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hard drive advice

  1. MacConvert2007

    Need internal hard drive for MacBook Pro

    I need a new internal hard drive for a mid-2009 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11.6 with 8 GB RAM What is the maximum capacity I can get? Should I try a hybrid SSHD? Any specific drive/brand/model recommendations that are compatible? I can spend around $130 Thanks so much for your help.
  2. D

    Resolved Is the Western Digital Red NAS 8TB drive 100% compatible with the Mac Pro 4,1?

    I'm on the verge of buying this hard drive: https://www.wdc.com/en-gb/products/internal-storage/wd-red.html#WD80EFZX to use to clone my boot drive to as a backup. (I'm aware that they can be had for far less money via places other than from WD themselves). As it's a much more modern drive...
    • Diamond Dave
    • Thread
    • 4.1 clone el capitan hard drive advice mac pro mavericks raid 0 red snow leopard western digital
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  3. chicagofan00

    Drobo 5D3 Advice Needed

    Looking for some advice here as my head is starting to spin with some of the options. I just ordered the top of the line iMac with the only config change being a 512GB SSD. With the small storage space offered by the SSD I'm looking to move my photo, video, and iTunes library storage over to a...
  4. P

    "OS X Base System" - Data is gone

    Hello, I was recently attempting to update one of my apps through the App Store, and the computer was shut off during the installation. Now the hard drive reads "OS X Base System", and only has 6GB of data on the drive. If I go into the drive, I am unable to find my user folder with any of my...
  5. maikentorrild

    HELP- which icy box do I need to save my MacBook Air hard drive/SSD?

    My old MacBook Air died but I managed to safe the hard drive. I need some kind of icy box to convert my old data from the harddisk into my new MacBook Air. But I have no idea where to look or which one to choose? Please help :)
  6. TonyTiger66

    iMac G3 333 external hard drive boot question

    Hello, I have an iMac G3, 333mhz. It has never been upgraded; it still has just 32mb RAM and a 6GB hard drive. It was running OS 8.6. It basically gets used as a word processor and music player (Cd only). We are very fond of it, but the hard drive has gone down. We have other macs (lots!) but...
  7. Numpty1986

    PLEASE HELP! MacBook Air issue

    hi all I purchased a second hand MacBook, it was all working fine, good condition etc, I tried to change some details and it said I needed an admin password, I asked my partner (who purchased it for me) to message the guy and get the password, being a man he decided that was too easy and...
    • Numpty1986
    • Thread
    • hard disk failure hard drive advice hard drive failure lion server macbook air
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
  8. thes&mman

    I have an Old MacBook 4,1 and want Itunes 12.5 so i can connect to ios 10.3.1 iphone 7

    Hello everyone, I have a MacBook 4,1 A1181 EMC no.2242 [which I got for free] currently running os x 10.6.8. I am in the process [haven't actually spent any money at this time] of upgrading my ram to 4G via two 2G PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM @ 667 MHz as I only have the 1G installed as two 512MB...
    • thes&mman
    • Thread
    • hard drive advice hard drive upgrade help please iphone 7 itunes 12.5 jailbreak ios 10.1.1 macbook 4.1 os x 10.6.8 os x 10.9 ram upgrade
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook
  9. B00mI

    Macbook wheel of death

    Hey I have a problem with my macbook pro a1398. after one minute of working i get the rainbow wheel of death and even though i can move the mouse i cant click anything. I go to reboot\recovery mode and do the first aid option and it says everything is ok,but then after a minute or so one of the...
    • B00mI
    • Thread
    • hard drive advice hard drive failure help macbook 15"
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. flying.squirrel

    15k drives with RAID

    early MacPro 3,1 with RAID card and 2 15k rpm drives. Want to toss this RAID card so bad. Sorry I ever got it. That being said, if I yank out the RAID card can I still use the two 15k drives? One for OS and other for Logic, say? I'm assuming there are cables connecting each to RAID? How...
  11. D

    External Hard Drive Recommendation for imac

    I'm looking for someone that's Mac friendly to help out with little things here and there. I need my own personal "genius" without having to go to the genius bar. I'm currently researching external hard drives and I'm not sure which brand, how many TB's, etc. I just bought a few different...
    • drmroth
    • Thread
    • external hard drives hard drive advice portable or desktop hard drive
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
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