Can a Western Digital 1.0 TB Black Caviar drive with Snow Leopard boot from this?
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pretty sure the answer is yes. the mimiting factor isn't necessarily the hardware, but snow leopard. Instructions for boot from a thumb drive are here:http://www.maketecheasier.com/create-mac-snow-leopard-usb-installer-disk/the HD should also work.
1970201
Yes, a Western Digital 1 TB Black Caviar drive with Snow Leopard should be able to boot from this easily over Firewire, if it is formatted with a GUID Partition Table.
1970202
This unit works great with the Black Caviar 1 TB, I have 3 of them but with windows operating systems running them not SL. I also know that in order for ANY system to "boot" from your BIOS has to be set up to boot from that drive specifically. Since I don't run Apple I can't tell you unless you check with Apple to see if it allows to operate a system from an external drive I would say probably yes. The Startech and the WD go great together for data and I have used it as a boot/operating drive but not with SL.
1700169
yes this drive will operate as a boot drive when designated so in your bios.
1848759
I have eight Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB WD30EZRZ in mine and they work great. They recommend 3TB, but I know of friends that are using 4TB.
1557638
No. This macBook pro uses IDE type of drive. SATA interfacewill not work.Mike
305284
None but its independent of the os so it should function like any other jump drive
1693529
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 don't think there's anything special about this drive that would make installing OSX difficult, I put 10.8 on mine just fine. Make sure you partition/format it first with Disk Utility so it has a GUID partition table and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.
1377106
Probably not. This model is a network drive. I use it to store and retrieve data/music from many different computers on my LAN. The USB version should be able to boot directly to a computer.
760796
I don't know the answer, I would suggest Dell should answer that. Or look for a model that has native solid state drive.
427823
I don't know because I use a later version of OS X. It worked fine with that. Maybe check the WD site? They most likely have full specs on their site.
67983
I think so but cant say for sure as I couldnt even get the thing to read a basic caviar green hard drive. spent 6 hrs going through forums to try to get the thing to recognize a simple hdd. piece of crap if u ask me.
1648265
If the boot partition is on that drive, then yes. You can see by shutting down you iMac, then hod the option key down when you tun it back on. If it shows up, you can use it. You will need to use your arrow keys to select the drive. Mouse does not work.
1534465
Worked great for me. Have it running as a bootable drive over thunderbolt through a Thunderbolt Display.
1010672
Yes. The drive will run at the maximum speed if your machine up to USB 3.0.
1605576
It will *not* work as a boot drive unless you have at least the 3,1 MacPro (early 2008).
1409690
Absolutely. Works great here on Mt Lion. Note: I replaced the drive with a 1TB OCZ Solid State drive, which only works in USB 3 mode, not Thunderbolt. THe original configuration works fine both ways though so if you use it as is, it will work perfectly in both USB3 and Thunderbolt modes.
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Is it compatible with "WD My Passport for MAC" 2TB Portable External USB 3.0 Hard Drive Storage Black" (WDBZYL0020BSL-NESN), sold by Amazon.com?