Will this adapter allow reading ATA 100 drives used in a Mac OS X environment?
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I can't say if it will work for Mac OS X, but I know it did not work for me out of the box for Win 7 or Win 8.
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While this device was so simple to setup I never even looked at the manual I did to answer this question and it say's it will automatically detect the new hardware and setup under Mac OS 10.8 or above. This is a great device, I am using it nearly every day still after installing it three months ago.
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Yes it uses the same pata connection. The "100" in your ata-100 is just the speed. It'll work.
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I'm using it as a mirrored array on a Linux box, but you should be able to configure it as JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks). If I remember correctly, it defaulted to JBOD when I first used it. According to the technical specs it's Mac OS X compatible. http://www.startech.com/HDD/Enclosures/Dual-Bay-SATA-External-Hard-Drive-Enclosure~SAT3520U3SR
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It sure can and it is the first thing I do when I got my new drive. Remember that a OSX formatted drive can only be read by a Mac. (FAT32 can be read by both Mac and PC, so I always keep one or two drives formatted FAT32, the rest are formatted OSX journaled
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I purchased the adapter to transfer files between my several FW 800 external drives and my new TB MacBook Air. Works perfectly, and is FAST. Haven't tried directly transferring between my new Air and my white FW 400 Macbook, but don't see why not. As I understand, 800 devices/cables are backward-compatible. Will try this & post results.
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No. This is to put into your mac book so that it can use two HDD. This is by no means a way to retrieve data. Your going to need to find software to do what you are looking for.
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This is the adapter only for a Thunderbolt interface, the drive itself is a separate purchase, you can by various sizes and I believe the standard interface is USB 3.0. You can also daisy chain devices, I use two external drives on my Mac mini, this with a 2tb drive for my ITunes library and portable 1tb Seagate drive for time machine backup.
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YES, Asus specs show that it is compatible with Mac OS X devices: http://www.asus.com/Optical_Drives/SDRW08D2SU/#specifications
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I have 5 lexar drives and they work perfectly with Mac and PCs. Hope that helps!
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It worked great on my 3.5 drives, both IDE and serial ATA. I don't have any 2.5 drives, so I can't answer to that.
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Hi, This adapter only has drivers for Windows 98, XP, CE, and Vista. For Mac it is available for OS 10.3 and OS 10.4. Thanks, Linksys Support http://support.linksys.com
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Most of the complaints ab this product deal with Mac compatibility. This product is designed for PC drives, so I would definitely contact the manufacturer directly
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Hi Robert, It should so far mine has read every drive that I have used it on Except on one. That was a Western Digital Blue 1 Tb.
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Not officially, but as long as the drive has a standard SATA port, you can set it in there and lean it up against the side of the thing. It will read, but it is by no means a permanent solution. For laptop drives lookup the thunderbolt goflex adapter, it's better suited for 2.5 inch drives.
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Just got one and it works great, but no, it doesn't show up in Mac OS X as a drive. I'm using 10.4.6 and can't see it in the finder, disk utility, or in /Volumes/. Bummer.
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I believe the drive that is compatible with my iMac has a 4pin connector instead of the standard 8pin on top of the sata connection.
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I cannot answer that question, I use my G Drive as a backup only for my MAC. Sorry.