macbook air with one usb can anyone confirm that this drive will work on the previous macbook air version which has only one usb port
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I don't know about the MacBook Air, as I have a MacBook Pro, but it does work for me using one USB only.
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to answer the question about Air Mac compatibility, I must first explain my purchase. I bought the drive because it was described as a LightScribe drive. It was not. So I never tried it on an Air Mac. Sorry ;-)
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As far as I know. I interchange use with it with a brand new air and an older MacBook standard...works flawless, no installs or anything
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I don't think your Ipad air has a USB port. Most Mac books do and will work with those two hard drives.
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Yes.I forgot about connecting a USB optical drive. Perfect.I like Android tablets but I think I'd rather spend about $300 more and get this. Its not like I'm going to replace this soon. New Macbook Air is C2D chip. In that sense I think this is a pretty sweet deal. Any case lets wait for some reviews.
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I believe there has been a software update that allows this drive to work with older iMacs too. I have this drive for the Macbook Air. When I bought it in mid 2011 it was made very clear by Apple that it only works with the certain Apple products such as the MBA. When the Superdrive in my early 2010 iMac 27" died, I plugged the USB Superdrive in just to see what happens. It works perfectly as a Superdrive for my iMac.
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Yes it can. I am using a MacBook Air and it works fine. It is faster to transfer files from the Drive to the computer then from the computer to the drive, but it is not too bad.
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I have not used it on a MacBook Air, but Apple makes a proprietary FireWire adapter for the Thunderbolt port. If you MacBook Air predates Thunderbolt, it may be hard because your hard drive is supposed to operate off of a threshold speed. If you have Thunderbolt, you will need to buy Apple's adapter, then this, and I would imagine you could hook it up pretty easily. If you MacBook Air predates Thunderbolt, I am not sure what you would do.
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Yes, it works perfectly with my Mac Air, so there should be no problem for other Macs...(though I needed a port extension because the drive needs two ports)I hope I helped!
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Using on a Mac, you only need to use a single connector. It provides both power and data from the computer. This unit works very efficiently using only 1 USB connector!
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I used it for high speed transfer form my MacBook Air to my iMac so don't see why it would not work for two MacBooks as long as they have the ports and you use migration to transfer
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The drive is supported, it comes formatted in fat32. You can reformat to mac only or exFat if you want. USB 3 is not supported on macs (yet, you'll need a new mac), but the drive works just fine.I have 2, use them both on mac's and pc's with no issues. Great drive, really fast even on usb2.
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It has been awhile since I ordered this hard drive, but as I recall it was specific to Apple/Mac products. I would read the description again to make sure the one you order is for the Mac. If so, yes it will work with the Macbook Air. The major difference between the Macbook Pro and the Macbook Air is the Air does not come with a CD/DVD player which makes it much lighter than the Pro. It is a very good external hard drive. I wish I had bought the 2TB.
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I actually own both types of USB's shown in the picture and both of them work without any issues. I run a Mac OSX Version 10.8.5.
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Greetings Brian, no. USB 3.0 is the most recent version of USB. You will have to have a newer Mac to get the full USB 3.0 speeds with this drive. I have a Mid-2010 iMac and it has USB 2 as well as a Firewire 800 port. I use the Firewire port for this drive and it works fine to watch movies and such. It has the option for USB2 as well and I have another one of these drives using the USB 2.0. In honesty it works fine to watch movies off of as well.
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I don't have a MacBook (but I have used macs in the past and like the ability to just plug something in and have it work - but would encourage you to look elsewhere for a good external USB drive - the one I got was a POS!
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Yes, you should be just fine. Just dont format your usb, or else all of your data will be wiped. Your mac should be able to use the usb just as fine as windows would