Worth it for older MacBook Pro on 10.6.8? No USB 3, but trying to think ahead for when I update my computer.
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USB3 is the way to go if planning ahead. It is faster and is compatible with USB2 and USB1. If your plan exeeds 6 months, I probably wait because there will be better chip-sets available or an irresistable sales occurs.
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I struggle with it - it is difficult to plug the USB devices into the ports
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No reason that it shouldn't work. Any Mac that has a USB port and is running a vaguely recent OS X (at least 10.5, not tested on older) is compatible.
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I have a Macbook Pro OSX 10.6.8 and it works fine, I used it earlier today at work.
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I use this on a Late 2011 MBP. It lacks USB 3, but works flawlessly with current Mavericks.
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I'm pleased to say "Yes" it worked perfectly with my Macbook Pro 10.6.8. I had it plugged in and transferring a cassette to CD within 15 mins. of receiving it. I love this product!
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Yes, I am running it on my Mac with OS X Version 10.8.4. Bought it specifically for the Mac because it couldn't run a non-powered USB hub.
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Yes, you should be just fine. Just dont format your usb, or else all of your data will be wiped. Your mac should be able to use the usb just as fine as windows would
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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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It should. Says so on the box I got it in.It says Mac OS X 8.6 and Above. And open USB port. Weird how they say you can't when it says you can on the box....
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Cable provided works fine for 2.0 or 3.0 ............hope you have 3.0 usb port on your macjine because the data transfer is at least 5x faster !!! Sometimes I move 100's of gigs from one hard drive to another , and it makes a biiiigggg diff to have 3.0 usb port capability !!! Also , a free program that speeds up transfers is called Tera Copy .....works great !!!! Have fUN !!!
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups...I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner.BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable!Fingers crossed on reliability,Yikesboy
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It did not work for me, I believe the memory has to DDR3 10,600 to have 16gb working in the mid 2010 13" Macbook Pro, I could get up 10Gb using one stick of the 1333Mhz memory with one stick of the 10600mhz memory, I have also found at least one other person on the internet reporting a problem with the 1333mhz memory.
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USB3 is backward compatible to USB2, but you'll only get USB3 speed if you have a USB3 jack on your Mac.
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absolutely. I have 2 of them and both are great on my 2013 MBPro running the latest Mavericks. It's fine with earlier versions too, BTW. The speed of USB3.0 is great!!
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USB connection. It works on 10.8, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't backwards compatible.
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I couldn't tell you, I don't use pc I'm a mac guy. I worked in my Power Mac, but I now have an iMac and it won't work w/ new OS. Sorry I couldn't help more but I had mine before USB 3.0 became a reality.
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Make sure it's a mac formatted hard drive, re-format on your computer if you're unsure. It's hardware not software, what won't be compatible ? USB3 connects to Yosemite same way it connected to Maverick or Mountain lion.