will the 3tb drive work with mac os X mountain lion?
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I have been using it with OS X Mount Lion since the OS came out with no issues. I have had no overheating issues, and although I don't use the WD software that is included I wouldn't object to it for any reason. Just format, load, and go...very easy.
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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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Can't see why not, it is Mac compatible and most likely not OS dependent. Double check the tech specs. The only issue I've had with mine was some type of overheating or other issue, couldn't access the drive and it did not show up in Finder. Next day all was well and has been since.
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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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Can't speak to your exact model of mac-mini or OS version, but I burned a 50Gb blu-ray data disk from a 2.6 i7 mini running mountain lion without any special installation.
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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.
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I don't have a MAC, but to my knowledge this is Sata and they all provide info via the Sata cables.. othern than that this drive is barebones.
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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.
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I don't think so because if you use thunderbolt on Mac; the drive get very hot and automatically reject itself. But USB 3.0 will be fine and the drive is speed nearly the same for both USB 3.0 and thunderbolt.
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Not sure, since I do not own a Mac computer. This question should be referred to the Seagate Customer Support.
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There is no reason why it wouldn't, even right out of the box. I did reformat mine with Disk Utility so I could put a bootable partition on it with the basic Mountain Lion install (emergency boot disk, really . . . have never had to use it, however). On the other hand, I have never had a problem with a disk from WD, Seagate, Hitachi or Toshiba working with OS 10. Hope this helpsDave
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Hi Gabby, I don't see why it wouldn't work. With an older Mac, you could prob use a smaller external drive though, say 500gb.
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I don't know if the hardware recognizes 6TB but I guess it should. I put on mine a 3TB and it works flawlessly with my MacBook Pro at least a year already.
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I talked about this in my review, actually, as my hd didn't come with the driver.. You have to install the driver in order for it to work on the mac unless you want time machine to reformat it for you (but then it won't work on a PC). There's also this link..http://blog.nolar.info/ntfs-3g-in-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-with-read-write-support/Hope that helps..
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
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I am currently using a 2 TB WD My Book for Mac on OSX 10.9.1. It works flawlessly and am very happy with it. I set it up when I was still using Lion. Then upgraded to Mavericks and had no problem.
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I use mine with Mavericks and SATA III drives. The only problem I have is that USB 3.0 drives can kill your wifi on MBP
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Yes it will. It has worked wonders for me since i used it as a back up for re-installing Apple OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion). As long as you follow instructions on partitioning it. There are plenty instructions and examples on YouTube from different tech guys showing vids on how to back up and install OS (win or mac).
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Hello Linda, I have a 2TB version that works flawlessly with my 21" iMac (3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo version) running OS X 10.8.4 I see no reason for it to not work with your new MacBook.Best regards.