Mac Compatible? Hi I was wondering before I buy this external hdd: is it compatible with the newer macs (intel)?
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No reformatting necessary as the hard drive ships in FAT32 format, which is instantly compatible with a Mac. If there is /any/ chance that you will be hooking into a Mac and a PC at some point, I'd highly recommend leaving the formatting as is (of course you can wipe the drive and then reformat it in MSDOS format through Disk Utility). You cannot easily write to a Windows (i.e., NTFS) drive but you can read it on a Mac. Have no idea as to whether a Windows machine can read/write something that is Mac formatted, however.
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I would say no since the latest drives I could find were for Power PC. It looks to be pretty dated drivers for the Mac.
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it is only Mac compatible in that you can plug it in to your Mac, and it will show up as an external hard drive, like any other USB device. However, you can't get online and unlock the special items on Barbie.com, since it requires Windows Media Player 11 and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, both of which are not available for the Mac. If you have an Intel mac with Windows and Boot Camp, it might be another matter... Wish I'd known this before I purchased it for my little girl for Christmas- we own 5 macs and not a single PC, and she was sorely disappointed to tears when she found out it couldn't interface with the Barbie Website...
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Hey Nelson, i'm not sure, i installed this drive into my late 2007 Intel Macbook Pro 15" 2.4/2.2GHz and it worked like a charm. :)i would research your computer model on google and what cd drives it is compatible with.sorry i wasnt more help!
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Hi, I'm Jewel with Kingston Technical Support and would like to address your question. The DTHX30 is compatible with Apple computers in general and should develop any issues. The most common error I have seen is if the drive is reformatted on a Windows computer, the default format Windows allows is NTFS which is not compatible with Mac OS, so the drive is not accessible. If the drive is reformatted it would need to be formatted to exFAT or FAT32 (using our tool available on our website) for cross-platform support.
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I am using this external drive on a PC; sorry I can't say if it will work with a Mac. KAY
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This Drive is NTFS formatted so it will not work on MAC. For MAC system you will need either FAT32 or MAC journal formatted.
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Yes, the drive is compatible with a Mac, you'd just have to reformat the drive for the Mac file system, not a big deal to do though.
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The drive work fine in a Mac. I had to buy an adapter, because the one that ships with it won't fit the Mac case. I bought it from Other World Computing.
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It should be, if you format it for a Mac using disk utility (HFS Journaled) it should work fine.
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The Asus web site provides no answer to either hard drive format compatibility or networking compatibility with ANY type of computer. That's what's holding me back. A couple of 1 TB drives formatted HFS+ and networked iMac and Macbook Pro laptop, and I refuse to take the plunge unless there's documentation somewhere. If you find it, please post!
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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$.
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Drive won't mount. A new WD Caviar 1TB HD goes into a Mac G5 just fine, and accepts the SATA power cable, but has some trouble adjusting to the Mac's right-angle data cable. But even if I prop the drive up enough to accept the data cable, the drive doesn't show up on the desktop. Nor in System Profiler or Disk Utilities. haifischHaifischRH308887haifisch
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Sorry, no idea. Stopped using Macs about 15 years ago. But afaik, no, its a standard hard drive with no other special pieces.
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Most likely you will not have a problem with it. External drives from reputable companies pretty much all are compatible. It's a great drive and I'm running it on a mac mini so you should be fine on a windows.
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Yes, it will work on Macs. WD markets an additional drive specifically for Macs, but it's all a marketing ploy. They are interchangeable.
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I have Mt Lion, I am not sure if there are any issues with previous OS's.. I can't imagine it being a problem, especially if you're using it as a sole hard drive.. I have the stock 1TB hdd as a secondary internal in my 2012 Mac mini, and if you pay attention to the OWC instructions on setup, it works like a dream. I can only imagine hardware not being compatible if anything. I really don't know 100%, but I assume you will be safe