Will this enclosure work via Firewire with this HD HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit (0S03660) as a slave disk for Aperture/Itunes libraries? Will this enclosure work via Firewire with this HD HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit... » Read More Will this enclosure work via Firewire with this HD HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit (0S03660) as a slave disk for Aperture/Itunes libraries? « Show Less
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Yes. You should have no issues. I believe the enclosure accepts up to 4TB. I'm also using my Macally via Firewire 800.
499537
Sure ! It's FireWire 800, so for 400 you'd need an adapter cable, on either aperture or iTunes, you hold option when you open & create NEW Libraries, you can't have 2 libraries open at once, which I'm sure you know. I use mine as a passthru for some older FireWire 400 gear & as a second library for just the same as you're looking, only caveat ? It doesn't like to unmount.
499538
It should work fine, though I haven't used that brand drive myself. It's the correct type (SATA III).
1128359
Yes, I did end up replacing our hard drive and it worked seamlessly! I got the WD 1TB sata II 7200 rpm 8 mb unit. (Wd10jpvt) It looks cheaper now too by about $30!I now have a lot more room and the laptop speed is back up to normal now. I also got the vantec nexstar tx 2.5 sata to usb external he enclosure and definitely nice! Well built and solid!
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The red-topped Core i3-3217U NUC has a single mSATA internal port, and a place for one standard-sized mSATA drive. However, there do indeed exist mSATA-to-SATA converters, which fit within the space of the mSATA drive (these are available in both standard length and mini length, and a mini length converter will also require an extender. Once this mSATA-to-SATA converter has been installed (and, which prevents the bottom cover from being reinstalled), then you may indeed connect a conventional SATA hard drive (2.5" or 3.5") to the converter. This requires an external source of power for the hard drive, of course. Once the H-suffixed NUCs became available, and which can accommodate BOTH mSATA and conventional 2.5" hard drives, I focused my attentions on the H-suffixed models. However, I find that the red-topped NUCs are quite handy as these are quite compatible with MacOS X Mavericks out of the box, and that is what I run on mine. My H-suffixed NUCs are run with Linux as a special MacOS X kernel is required on those Haswell NUCs.
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I wondered the same thing when I bought it since I wanted to be certain of this. The manufacturer said it was "compatible" with SATA III, but that does not necessarily mean anything. The external interface is USB 3.0 and limtied to 5Gbits/sec max throughput, of course. Anyway, after testing with a fast 3.5" 7200 disk drive, I came to the conclusion that the drive internally is running at max performance for its platter write speeds - as you can see from my reported review. Unless I were to check with an SSD, I would not be certain of the interface, but my educated guess is that it is is an internal SATA III interface ... hope that helps!
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This enclosure is powered from the FW800 connection. I don't presently have a USB3 interface on any of my computers but suspect it will work there, too. Additionally, I have a 5 volt, 2 Amp supply which came with a much older 2.5" external case that will fire up this drive. The outside ground terminal of the round 5V plug is roughly 1/8 inch in diameter, and that should let you find a suitable supply if you really need one. I have several FW400 and FW800 external drives in cases and rarely need this power supply. USB2 did not have enough power for a hard drive, and that may be why I have this supply. Does this help?
2097300
This is an enclosure will only hold a standard 3.5" Internal SATA hard drive. It does not include the hard drive.
48394
I installed a WD 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0 3.5 in drive in my StarTech 3.5 in Superspeed HDD Enclosure and it works very well!!
166013
I have a MacBookPro 17" Model A1229 from late 2007 with both Firewire 800 and 400. I use Firewire 800 to my Passport 1TB purchased from Amazon several months ago. I have it set to do auto Time Machine Backups every day. Never any problems. The new USB 3.0 is 600MB/s, Firewire 800 is 75MB/s, USB 2.0 is 60MB/s, and Firewire400 is 50MB/s. Firewire 400 will work fine, and is still offered as an option on the new drives. Good luck, hope this helps. Bill Rhodes
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp &lt; 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
937134
No, it will only work with the formats specified. It will not work with SCSI, FM, MFM, FireWire, or any other types of hard drives. The AC power cable that comes with it is also an extreme fire hazard. Google for "fire hazard vantec".
998908
Yes & No. For internal you need a 2.5" drive. If you put in an enclosure (like I did) you can attach via firewire or USB and will work just fine.
941053
It should - I believe that MacBook has a FW 800 port. You will need a FW 800 to 400 cable - the enclosure has 2 such ports. It also has a USB B socket, but file transfer would be slower than FireWire.
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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As far as encased hard drives, it only works with the Seagate Backup Plus series. BUT, it also works great with bare internal SATA drives, both 2.5" and 3.5". Bare drives have a tendency to lean a little bit when plugged onto the base, but that's easily corrected by any non-conductive material used as a spacer.
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These devices work only with seagate go flex hard drives. I tried it with a standard sata drive it does not work. Very lame! Not sure what type of drive you are referring to with 3/4TB size. Standard or go flex type. I didn't see go flex type so I'm guessing you are referring to standard - if so - they won't work.
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yes, it should i just bought one 2 days ago and it's awesome, i've got an old school mac g4 running 10.5 with two external drives connected via firewire (with all my vid's on them) and the WD box was able to connect to the computer without needing to do any kind of setup on the box. you just have to make sure your file sharing is turned on, on ur mac(durr). the only reason i say that it "SHOULD" is that my entire house is setup with gigabit, ie no wireless... so it should work so long as the WD box connects to the network that your computer is on. i'm just not sure how fast everything would be over wireless.
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Its only a 3.5 SATA hard drive connected to a USB 3.0 Its also backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Plug and play. But the manual does say either 2.5 or 3.5? I only used it for my desktop hard drive. I'm not sure how 2.5 would work.