Has anyone that has bought and used this flash drive been successful in using it on a Mac Pro ? If so, did it eventually develop any problems ?
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Mac Pros tend to have problems with USB 3 devices. Suggest a good USB 3 expansion card like SIIG and an extension cord. Hubs seem to have lots of problems. Also repartition the drive as GUID and use HFS+ formatting.
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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 running it just fine on 10.8.4 on a 2-3 year old Mac Book. I just downloaded the software from the website and it popped right up. Been very happy with it so far. I have been running at the max resolution (1920x1080) with no problem. I did a lot of research before buying, here's my advice, this was the best USB 2.0 device I could find and the price is great BUT if you have a computer with USB 3.0 I would look at USB 3.0 devices. Hope that helps.
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It's just plug and play. I have a 2011 mac book pro and have use this drive several times with no issues. Just remember that macs don't have native Blu-ray playback. You'll see the disk mount, and you can even burn to recordable disks. But you will need 3rd party software to play movies. There is free stuff out there if you google it.
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I can't speak for Life Span on this particular drive since I only have it for a month. So far, the unit work beautifully on my macbook pro 17" 2009. To be honest with you, I don't use it differently from the stock HD. I unplug the power cord, fold and put in my bag without quitting apps or shutting down and it wake up just fine. I can't even advise any Do & Don't for you. I've heard people concerning sleep mode issue and so on... The reason I pulled for this SSD. I've worked as a graphic artist for the last 18 years on apple macintosh. I've seen many HDD failed over the years. We've upgraded all our 9 mac pros to SSD since 2010. We use our macs 24/7 for production and they're very reliable and fast compare to stock HDD. So far, one failed after 2 years. Base on these facts, I can't imagine going back to HDD again. Yes, It's not 100% just like an airplane and that's why you always backup your stuffs. Finally, SSD 2014 are much improve than 2010. The # won't lie and I would buy with confident. Thank you for asking and good luck on your search,
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I had had trouble with mine, it is difficult to remount. I had to mount it to a windows machine, then remount to my Mac. Support was less than helpful. I wouldn't buy it for use with a Mac.
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I have been loking around for an external drive, and I've noticed they all fail! IMO the best way to gois to have 2 of the drives and do a periodic copy of each to each. I have a free agent on my mac and it has been working perfectly, but I am looking for a drive to back up between a PC and a mac. Two cheap drives may be more reliable than a single more expensive, since they all fail and you cant "pay out" of the uncertainty. Change that: Buy two expensive hard drives and dont even fool with the Seagates..
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Hello, I use it on a mac pro, but when I install the hard drive from my old imac worked fine, the connectors are the same.
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You will find only negatives answer questions like this. I've had the 128gb model for over a year. I'm a photographer, i keep my lightroom catalog on it and all of my current working files. I transfer large amounts of data between this and my home network as i work, along with editing the files directly on the flash drive. Bottom line is this drive gets used very heavily. Still going strong.
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You should have no problem. My mac has USB 2.0 and this drive supports USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 natively. The only difference you will see is the data transfer speed, and honestly, even with USB 2.0 interface, the data transfer is pretty fast.
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I don't have a MacBook (but I have used macs in the past and like the ability to just plug something in and have it work - but would encourage you to look elsewhere for a good external USB drive - the one I got was a POS!
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I bought this drive for my macbook pro. I only plug in one of the usb inputs into the computer and it runs fine.
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Just got one and it works great, but no, it doesn't show up in Mac OS X as a drive. I'm using 10.4.6 and can't see it in the finder, disk utility, or in /Volumes/. Bummer.
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William...... My son and I recently purchased one of these drives for our MacMini. We have a small photography business (Armillaryinc.com) and are now using the drive as part of our normal processing and as an integral part of our backup strategy. We are very pleased with the device. Hope this helps! Best of luck.
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Yes, I bought this drive a year ago and have been very happy with it. Rather than use the software that came with it I did my backups manually, just the folders I wanted saved such as photos and documents. I've updated it regularly and never had any issues other than the cord can easily come out of it so I suggest when you do a backup to place both your MacBook Pro and the drive on a table and leave them alone after the backup starts to take place. I also make sure I have the power plugged in and have the screen set to remain on rather than hibernate so I can take a quick look to check the progress. Yes, I bought this drive a year ago and have been very happy with it. Rather than use the software that came with it I did my backups manually, just the folders I wanted saved such as photos and documents. I've updated it regularly and never had any issues other than the cord can easily come out of it so I suggest when you do a backup to place both your MacBook Pro and the drive on a table and leave them alone after the backup starts to take place. I also make sure I have the power plugged in and have the screen set to remain on rather than hibernate so I can take a quick look to check the... » Read More Yes, I bought this drive a year ago and have been very happy with it. Rather than use the software that came with it I did my backups manually, just the folders I wanted saved such as photos and documents. I've updated it regularly and never had any issues other than the cord can easily come out of it so I suggest when you do a backup to place both your MacBook Pro and the drive on a table and leave them alone after the backup starts to take place. I also make sure I have the power plugged in and have the screen set to remain on rather than hibernate so I can take a quick look to check the progress. « Show Less
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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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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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Installed in my 2008 Mac Pro with OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite). Transfer speeds are definitely higher when using to clone my startup (SSD) to another SSD. Instead of ~3 hours using USB 2, this took less than 34 minutes. The device does NOT work when I boot into OS X 10.5.8, and it disconnects my device when the Mac Pro goes to sleep ("Disk Not Ejected Properly"). But that's not a problem since no writing is being done while it is asleep.