I am looking into getting this prduct. I have a MOS apple and it does not have the disk drive. I was wondering if i would have to by the attatchment in order to install this product or how it works. I dont want to spend that much money on something...
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Yes you would need to buy something to put the CD in, I hope that this is helpful. There are a lot of discs, but I like the program.
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Yes it should work just great. After you install, run the Apple hardware test (google to find out how) a couple of times to make sure you aren't getting any errors. That will take the better part of an hour for each run. If you pass OK, you should have no problems. If it doesn't pass, pop the modules back out and switch them in the slots and then repeat the tests. I also highly recommend that you be upgraded to 10.9 Mavericks. I used to get some rare kernel panics with this memory under 10.7 Lion, but after upgrading the OS they have disappeared completely. Then, if you haven't done it already, start shopping for a solid state drive. Since I added both to mine (late 2011 MPB) I couldn't wish for a faster more responsive system.
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People have done it but you have to literally tear the thing open as it is not designed for upgrading. Check youtube I think there are some videos. My recommendation is to not buy this as it is almost unusable it is so slow and adding 1 GB will just make it a little better.
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SO it says in the comment above that you should be able to download the software for Mac. This is why I purchased this device, and then when I called customer service the guy tells me the only software they have is in miniature cd format??? WTF.
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I have it installed under Yosemite 10.10.3 on a 2009 Mac Pro. It has been working well so far with no additional drivers (or power). I tested the speeds using Black Magic with the same drive connected to the Mac's built-in USB 2.0 and then on the Inateck USB 3.0. The speed difference was quite dramatic under USB 3.0, although I have been using the external drive only for Time Machine backups, so it is not a big factor in real-world use.
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Wish I'd paid attention to the mailings about the battery lawsuits. Can the MBA work with any hard drive with burning capabilities or is it engineered to insure that owners purchase the hundred dollar SuperDrive from Apple? (Last I looked you could pick up at good Memorex for $40.)
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It's installed but no disk. You need to create a recovery drive on a flash drive of at least 16 gigs which I bought for less than $10. It took about 2 hours, but no big deal.
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I didn't do that at all I just fallowed the instructions that came with it. Pluggin in my old drive via the USB stick. Mtn Lion, Mavricks, and Yosimite all can install via a wifi connection. So once the MAC boots up, if you connect it to the Internet it will restore itself from apples servers.
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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
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Hello, I use it on a mac pro, but when I install the hard drive from my old imac worked fine, the connectors are the same.
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William...... My son and I recently purchased one of these drives for our MacMini. We have a small photography business (Armillaryinc.com) and are now using the drive as part of our normal processing and as an integral part of our backup strategy. We are very pleased with the device. Hope this helps! Best of luck.
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Check he website. I think I saw some programs that you could download. But the drive works like any other so you can just use your OS backup software which works like a charm. It's really plug and play, no software needed.
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This will work as well as any other drive. The advantage of this style unit is that it is self contained. There are many external enclosures or NAS boxes available that will do the same thing. This is a reasonably priced plug'n'play method. Just make sure you know how much data there is to backup , then make sure you get something equal to or bigger in capacity. If you love your data then multiple backup drives are a smart option. I am not a fan of Apple in general but the backup software they include with OS X (Time Machine) is quite nice.
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I have excellent results with mine but I'm an MSDOS guy. About Mac, I know nothing. Have you talked to Mustek? Maybe there is a driver that will help. I had a problem with a RAID drive that seems to have been cured with a new driver.
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Put me in the frustrated club. Like another commenter I did not spend a lot of time, but it became clear that my use was not one of the primary supported methods. If you're not in Apple world, I would be prepared to devote some time to getting it to work. It should be possible, but the quick-start easy-setup is not going to do it, and once you get past that, you're on your own to some extent. Docs are not extensive, I didn't see if they have support.
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By itself, I don't see why it wouldn't work. I had this discussion with an Apple Genius and he questioned mixing SSD with current, disk based SATA drives. And, at $700.00 per drive, that's a big investment to max out your Drobo Mini with SSD's. This is a question better posed to Data Robotics. BTW. I am now on my third, replacement Drobo mini in 8 months. Their customer service-support is very weird. No doubt, filling this thing with SSD's would make it scream. Currently, having it maxed out with 1T - 2.5" disk drives, with a very large mSATA card and using Thunderbolt interface. I'm very happy. Again, it's hasn't been without some heartbreak. And, lost data.
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On my computers (Macbook Air and iMac) this loads as a drive and I can backup or do anything else I can do regularly with any other type of drive with this unit, up to its capacity of 128GB. Note, though, that my experience is under MacOSX and not Windows. My sense is that it should work the same way with Windows but i have not tested it. Good luck.