Hi, just one quick question: why does this mac not have the OS X mountain lion if it is an upgraded model of the MD232LL/A?
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I don't know, but it's probably because it's a pre-Mountain Lion release. No worries - Apple provides a free upgrade to the new OS!
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I honestly have no idea. My husband ordered this for himself while on deployment (he's still currently deployed). And I do not remember what version of OSX he has.
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I just installed this drive in my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro. Here's the steps I used:1. Time Machine backup to external 1 TB WD Passport Ultra. 2. Download OS from App Store and make a bootable flash drive using Lion Disc Maker 2 to reinstall Mountain Lion.3. Install new MX100 SSD. 4. Boot while holding "Option" Key5. Install Mountain Lion from flash drive. 6. Boot up and install Time Machine backup from external driveEverything is exactly how is was before I upgraded to the new MX100 SSD.
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I am using the Maverick server in a soho environment. I did upgrade the memory to 16Gb to handle things better. I do not have the page addresses where I found the answers to your question. But basically you have a Mid-2010 machine which runs Maverick and Maverick will address the additional memory. As to issues such as Anthony B. addressed, I really don't have any help for you. Without looking though, I believe you can install Maverick & Server for less money than Mt. Lion unless it comes with the mac mini. You'll need to double check that.
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Upon purchasing my computer, the specs show "Mac OS X v10.5.6" as my OS. So, I am wondering if there is some information that is screwed up. All I know is my computer came with Snow Leopard on it, and I upgraded it to Mavericks. Let me find the seller of my Mac. I will forward that information to you. They may be able to help you better than I. Upon searching for the seller of my computer, I didn't seem to locate anything other than their name: The Mac Toy Store. I am pretty sure you can Google the name and find their contact information. They were super helpful throughout my purchase. Good luck!!!
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I did get a firmware update on mine (using a Windows PC). I'm not an Apple person, so I'm not sure if updates work via Mac. I don't think it took long for the update. Do you have any friends with a PC that would let you borrow it for this purpose?
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I have Mavericks OS 10.9.4 and it works fine. I don't know how far back it goes. The box it came in was destroyed in our earthquake so I don't have the Mac specs handy, but I would guess it might go back as far as Snow Leopard, maybe earlier, but that is just a guess. Is it not supplied with the sales specs for the product? Sorry, I don't have more info handy at this time. I do have to say that I have moved on to Rosetta Stone. They have a terrific sale (50% and I bought the full program Levels I-V for about $250. Don't know if it's still on, but I received it just before the quake. Now that Our house is about restored, I'm getting ready to load it up.
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The box says OS X 10.5 or later. I would suggest you go to the Western Digital website and see if they have any info. You might find a more compatible drive there.
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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I am consideing buying this for my mac bk pro, the tech data of this machine says compatible to Leopard.....how about Snow Leopard? Anyone using this HD with Snow Leopard?
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I couldn't get it to work at all on mountain lion. One support person confirmed it won't work on Os X at all and the other person assured me it would???? I never did find an external modem that would work and ended up using Nextiva.com for my fax.
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I recently received the WD 3 TB FW800 external HD and it works great with Snow Leopard. I do not have Mountain Lion so I can't say for sure, but I believe that it would also work with it just as good as Snow Leopard - I don't see any reason why it wouldn't. Since I have FW800 port and not USB 3.0 - I love this drive and am very happy with it.
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Forget it, they dropped support a long time ago. I sold it as soon as I found out there would be no new driver for Mac. I think the latest one works with Leopard or something.
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I recently bought a MacBookPro Retina, and could not the old 2007 version of Quicken, as I have several accounts linked to each other. Fortunately I found on sale at Amazon a newer released version of 2007 Quicken that works very well with Mountain Lion. I strongly recommend it. Previously when this new 2007 version had not been yet available, I had bought Quicken Essentials, and found it almost impossible to use, and wasted my money. I did not try any other programs.
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I use it with Mavericks with no problems and Mountain Lion prior. Plug and play.
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I know that mountain lion cannot be installed on this older model.. I do not know for sure on maverick.
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Yes. The Mac version is (obviously) formatted to be fully compatible with all Macs. You can very easily format it to an exFAT file system (look for tutorials online) to make it work seamlessly with any modern Mac AND Windows computer.BTW, consider upgrading from Mountain Lion to the latest OS X Mavericks. It's easy and free.