I now need a larger b/u HD. My iMac has USB 2.0 and Firewire. Is this drive compatible with Firewire 800 ?
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No, it is not.I suggest a G-Tech to use with iMac FW800, thats how i added my 2nd external hdd.
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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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According to both the online documentation and the documents that came with the drive, the answer is yes. I can also offer my own experience as I've been using these drives with both my older iMac w/USB 2.0 interface and my new iMac w/USB 3.0 interface and both work as expected. USB 2.0 speeds are MUCH slower than USB 3.0 speeds, so expect that your throughput will be lower than the max throughput indicated on the docs; plugged into a USB 2.0 slot, the drive will operate at USB 2.0 speeds.I hope that helps! Let me know if you have other questions.
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The only place I have used thunderbolt is the thunderbolt to HDMI adapter. The drive itself does not use thunderbolt, only FireWire 800 or USB. If you are asking if you can go thunderbolt to FireWire, I don not know, I have not tried it.
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I hooked my LaCie d2 Quadras to my mid 2010 iMac using the cords with the external drives into the firewire port of my iMac. I do use one of them for my TimeMachine backup, and it works quite well.
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Hi David, I'm afraid I can't answer this question because my two WD My Book 3 TB drives are connected to my iMac by a USB 3.0 connection. Hope someone else can help you.
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp < 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] < 1TB [firewire 800] < 1TB [firewire 800]They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
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I'm using two of these, one with a Toshiba drive the other with a Seagate drive, both using Firewire on an iMac. I have had no problems with either one.
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Hi, thanks for your email, yes if your Mac has Firewire port. Take care, Norman.
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If your MAC is equipped with a USB 3 port use it to connect the drive. Ignore Firewire. If you only have a USB2 port available, use Firewire. Fastest connection possible is USB 3 with current technology!
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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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The WD drive I bought was Firewire 400/800 -- faster than USB2 which is all my 2008 iMac handles, but slower than USB3. You will be more up to date for your next Mac if you buy the USB 3 drive, it just won't run at top speed on your current Mac. Time Machine will run fine, just take longer than Firewire. Expect your first back up to take quite a long time.
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sorry for the long delay getting back to you. In my case, actually my son's iMac, it was much less than compatible. The performance with DISK UTILITY backup was very poor (15 times worse than expected) and it was not recognizable as a boot device. So, I can't provide a positive endorsement for the Seagate and iMac.
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Yes. You should have no issues. I believe the enclosure accepts up to 4TB. I'm also using my Macally via Firewire 800.
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I don't know what firewire I need to transfer files---2006 imac mac OS X--10.6.8 and newer 2013 imac 10.10.1------so are both 800 compatiable or is the older a 400 firewire and the newer 800 firewire. Or is there a cable that will take care of both of them?
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Its a very nice mbox however it doesn't carry usb allocation. You will need a firewire port to your mac.
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I don't think so because if you use thunderbolt on Mac; the drive get very hot and automatically reject itself. But USB 3.0 will be fine and the drive is speed nearly the same for both USB 3.0 and thunderbolt.