Will this work with a Mac 10.6.8 OSX and with 2.0 USB port or 800 firewire?
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Works great with OS 10.6.8 and USB 2.0. I don't use time machine with it. I just access it manually when I need it through the finder.
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Hi Angela, yes, it will work on a mac with 10.anything and will work on usb 2.0 and 3.0, not firewire - you are good to go, I have 2 of them and access them wireless thru my apple time capsule!!!
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It works with 2.0 USB. If 10.6.8 has Time Machine, I believe it should work. (I had 10.7 when I first started using it). It's very simple to set up--you basically just plug it in and then open Time Machine, which will then ask you which disc to use for backup. It's the best investment I've made in terms of piece of mind.
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I have no idea whether or not works with a firewire. I use mine with usb3 and a pc. My son uses one with a mac and usb2 w/o problems.
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It is old 400 Female to new 800 Male. The adaptor plugs into your Mac with a firewire 800 port, then your old firewire 400 device will plug into the adaptor
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I purchased this product because I have a MacBook with a firewire so I was thinking to use it because firewire is faster than usb but did not work I did a review and said do not buy it
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I think it should. I have only used with Mac OSX Lion. It comes with power cord and firewire 400 cable. Apart from trs, xlr (this doesnt support rca)You don't need other cables unless you use firewire 800. If that is the case, buy a 400 to 800 firewire cable
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Do not think it works in your MacBook Air, this connector convert Firewire 800 to 400; you need to support firewire to USB converter, visit: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-IEEE-1394-FireWire-Adapter-Pin/dp/B000067SO3/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1380487592&sr=8-12&keywords=IEEE+1394+FireWire+6+Pin+female+to+USB+Male+Adapter
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It depends if you have a firewire on your macbook pro, so it depends the laptop
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I wouldn't know. Sorry buddy. I am using it with Mountain Lion and it's a firewire interface.
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I use Mac OSX 10.6.8 and 10.10 Mountain Lion with no problem; plug and play.
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Absolutely! It comes with a regular USB 3.0 cable and a Firewire 800 cable. If you want to enjoy the speed of firewire (The only real reason to pay this much for a drive), you'll need to get an adapter from Firewire 800 to Firewire 6-pin which are anywhere from $10-$40. I think this drive ships formatted as NTFS or FAT-32 (I can't remember which). Either will work with a PC. If you want to use it with both MAC and PC, you'll have to reformat it to ex-FAT before you start using it. Hope that helps.
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Firewire is a daisy-chained protocol. These drives have 2 ports, so you just attach a cable between the two and to the Firewire port on your Mac and you're all set. I have 2 of these devices set up this way with my 17" Mac Book Pro and it works great. Note that if you daisy chain a LOT of Firewire devices together you can get performance problems since signals pass through each device. But for a couple disk drives this should not be a problem.
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The WD My Book Studio 2 TB Firewire 800, has a firewire port and a usb port, if your mack does not have a firewire port it will connect through the usb port although at a slower speed than if it did at the firewire connection.
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It's unlikely. Firewire is controlled by a specific chip that doesnt exist in USB
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I use a FireWire cable to operate some digital equipment I own. My MacBook Pro doesn't have a FireWire output so I used the adapter to insert into my thunderbolt port which enabled me to attach my FireWire cable.
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If Firewire works on your computer already, then adding this hub should be fine. I've used it with Mac OS X and Windows XP on the Mac. I have multiple chained together connecting my Hard Drives, D-VCR, Cable Box and TV... all at the same time.
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I have used it on both Mac and PC and have daisy chained it with other drives on FireWire. It will do everything you are asking about here.
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You need to have a FireWire port in your PC. If, you have Mac, the port is already there.
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The one I bought supports usb 3.0 and esata-Not firewire-I think you can get one that does, just make sure to read the specs/see pictures-