“Mac compatible Concern is this portable HD compatible with a Mac out of the box??”

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• Yes. Just plug in the USB cable, and it should show up on your desktop. I would recommend buying SuperDuper backup software (just Google it, from Shirt Pocket Software), and turn off Time Machine. You'll thank me. Time Machine runs once an hour forever, unless you turn it off, which most people do. It will slow you down. SuperDuper can repair your disk permissions before you run a backup, and you can make backing up super simple and automatic. If your main drive fails, your Mac will automatically boot from your SuperDuper backup drive. It's about $30.00 and change, and it's good stuff, Maynard! You'll love their slogan--"Heroic System Recovery for Mere Mortals"--and it's won a bunch of awards in the Mac community. No, I don't work for them.

  Answered by MacAceInc 10 years ago

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• Yes, if it's the one that says "For Mac" on it, regardless of capacity (500GB, 1TB, 2TB, etc), it will work straight out of the box. I know this question is about 18-months old, but while submitting a review they asked if I knew the answer (since I own the product). Hopefully it will help someone.

  Answered by MacOwner 10 years ago

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• Yes, I had no problems with working with my new iMac. I had to do updates & software download to work with my PC laptop however.

  Answered by Tmbrwlvs 11 years ago

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• Yes

  Answered by Omegasr 11 years ago

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• Yes

  Answered by pjfs 11 years ago

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• Yes, it has worked flawlessly with my Mac both for storage, backup and a secondary partition to bootcamp from.

  Answered by aronslusa 12 years ago

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• I used it right out of the box on my Mac without a problem. ( Also works on Windows). Plug and go!

  Answered by catulk 12 years ago

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• Yes it is. I have used this drive with my iMac running Mountain Lion as well as my old PC running Windows XP. No problems with either OS.

  Answered by Tate8 12 years ago

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