Can I connect an Apple SuperDrive (optical drive) to one of the USB ports instead of connecting the drive directly to my iMac??
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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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The USB drive should be recognizable by any device with a USB Port. the only thing that would be incompatible is if you have a proprietary file type exclusive to Mac trying to run it on Windows. Files like pictures, videos and such should all be fairly universal and transfer with no issues.
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You can. My drive was formatted NTFS via usb and i connect to my Mac via Firewire 800 with no problems.
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Most of this era iMac's have a special SuperDrive. It mounts about 1/2" further back than a normal drive. If you substitute a MacBook Drive for one of these, you will not be able to push the CD/DVD far enough into the drive, to allow the mechanism to grab the disk and pull it into the drive. I do not suggest you use this drive. Use the Profile Manager to get the part number of the installed drive, and get that exact one.
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If you are using a Mac, you can use a program called SUPERDUPER, silly name, but it works incredibly well! You will need an external SATA to USB adapter so you can power and connect the drive to a USB port on your existing computer. Be mindful that the exact duplication process takes a while, my 320Gig drive took about 8 hours to copy to my 1TB!
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I believe the drive that is compatible with my iMac has a 4pin connector instead of the standard 8pin on top of the sata connection.
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Unfortunately, most third party hubs as well as our hubs are not compatible with the Apple Superdrive. Apple used a special drive and provides the drivers only on a Mac. It needs to be hooked up directly to the Mac to work. For further assistance, please email support@satechi.com. Thank you, Satechi Technical Support
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No, it doesn't. It won't work with any iMac that was originally built with an internal CD/DVD drive. Per Apple.
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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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I have it connected via iMac. I use an external hard drive w/esata to USB 3.0 adapter, iPod classic, and anything else that I have needed! Fantastic hub with lightning fast transfer speed!
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No, it doesn't. It won't work with any iMac that was originally built with an internal CD/DVD drive. Per Apple. Amazon should change their description so that potential customers don't fall into the same trap that we did. By the time we realized that for our 2010 iMacs, the drive was an anchor, it was too late to return it.
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Yes.I forgot about connecting a USB optical drive. Perfect.I like Android tablets but I think I'd rather spend about $300 more and get this. Its not like I'm going to replace this soon. New Macbook Air is C2D chip. In that sense I think this is a pretty sweet deal. Any case lets wait for some reviews.
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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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I have a 2011 27" iMac and it has 2 thunderbolt 10 gb connectors on the back of it. Purchase a thunderbolt cable and you will have a far better experience than using one of the usb 2 ports.
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It has two USB connections because it needs more than the 500mA that a single USB 2.0 port can provide. All the ports on my wife's iMac are in use, too. So I have 2 powered USB hubs. As it happens, I plugged one of the drive's cables into each of them, but you could plug them both into the same USB hub. You could plug the signal connection into your mini and the power connection into a powered USB hub that had no other connection to your mini.
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We use only one with our iMac to expand connectivity and it works great. What you want to do should work fine when you consider each port is completely cloned.
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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