Is this suitable for backing up a 2009 Macbook 5.1 with Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with 160 GB hard drive? Is this too much?
758180
Yes thats fine! You're macbook will fit, you will probably only use about half the space on the drive.
758181
Yes..........but..........who cares.....it's a great drive.......& you can utilize it for a long time......with that much capacity!
2137736
Yes. If you have not replaced a drive on a mac before, you may want to take a look at this or other tutorials first to make sure you have the right tools on hand, and how to back up your old HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiGF_pjqvM
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Yes, I use it for that. I did use apple disc utility and partitioned mine for 1tb to be used specifically for time machine though. If you need all 4 for just backups it should work. That seems excessive though to me
515166
I use this strictly to do OSX backups using TimeMachine. This drive is formatted for use with Apple computers and is not formatted to be accessed by PCs. I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish, whether it is backing up data using backup tools or just trying to copy files to an external drive that either system can read. Regardless, this is not a good, cost effective, starting point for you. You would need to totally reformat the drive and consider if your PC supports USB 3 because this drive is built to support that higher transfer rate.
934756
I have Mt Lion, I am not sure if there are any issues with previous OS's.. I can't imagine it being a problem, especially if you're using it as a sole hard drive.. I have the stock 1TB hdd as a secondary internal in my 2012 Mac mini, and if you pay attention to the OWC instructions on setup, it works like a dream. I can only imagine hardware not being compatible if anything. I really don't know 100%, but I assume you will be safe
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I have had this drive for about 2 months now. I am connecting using the Thunderbolt cable. Very fast, able to back up my Mac Book Pro in less than 15 minutes. The case is very nice construction, sits up so it gets plenty of cooling. Constructed very good. It makes very little noise. One nice feature I noticed when I power off the Mac Book Pro it turns itself off too. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a good back up system. I believe the backup program I am using is called Carbon Copy.
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If Carbonite is working for you I'd say stick with it. Having offsite backup is a good idea since it's unaffected should you have a house fire, flood, etc. As I said my review, I have serious issues with the speed of this drive. Backing up 1GB of data took well over an hour. By comparison, I was able to download the 4GB Mountain Lion update in just about an hour, on the same network, and both via wifi. Other reviewers have mentioned speed issues as well, so if you are concerned about possible problems I'd say that's the biggest possible one.
510903
I wish I could say I knew but I don't. That might be a good question to ask the company directly... I leave the MacBook plugged in as the default and working as our backup drive so I leave both on to backup in the background. Sorry I can't help more than that.
718487
No. 2008 MacBooks can only take 9.5mm (or thinner) 2.5" hard drives. This drive is 15mm thick. This hard drive is simply not designed to go into laptop/notebook computers. It is meant for OTHER instances when a 2.5" is useful.
427822
While I have never tried this particular hard drive with 10.5.x, I can't imagine there would be any problem. Macs running just about any flavor of 10.x should be able to use these external hard drives without a problem.
1218970
It works fine -- I am running mine like that on a 500 gigabyte drive that used to be in a Macbook Pro,
2137207
"Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems. I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive. Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it. Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way faster than it is now. Should you have more questions, please contact me via e-mail: rrllamas@gmail.com"
457650
I specifically purchased to back up my MacBook. I am unsure if you can reformat it to use it with a PC.
574744
I have had a 500gb & a 1tb,(both my passports), chained on a macbook pro newest model, with no problems at all.
842164
If it worked and I don't think it would, you would be waisting about $200 dollars on functionality you don't need. Buy an Mac compatible external hard drive instead and use Time Machine to back up with it.
919444
yes, use Time Machine. it's the native backup app for Macs. and for the love of stuff... DON'T UPGRADE PAST SNOW LEOPARD. not because of this hard drive backup solution... don't do it because Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks are all crap.
1156478
Well, I have a Mac and I just use the built-in time machine backup which does all of that automatically. So, I haven't used any of the backup software that comes with the hard drive, sorry!