I have an external SATA drive that I would like to use as an external hard drive for my iMAC. will this work on a daily basis ?
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Probably not. The connection to the power supply is very loose. If you can secure that, then maybe. For daily use, I'd recommend getting a docking station.
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defiantly yes, you might not like the cords looking untidy but it will work
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.
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I've replaced hard drives with SSDs in 7 iMacs spanning from late 2010 to 2012 and this worked in all... should be fine.
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I have USB 3.0 on my iMac, so I don't know if the drive will work with your computer.
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I would't risk it. I bought this dock and connected 2 Seagate 3TBs. It initially worked, so I went ahead and back up ALL my data. The next day the dock kept getting disconnected and now my IMAC won't even mount the drives. I tried another dock and seems that the drives have been fried by the Thermaltake dock. There goes 2.5TB of data!
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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
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Yes once its connected to your Drive and your computer you can use it like a external drive. Read Write. They don't recommend you use it for long periods or permanent in that instance, But it works great with IDE, SATA 3.5 and 2.5 drives well worth the money.
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The first thing you have to do is to make sure that the drive is set to the format your MAC uses. It should work perfectly fine.
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I've tried using memory that states Servers Only... and found that although the memory will fit in its desired slot... it will not operate... So I'm going to have to say if your IMAC isn't a server it won't work....
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I don't see it wouldn't work with your I Mac. It connects to your computer through a USB port. I do have to say that after having this drive for a year, I'm not sure if I would buy another. The main reason is that the connection with the USB port is not a tight fit and any little movement disconnects from your computer. Hope this helps.
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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 2.0/3.0they work great
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I am not sure but since everyone I know uses Mac and this external drive and many are on latest version of Mac, I would HIGHLY suspect that it will work just fine. This drive, with Time Machine, totally ROCKS. It is the best investment you could make.
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Yes, any USB hard drive can work with a Mac or PC. This hard drive is USB3, so if you have an older USB2 computer, it will just run at USB2 speed. If you have a newer iMac with USB3, it will run full speed. FYI, don't forget to format it to Mac's HFS+ format before you use it. Use the free Disk Utility that comes with every Mac.
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You could and it would work fine. I think that the drive would probably preform better hooked directly up to your iMac
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Sorry, I do not know anything about Macs. But, I would check your owners manual. The SATA connector should be the same, but the height of the drive could be an issue, it might not fit in your HDD slot. Good luck.
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I'm using two of these, one with a Toshiba drive the other with a Seagate drive, both using Firewire on an iMac. I have had no problems with either one.
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I use it on my Macbook as a time machine drive. I just plugged it in and it backs my machine up without any manual steps. So it can be used as an external without using any of the software that may have been on the drive. I hope this helps