My MacbookPro has stopped recognizing this hard drive. Solutions? I had been using it on an Acer Netbook and my Mac, recently upgrading to OS X.
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I'm not familiar with Mac, but I think the problem is that you can not keep changing the format. I would advise that if it works on one of those, use it for that and purchase a new one for the other. The problem today is that programs and computers update too fast and the older ones become obsolete. Hope that helps.
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It comes with a driver CD that contains only Windows drivers, and I could not find any Mac drivers. A MacBook Pro does not recognize it,so I am pretty sure that they don't support Mac OS
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Ferguson, did you use the Mino HD on your non-intel mac? If so, how did you extract/edit files to work with? I was told that the HD wouldn't work AT ALL with powerpc macs.
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in the paper that comes with the drive it directs you to seesupport.wdc.com --> knowledge base article #287The 2TB version I just bought was pre-formatted for NTFS (which Disk Utility recognized just fine...I reformatted for Mac just for the better file system)
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I had the same problem with both of the ones that I bought. One of them doesn't even work as a thumb drive. I am not sure if this is a POS, or maybe they don't work with Mac?
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No Problem. I have the same series Mac Book Pro an it works like a charm. Be careful installing and you should have no problem.
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I had the same problem when I 1st purchased this product. Apple then had an update and I haven't had a problem since. This is the only external hard drive I've used with my MacBook Air.
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It should recognize is, there should be an updated drive to view it. Check the Seagate website for that.
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I am trying to use it with a Mac Pro. I can make it work but there are issues. The mac won't recognize it at startup. I have to unhook it and reconnect after startup. It works fine then, if I just put the mac to sleep its fine at wake up.
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Yes, I have a black version with my Macbook Pro. Before you use it, you have to format the drive using disk utility on your mac. Format the drive as ExFat file system and it works perfectly.
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Btw. Mine is a pro, not a plain MacBook. I don't know if that makes a difference
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You should probably find out if you have a USB 3.0 port on your machine or plan on getting a docking station in case your Macbook doesn't recognize this external drive.Personally, I have it working on a Toshiba laptop using W8.1 without any problems (read/write DVD single and dual layers + read/write Blu Rays) however it needs at least two USB ports to get enough power to function (I'm using 1 usb 3.0 port and 1 usb 2.0 port) so make sure you have enough available ports to power this.
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The first thing you have to do is to make sure that the drive is set to the format your MAC uses. It should work perfectly fine.
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You should probably find out if you have a USB 3.0 port on your machine or plan on getting a docking station in case your Macbook doesn't recognize this external drive. Personally, I have it working on a Toshiba laptop using W8.1 without any problems (read/write DVD single and dual layers + read/write Blu Rays) however it needs at least two USB ports to get enough power to function (I'm using 1 usb 3.0 port and 1 usb 2.0 port) so make sure you have enough available ports to power this.
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I had to use a flash hack to roll back to earlier macbook pro 15 firmware that set it for 1.5GBs, it seems to work ok. I did read where some folks on forum said it was the SATA cable on the Macbook Pro that was the problem and they bought a newer cable and swapped it to fix it
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"Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems.I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive.Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it.Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way faster than it is now. Should you have more questions, please contact me via e-mail: rrllamas@gmail.com" "Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems.I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive.Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it.Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way... » Read More "Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems.I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive.Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it.Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way faster than it is now. Should you have more questions, please contact me via e-mail: rrllamas@gmail.com" « Show Less
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Sending outback MacBook Pro would not recognize the drive or if it recognized the drive it said the computer could not read it.