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will my seagate model srdoof1 work with new imac


Posted on Jan 25, 2023 9:58 AM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2023 10:03 AM

Yes, it will.

You will be required to format and partition the drive to Mac standards.

For the newest Macs that will be APFS formatting.

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Jan 25, 2023 10:18 AM in response to tunes99

Yes it will work for Time Machine or other storage uses.


Just keep in mind that those inexpensive off the shelf Seagate and WD portable hard drives tend to fail far more often than more robust desktop drives.


for examples of more robust external hard drives,

see > https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-mercury-elite-pro

and the faster > https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-mercury-elite-pro-mini/usb-c

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