How would you rate this drive on Mac compatibility?
1533364
Compatibility wise everything works except TRIM, as only apple certified SSDs have it enabled by default. TRIM is a set of instructions that collects the garbage your computer creates over time which causes your computer to "slow down" and deletes it internally so it stays at optimal performance. It can be enabled using a 3rd party application called Trim Enabler and it also has other features such as disabling the motion sensor in your macbook, because you won't be having any moving parts in your hard drive so it saves you battery by turning off the sensor. It also gives you information about your SSD's S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) attributes, benchmarks and temperature of your SSD. I hope that clarifies your question about compatibility, and as far as rating goes I wouldn't have a valid scale since this is the only SSD I've ever used in a macintosh system but from personal experience its a solid 5/5
1533365
It is fully compatible because you are essentially cloning your existing drive's OS onto this SSD. You then install this SSD onto your Mac and it should work. Keep in mind that when you clone your existing HD, you can only clone up to the capacity of the SSD so if you are installing an 240 GB SSD, you can only clone up to 240 GB from your existing HDD. This would be a good time to do some housekeeping and move all of your non-OS files onto an external drive so that you are simply cloning OS X (and other pertinent apps) onto your SSD.
1533366
It doesn't matter what OS as long as your motherboard supports a SATA 3 drive.
1533367
I have not used it with Mac yet.. but i think it would be the same results as it is with windows.Good luck.
563272
My 4TB drive is used as a backup drive in a Mac Pro computer (I have four internal drives). The first drive was faulty but it was promptly replaced by Western Digital and the replacement now works without any problems.
489055
I have the same question but it looks like the drive does not support Mac based on the spec on this page: http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html
2113270
Well you would have to format it to the mac format anyways, it takes seconds, drive is a beast!
2137309
It should be, if you format it for a Mac using disk utility (HFS Journaled) it should work fine.
1929600
Not sure, since I do not own a Mac computer. This question should be referred to the Seagate Customer Support.
748030
sorry not to answer your question directly but be I wanted to warn you that this drive only lasted 10 months before dying when installed on a macbook pro 2010 model. if you comb through other reviews you'll see the same report by others.
1213013
I've only used this drive for DVDs which works fine. I don't see why it wouldn't work it looks good with my MacBook Air too. I have no issues with this drive
147032
The box says OS X 10.5 or later. I would suggest you go to the Western Digital website and see if they have any info. You might find a more compatible drive there.
2028333
This is a hard drive meant to be installed in a server or Network Attached Storage. For performance sake, I would suggest getting a WD Black drive instead. That being said it should work just the same as this is a 3.5" hard drive, which is what is in this version of iMac.
952049
Of course. The drive comes preformatted for HFS+, the standard Mac HDD formatting system, but all you have to do for Windows is reformat the drive in your chosen Windows format. Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jn9_ZvIkM
2186783
It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
1008246
I replaced the drive on my white MacBook early 2009 with the 512GB version of this drive, and have had no problems, just a couple of annoyances. There's no SMART support on Macs, which seems like sloppy firmware programming to me. This drive is also not terribly energy-efficient when in standby mode. Other than that, I have no complaints... it's VERY fast and reasonably priced. I've seen no 'computability problems".
800770
This drive is probably formatted for a PC only. I purchased one that would not work on a Mac and returned it. Look closely at the descriptio and see that it work on the Mac OS.
2026104
I use PC not MAC. You could use this hard drive, however, WD support for MAC is not the best. I would suggest Seagate, Hitachi, or Samsung as they provide better support. You may also need to download additional drivers no matter which Hard drive you choose. I also suggest you check our ZDNET's recent article on the Best Hard Drives.
288400
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
1333345
I honestly do not know if this drive is Mac compatible. It was such a waste of money and a piece of garbage it hardly even worked for PC. What I can tell you is this drive: Samsung Ultra Portable Slim DVD+/-RW USB External Drive, Black SE-218BB/RSBS IS Mac Compatible and works awesome on PC and Mac and Linux. Its a bit more money, but it really is worth it. Dont even bother with the one for your question, its not worth 1$.