Can I install the 2TB version of this into my MacPro (early 2009) system? It has 5 bay slots - I have 3-1TB Hard Drives currently installed. Thanks
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Yes. It will work fine. These have standard SATA (power and data) plugs. From Apple info: *Type: SATA 3 Gbps (The WD is a SATA 6gbps, but will be backward compatible) *Width: 3.9 inches (102 mm) *Depth: 5.7 inches (147 mm) *Height: 1.0 inch By default, a single 3 Gb/s Serial ATA -- sometimes referred to as SATA 2.0 or SATA II -- hard drive is installed in the first of four bays for all models. The original Mac Pro models formally support a total capacity of 2 TB (four 500 MB drives), the "Early 2008" models up to 4 TB (four 1 TB drives), and the "Early 2009," "Mid-2010" and "Mid-2012" models up to 8 TB (four 2 TB drives), although EveryMac.com readers have reported that larger 3 TB hard drives work without issue in all models.
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I think it's not necessary if talking about mac book pro. But if you need to fit a 2.5 drive in a 3.5 bay, you should have no problem. It fits any of the standard ssd an hdd in avaliable in the market.
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I am using a 500Gb hard drive (the original that came with the Mac). In the original spot I've installed a 320Gb SSD drive. But I believe that if the Hard Drive has the same form factor, it doesn't matter the capacity.
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The G-Raid has 2x2TB drives. In a raid 0 (striping) you would get the whole 4tb. Its very fast in this arrangement, but with no redundancy. If you set it to raid 1, then you would get redundancy, but lose the space and speed. I have one attached to my Mac Pro and it performs like I expect. +1
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I have not tried 5TB, I am using 4TB at the moment. I don't see why it wouldn't take 5TB drives. If you are using Windows, you should partition them in GPT format. Mac wouldn't have a problem either. Hope this answer your questions
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I am running Maverick on my machine and using a Seagate Backup plus drive with 3 TB. The description specifically said that it was compatible with OSX 10.9.1.. Good luck.
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Yes - all the macbook pros earlier and 2012 have 2.5" SATA drives, go to the about this Mac icon in the finder and see it under hardware storage , its the same size as the one you have
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I would't risk it. I bought this dock and connected 2 Seagate 3TBs. It initially worked, so I went ahead and back up ALL my data. The next day the dock kept getting disconnected and now my IMAC won't even mount the drives. I tried another dock and seems that the drives have been fried by the Thermaltake dock. There goes 2.5TB of data!
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Sorry, no idea. Stopped using Macs about 15 years ago. But afaik, no, its a standard hard drive with no other special pieces.
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I have the 2 port one in my Early 2008 macpro. Just plugged it into the PCI slot and left the power connection empty. Works great.
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Hello, I use it on a mac pro, but when I install the hard drive from my old imac worked fine, the connectors are the same.
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I installed my Apple 1TB drive in my Mac Pro. I suspected my primary drive was failing, so I moved it to bay 3. Then I put the new drive in bay 1. I had not installed a drive in a Mac tower for about 6 years, but I found instructions on the web that made each step extremely easy to carry out. Time from start (unplugging Mac), through installation of drive and some more memory, to power on was 1/2 hour. My OS X on the old drive was circa 2011, so I did a fresh install of a updated version of OS X on the new drive and transferred personal information from the old drive. The system upgrade was more difficult and time-consuming than the physical installation of the drive. I installed my Apple 1TB drive in my Mac Pro. I suspected my primary drive was failing, so I moved it to bay 3. Then I put the new drive in bay 1. I had not installed a drive in a Mac tower for about 6 years, but I found instructions on the web that made each step extremely easy to carry out. Time from start (unplugging Mac), through installation of drive and some more memory, to power on was 1/2 hour. My OS X on the old drive was circa 2011, so I did a fresh install of a updated version of OS X on the new drive and transferred personal information from the old drive. The system upgrade was... » Read More I installed my Apple 1TB drive in my Mac Pro. I suspected my primary drive was failing, so I moved it to bay 3. Then I put the new drive in bay 1. I had not installed a drive in a Mac tower for about 6 years, but I found instructions on the web that made each step extremely easy to carry out. Time from start (unplugging Mac), through installation of drive and some more memory, to power on was 1/2 hour. My OS X on the old drive was circa 2011, so I did a fresh install of a updated version of OS X on the new drive and transferred personal information from the old drive. The system upgrade was more difficult and time-consuming than the physical installation of the drive. « Show Less
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Yes, as a JBOD I have (1) 3TB and (3) 500 GB drives installed. I will add though, my MacMini has a had issues with seeing all.
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There is updated firmware to support 3TB drives in each drive bay. But I don't know about 4TB. It might work or need another firmware update.
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You need to determine the "specs" on the current HD in your Mac.....obviously the one critical element is that your current HD is 2.5 Inch size versus 3.5 Inch that is used in most desktops....I am not familiar with Macs since this Western Digital went into a Compaq running Win7. The drive is superb and the price on Amazon the most competitive around. Hope this helps.
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There are four internal 3.5" drive bays. There is, additionally, a 5.25" external drive bay that isn't used that some people use to hook up additional disks with an adapter. 4TB disks work in this system, if your operating system supports them. I've been particularly happy with WD Red disks in this chassis.
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I am not an expert. I believe any Sata 2.5" hard drive should work. I have purchased several WD HDDs and Toshiba HDDs (2 of each) and they are all working perfectly. I use them for external hard drive storage and daily use. You might try to replace wit a Toshiba (but you surely can use either) as Toshiba is what Mac seems to use. The most important thing though is that its Sata 2.5"