBook that way.
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I think it only works in fw400 speed.I recommend you to buy a regular usb HD instead of this despite it comes with FW port,because fw400 and usb2.0 wont differ much
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I have a MacBookPro 17" Model A1229 from late 2007 with both Firewire 800 and 400. I use Firewire 800 to my Passport 1TB purchased from Amazon several months ago. I have it set to do auto Time Machine Backups every day. Never any problems. The new USB 3.0 is 600MB/s, Firewire 800 is 75MB/s, USB 2.0 is 60MB/s, and Firewire400 is 50MB/s. Firewire 400 will work fine, and is still offered as an option on the new drives. Good luck, hope this helps. Bill Rhodes
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I've got an older 20" iMac (2009?) with the black back. It runs pretty hot and loud, but seems to be fine. I've recently replaced the 1TB WD black with the 2TB variant and it's been running fine for at least six months. If I could do it over, I'd buy a fast, quiet SSD and use external drives for data. Of course, that's going to cost a lot more.
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Not enough info from you. What kind of cord is needed, firewire, usb or thunderbolt. I bought the thunderbolt for my new iMac which no longer has firewire.
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I purchased this product because I have a MacBook with a firewire so I was thinking to use it because firewire is faster than usb but did not work I did a review and said do not buy it
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I am not Mac-Oriented... I believe that you can use USB2 interface and firewire on a Mac but the disk format that Mac's use, is different from PC hard drive formats. Your External Disk might require reformatting. There is a software solution available that will permit a PC to read Mac formatted drives via USB.
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I have the 256 model, same drive. I use it as a bootable backup drive. It works. It's a little sluggish compared to a firewire connection.
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The drive itself is only 5,400 RPM. However, if your only option is Thunderbolt or USB 2.0 (2011 iMac for instance) then this drive will still offer higher performance over a 7,200 RPM external USB 2.0 hard drive. USB 2.0 is limited to about 60MB/s (480Mbit/s), and this drive achieves around 105MB/s - 109MB/s according to http://reviews.cnet.com/external-hard-drives/buffalo-ministation-thunderbolt-1tb/4505-3190_7-35338125.html. Having said that, I have two of these. I have one on a 2013 iMac (i7 & 16GB Ram) and another on a 2011 iMac (i7 & 16GB Ram). I use them as external drives for my Windows 8 virtual machines. They are very speedy, and I haven't had any performance issues as of yet. You're correct however, you will never see 10,000GBit/s as they imply.
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In general yes if it has SATA connectors irregardless of SATA3 or SATA2, set to ACHI in BIOS for maximum transfer speed. Install Magician software downloaded from Samsung to tweak settings. Works with 2006 iMacs and beyond
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I don't know - I stopped using this drive due to unreliable communication with the host computer. I never got the Firewire to work, and the USB often requires many attempts before the drive connects.
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Hi, thanks for your email, yes if your Mac has Firewire port. Take care, Norman.
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Yes, this drive will work with a Mac that does not have a FireWire port if you use Apple's Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter.
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Absolutely. I actually have two of these externals and they're both hooked up by USB 2.0 to my 27" iMac which is 5 years old and doesn't have 3.0 ports. I read that 2.0 is slower but they transfer data rapidly so I don't feel like they're too slow. They're great little drives. They take up hardly any space and they are extremely quiet. I don't even hear them. I've had no trouble with them. My last hard drive was also a Porsche and I used it for 8 years without a hiccup. You won't see me buying anything but this brand because they have been so reliable.
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NOT that one! I bought the wrong one actually. The large end of THAT cable goes into my 2010 iMac FW800 port but u need an adapter to fit on the other end that will convert it to 'old style' FireWire 400 from the earlier macs. I never got around to getting the adapter. I took the HD out of the old Mac and put it into an enclosure. The pictured cable AND the old style FW adapter should work 4 U though.
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It has both a firewire and USB and comes with both cables in the box. I use the USB 2 on my iMac 27". Have had zero issues with the drive. Buy with confidence.
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Honestly, You have a out-dated machine...I had a G4 about 4-5 yrs ago... Nevertheless, I'm glad it still works for you though! From my experience, the technology from the g-drive is equipped with 400 firewire, but at times it does not boot-up the G-Drive my imac desktop - but does boot-up to my Macbook pro laptop.. However, when I attach a usb drive to the imac it pops on my desktop in an instant. I think the best option will your computer will be using usb / fire 400. However, call an Apple to really make sense of this.The combination 400/800 drives are too advanced... for your computer. Hope I helped out. SidLocks MultiHop Honestly, You have a out-dated machine...I had a G4 about 4-5 yrs ago... Nevertheless, I'm glad it still works for you though! From my experience, the technology from the g-drive is equipped with 400 firewire, but at times it does not boot-up the G-Drive my imac desktop - but does boot-up to my Macbook pro laptop.. However, when I attach a usb drive to the imac it pops on my desktop in an instant. I think the best option will your computer will be using usb / fire 400. However, call an Apple to really make sense of this.The combination 400/800 drives are too... » Read More Honestly, You have a out-dated machine...I had a G4 about 4-5 yrs ago... Nevertheless, I'm glad it still works for you though! From my experience, the technology from the g-drive is equipped with 400 firewire, but at times it does not boot-up the G-Drive my imac desktop - but does boot-up to my Macbook pro laptop.. However, when I attach a usb drive to the imac it pops on my desktop in an instant. I think the best option will your computer will be using usb / fire 400. However, call an Apple to really make sense of this.The combination 400/800 drives are too advanced... for your computer. Hope I helped out. SidLocks MultiHop « Show Less
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Just called Apple; Firewire 800 is Not backwards compatilbe with Firewire 400. It won't work :(
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Yes, firewire works perfectly (on Macs at least, I'm fortunate not to have a windows machine to be able to test this on). Enough power is supplied via the firewire cable to run the drive. USB is a different matter ... a single USB cable from a Belkin hub attached to my Mac Mini will NOT spin the drive up. The light goes on, but the drive never mounts and it remains invisible on 'Disk Utility'. I was worried this would be the same story on my laptop ... however, a single USB cable works just fine with a 2 year old MacBook Pro. I suspect that it depends how much power the USB delivers, and that newer machines may deliver sufficient. So, USB doesn't suck ... it just depends what you attach it to. I've tried this on a Belkin hub attached to my Mac Mini and on a 15" MacBook Pro.