can i use this as a external drive with my IMAC home computer
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Not sure what you mean by "external drive" but i do not recommend this case. Low quality all around. When it comes to computer cases u get what you pay for.
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This will work fine just like any other external USB drive. If you don't want it formatted as NTFS, it can be easily formatted as FAT32 or whatever your need is.
725358
As an external drive, it should work with any Mac with a thunderbolt port. I use mine to hold a couple TBs worth of photos for work in Photoshop which is loaded on main hard drive. Performs fine for that. I have never done video work, however, but I think it should be fine.
455335
Yes you absolutely can. i have 2- 4tb seagate go flex drives sitting on these and daisy chained together into a thunderbolt port on a iMac. they can also be used in the same mannor on usb 2.0/3.0 they work great
1303113
Absolutely. I actually have two of these externals and they're both hooked up by USB 2.0 to my 27" iMac which is 5 years old and doesn't have 3.0 ports. I read that 2.0 is slower but they transfer data rapidly so I don't feel like they're too slow. They're great little drives. They take up hardly any space and they are extremely quiet. I don't even hear them. I've had no trouble with them. My last hard drive was also a Porsche and I used it for 8 years without a hiccup. You won't see me buying anything but this brand because they have been so reliable.
577668
Yes, you could format it as a NTFS or FAT32. Mac (as well as Windows obviously) supports both.
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Yes, you can store any data on it. If you are going to be using the drive with both Mac and PC, you should consider reformatting it as ExFAT, which is fully compatible with both. It will provide the most flexibility.
1038295
Yes. I used it to connect an internal Blu-ray burner/player to my iMac with OS 10.9. However, I would not count on total reliability. Depending on what you want to use it for, if possible, I would find something that has its own power source and already has a USB 3.0 built in.
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The iMac will read any files on there just fine, however to add anything from the iMac the flash drive would have to be formatted as FAT (instead of NTFS) so that both computers can save to it. Remember to save anything you need before formatting!
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I don't see why not...as long as its a SATA drive...and plugged into another mac
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According to both the online documentation and the documents that came with the drive, the answer is yes. I can also offer my own experience as I've been using these drives with both my older iMac w/USB 2.0 interface and my new iMac w/USB 3.0 interface and both work as expected. USB 2.0 speeds are MUCH slower than USB 3.0 speeds, so expect that your throughput will be lower than the max throughput indicated on the docs; plugged into a USB 2.0 slot, the drive will operate at USB 2.0 speeds.I hope that helps! Let me know if you have other questions.
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I have about 6 floppy disks with pictures, must of been developed that way. Can I use this drive with a Mac? I no longer own a PC.
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I have a desktop iMac without a DVD drive and it works just fine, so I don't know. I do remember reading somewhere that Apple's new external dvd will only work on computers without a DVD drive.
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Yeah, probably... 2 different file systems, but there is a way. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518
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Are you using it for the primary boot drive, as in installing MAC Leopard to the drive, or just using it as a USB flash drive to store files and stuff to? For the former I have no reason to believe that I would not work however I have only tried it with Linux, not saying much cause Linux can be installed on anything. As for the later case the file system that the drive is formatted to is what makes the difference, unless Apple has some global external memory limit that I don't know about.That's a long answer to say there is not a reasonable reason that it would not work.
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First buy the thunderbolt connector. It is less expensive to buy it from Apple. I then purchased an external disk drive. Good luck
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No chance. The cord is extremely short as it is designed to complement the iMac.