Can this used as an external hard drive with a SATA III Vertical Hard Drive Docking Station and be formatted to work with a Macbook 2014?
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I don't see why not. I used to have a SATA drive in an external enclosure, formatted for Windoze and used as an eSATA drive. It worked for quite a while 'til the drive failed.
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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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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking. Yes that drive will work just fine in this docking station.
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Answer 1 that you already received is the right answer. SATA is a relatively new connection design and used for all new MacBooks except for those with the new Solid State Hard Drive which is soldered to the logic board. Order the one based on your model and serial number. Good luck.
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Don't think so.You can purchase an external docking station for around $30.00 that will accept both sata and IDE drives. The one I have will COPY the IDE to the satadrive. Check Amazon ans ebay for different brands and prices.Hope this helps
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Of course. The drive comes preformatted for HFS+, the standard Mac HDD formatting system, but all you have to do for Windows is reformat the drive in your chosen Windows format. Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jn9_ZvIkM
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I don't see why not...as long as its a SATA drive...and plugged into another mac
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What i first got for the docking station was a Western Digital Green 2TB 3.5" HD & partitioned it in half - one side to use as a backup for my MacBook Pro & the other side as storage for music, movies & the like...works fine. Seagate also makes good HD's... you'll just have to shop around to find something suitable...1TB drives can be found 2nd hand for a very good price - just need to check it out first... got my 2TB for $50 from someone that moved up to a 4TB drive & just didn't need the other any more. Had brought the dock w/ me to check it out. May you find what you need... Raimon What i first got for the docking station was a Western Digital Green 2TB 3.5" HD & partitioned it in half - one side to use as a backup for my MacBook Pro & the other side as storage for music, movies & the like...works fine. Seagate also makes good HD's... you'll just have to shop around to find something suitable...1TB drives can be found 2nd hand for a very good price - just need to check it out first... got my 2TB for $50 from someone that moved up to a 4TB drive & just didn't need the other any more. Had brought the dock w/ me to check it out. May you find what you... » Read More What i first got for the docking station was a Western Digital Green 2TB 3.5" HD & partitioned it in half - one side to use as a backup for my MacBook Pro & the other side as storage for music, movies & the like...works fine. Seagate also makes good HD's... you'll just have to shop around to find something suitable...1TB drives can be found 2nd hand for a very good price - just need to check it out first... got my 2TB for $50 from someone that moved up to a 4TB drive & just didn't need the other any more. Had brought the dock w/ me to check it out. May you find what you need... Raimon « Show Less
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Michael,Yes this drive will work in a hard drive enclosure to a Macbook Pro. The only thing you might have to do is change the formatting on the drive to an Apple compatible one.
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The dock is really just a hard drive case. The drives plug in and the dock connects to the computer via Thunderbolt. If you mac has thunderbolt, then you should be fine.
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No. This macBook pro uses IDE type of drive. SATA interfacewill not work.Mike
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I'm using it as a mirrored array on a Linux box, but you should be able to configure it as JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks). If I remember correctly, it defaulted to JBOD when I first used it. According to the technical specs it's Mac OS X compatible. http://www.startech.com/HDD/Enclosures/Dual-Bay-SATA-External-Hard-Drive-Enclosure~SAT3520U3SR
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All external drives will work with either a P C or a Mac If it does not say MAC or FOR MAC OR MAC ready then you may have to reformat the drive before you can use it.If you are not familiar with reformatting a drive, then get one that says its for the MAC then you know it will work for sure.
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It is USB 2.0 standard compliant. It will take a SATA II/III or IDE drive. If you Mac has USB 2.0 standard ports, then, if your drive is SATA II/III or IDE, it will work.
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Item I purchased works with 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro need something like http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Air-Retina/Apple-MacBook-Air-2012-Drive-Internal-Flash
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As an external drive, it should work with any Mac with a thunderbolt port. I use mine to hold a couple TBs worth of photos for work in Photoshop which is loaded on main hard drive. Performs fine for that. I have never done video work, however, but I think it should be fine.
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.