What other external hard drive would you recommend for a Mac laptop? I purchased the WD Passport and it's not reading/writing properly.
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I am sorry to hear that your product is working properly. I will say this though if you are looking to return the current product for another I would strongly recommend the ex hard drives made by the brand G-tech. Take your time and scour through the product descriptions to find the one that suits you best. When I was looking for a new ex-hhd at the time I purchased this one G-tech was a close second and only because the brands prices were out of my range.
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Well that depends on what you want to use it for.... Judging by the brands only I have used I like WD and Lacie. But again, choosing the right one will usually depend on your needs.
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you can get any external drive ..... for it to work properly on a mac the first thing you will have to do is format it to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" then every thing will go smooth if you are using a mac only.
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Also before dropping it i would also recommend formatting it and adjusting its security and other settings using the software downloadable from WD directly
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I had the same problem when I 1st purchased this product. Apple then had an update and I haven't had a problem since. This is the only external hard drive I've used with my MacBook Air.
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I've never heard of any external hard drive NOT working on a PC... You might have to reformat, but HDs labeled for Macs should work in PCs (but NOT the other way around!).
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It is working just fine for mine. I never seen that note.I have WD passport 2gb. Not sure how old, but not the latest one for sure
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Yes. I bought this item this year for my Mac Book Air which runs with OSX Mavericks. My WD My Passport works perfectly and haven't had any problem since.
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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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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive STAA1000100 (Black) I use this one and it rocks and you just have to install the mac software
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I actually returned this HD. Wasn't reliable and would read on and off. I had a Mac though. I prefer the passport 2TB. Much smaller/more reliable
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Haven't tried large files, do not own a MAC, but noticed it writes slower than my older USB 3.0 drives.
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The drive came with a USB cable and a power adapter. I already had a WD 3TB HD for my mac. It has worked so well that I decided to get another one. Haven't had any problems with either.
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Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
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I can't confirm that it will work with the Mac version of the WD My Book, but it DOES work with the non-Mac WD My Book. I have it hooked up to a 1 TB WD My Book.
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Haven't had that, but after 3 months Lenovo says my hard drive went out and has to be replaced. I lost everything on it and it has to be sent in for repairs. I am never buying a windows machine again. My MacBook has been going strong for 4 years.
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Per my recent review, I had a similar problem. I plugged in an old MSDOS external hard drive and the Apple could see it but not copy from it, which it does when plugged directly into the Apple computer.
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the drive comes preformatted for windows so your mac can only read but not write you need to call seagate and have them provide you with the paragon driver for you mac.
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Not sure what your question is, but my drive failed repeatedly when I tried to copy the files from an old drive. I sent it back, got my refund, and bought a Seagate. I was using it with an old Mac OSX.
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I use Mac and I didn't have a problem. There is an additional download of NTFS on the Seagate support sight that might help but I didn't need it. I plugged it in and didn't have to turn it on for my computer to recognize it. There is a factory reset button on the bottom which you might try. If the unit doesn't power on it even when it's disconnected, it may be bad from the factory.
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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!