External drive for Mac Mini !

Does the new Mac mini work with any other third party external Drives? Or must it by all means be a MacBook Air external drive?

any of these should work
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
but I did get the MacBook Air external optical drive form Apple.

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Formatted External drive for Mac OS extended

Hi,
I actually change from windows to Mac (no comparison...!!) but trying to transfer my photos (Pictures in finder) to an external hard disk i can`t drag and drop and i do not know why....i read in one forume that i have to formatted the external drive for Mac OS extended. First question: how could i do that? if my hard disk was originally formatted for windows, do i lose the info when i formatted?
Thanks!!

You will lose the files on the HD when you reformat it. So copy what you want off the drive to a folder on your Mac temporarily.
select the HD on the Desktop and launch Disk Utility.
select the HD in the left hand page of DU.
click on the Partiton button
select 1 Partition
select OS X Extended (journaled) in the drop down Format menu.
click on the Apply button
drag the folder of files onto the EHD to copy back and then delete from your Mac's drive after verifying that they all copied back successfully.
OT

External drive to Mac mini

Hey guys...I just got a mac mini...and I m new to a apple computer...I tried to plug in a external hard drive but it only allows me to get data out of the drive but not putting data back into the drive...anyone got any idea how can I put data back into my hard drive? Many Thanks...

halu_aoi wrote:
do u recommend to buy a Time Capsule then?
a TC is basically a wireless router with a built-in HD. it is primarily used as a destination for Time Machine (TM) backups.
storing your precious media files on a TC is IMO risky. first of all, it will be difficult to back up whatever you store there - you cannot use TM. secondly, if the TC needs to be replaced, it will be difficult to retrieve the data from it.
it wont work if its more than a 4g
that's a limitation for FAT32 formatted drives. NTFS formatted drives can handle bigger files.
it seems you would be willing to dish out some $$ for a new drive. in that case, i recommend buying a firewire drive (get as big a drive as you can afford in order to be more or less future proof), format the drive for Mac (HFS+) and copy your content from the old drive to it. use the old drive as a backup.
many users here recommend the drives provided by [OWC_|http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400USB] or [LaCie|http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11156].
if you're willing to spend even more, buy a refurbished [_*AirPort Extreme*_|http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC340LL/A?mco=MTc4MzI5NzM] and connect the new drive to its USB port. that way you can share your media files wirelessly over your network.
JGG

How to format an external drive for mac AND pc use

i want to format my external drive so i can use it on my mac and on pc's as well. i've gathered that the MS-DOS format is the way to go. my question is this: would this create any problems for my mac then?
can i partion one part for ms-dos and part for macos extended?
cheers
-j-

MS-DOS format (or FAT32) will be fine for both Mac and PC. However there is a 4GB file size limit with FAT32.
You could use a dual partition, however the HFS+ partition would not be readable by the PC unless you installed the third party MacDrive.
Look at this page for more information on a dual partition drive for Mac and Windows.
http://macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030613121738812
iFelix

External HD for Mac mini

Hi there.
I'm looking for an external HD for my mini, 250GB will be ok.
I saw the LaCie, Iomega and the Ministack and was wondering if some of you have experience with any of these or know better ones. Another question is are the LaCie and Iomega 3.5" [that makes them faster doesn't it?].
Any recommandation welcome thanx in advance, Rob.

I suppose you're asking about the LaCie Mini and Iomega (is it MiniMax) drives ?
As far as I know, all these drives carry 7200 rpm, 3.5" drives, which makes them faster than the Mini's internal (4200 or - maybe - 5400 rpm, 2.5").
Personally, I chose to get a standard external HD (LaCie d2, 250 GB, 7200 rpm, 3.5", 8 MB cache - I think the new models come with "at least 8 MB of cache", which means some models come with a 16 MB cache that makes them even faster) because, even though the Mini-clone hard drives are faster than the Mini's internal (typical spec. 34-35 MB per second - maximum sustained data transfer rate), the standard ones are even faster (mine is supposed to reach 40 MB per second). When booting off that drive, the difference in speed, when compared to the internal, is substantial. I have never tried a LaCie Mini or similar drive, so I can't tell you if my drive is really faster or if I "wasted" my money. However, I'm really happy with it.
Apart from the Iomega and the LaCie, which come from reputable brands and should serve you well, there are other similar drives, such as MacWay's Mini Partner or Micronet's (not to be confused with Micromat > TechTool) Mini Mate, which have pretty much the same functionality, but also act as FireWire/USB 2 hubs. Don't know where you can get them, but if you are in the US it shouldn't be too complicated.
Hope this helps.

Can't format external drive for Mac

I got an external Seagate Freeagent 750GB drive to use with my new Mini. It came formatted as a windows FAT volume. Since I don't have a FW400 to FW 800 cable yet, I have it connected via USB. When I try to reformat as a Mac drive (with any of the 4 case-sensitive / journaled options), I get an error, but I can then reformat as FAT. Does anyone know how I can format this drive as mac and what the problem is?

It may have something to do with the partition scheme. There are at least three different schemes. One is used for windows formats (so you can use FAT32 or NTFS format), one is used for Intel Mac (probably GUID, not sure), and one is used for PowerPC Mac (probably the Apple Partition Map, again not sure). I don't know whether it is smart enough to choose the appropriate scheme for you when you have selected a format for your partition. Try to select the right scheme for Intel Mac first, and then decide on the format on each (if you have more than one partition on that disk) partitions.
I think you have to make sure the format is compatible with the scheme, especially when you have multiple partitions on one disk. You can't format one partition to FAT32 and another to HFS+, although it will try to do something, but it will end up with error.

HD DVD Drive for MAC mini

Hey. I really want to integrate a Mac Mini into my home theater. However, I want it to play HD DVDs that I buy at the store. Is there a HD-DVD-ROM drive available that could be installed in a mac mini that would support HD-DVDs? And does Mac software even support playing back HD-DVD content?
Are there any rumors that the next mac mini will support HD-DVD playback or Blu-Ray playback?
( I know the Mac plays back HD DVD content made with DVD studio pro. That is different from the HD encrypted content that comes on an HD-DVD from the store. People have tried it with Xbox's external HD-DVD player. It works on a mac but only plays stadard DVD since there is no software for a Mac that can play the encrypted HD-DVD...or whatever you call it.)
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It appears there is limited Blue Ray support according to one entry at:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso
As for rumors, please read the terms of use on the right. I think you'll find any answer to your question would violate them. Especially when it comes to this passage:
"2. Submissions
Search or browse for existing answers before you ask a question. Someone else may have asked your question — it may save you some time.
Stay on topic. Apple's discussion forums are here to help people use Apple products and technologies more effectively. Unless otherwise noted, don't add Submissions about nontechnical topics, including:
That Apple rumor you saw on another website. [my emphasis]
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External Superdrive for Mac mini?

Recently I got a disc stuck in the drive of my mini and for the life of me I can't get it out so...I was wondering if they make an external Superdrive that will work with the mini. I had a look at the website and found one that says its for the macbook air, would that one work?Thanks in advance.

Speaking for myself, I typically offer links to that vendor because they have Mac, and system specific, solutions which helps with a level of confidence that the problem is more likely than not to be solved. My personal experience with them as a vendor has born that out.
That said, there are other competent vendors out there too who also offer good service and stand by their products, so it's up to you who you use. The only thing that encourages me to OWC is that if you buy something they are offering as a viable upgrade or add-on to your mini and it proves otherwise, they'll resolve the problem.

Issues with external drive on Mac Mini / Lion

I'm using an external SATA drive in a Newer Technologies Voyager dock (which I like to call the "toaster") with a brand new Mac Mini i5 2.3G via FW800.
The drive was formatted using Disk Utility on a G4 running Tiger (10.4.11)
With the drive mounted, the Mini's performance seems to slow down, and it randomly dismounts the drive, with the usual warning, "you disconnected your drive without dismounting it first, bla bla...)
I think I remember when Leopard was new, there was a firmware issue that had to be dealt with, and when moving drives from OS 9 to X and back to 9, I lost access to the data on the drive.
I'm also aware of the partitioning scheme difference when formatting drives for use on the Intel machines.
Could either of the above have anything to do with the problem I'm having here?

I'm not an expert in this, but as far as I know, GUID only comes into play if you want to boot from it, but...... you never know, it could - here is an excerpt from Disk Utility:
If you’ll be using the disk only with Mac computers, choose GUID Partition Table.
Another thought is: how old is that drive? All hard drives fail sooner or later - have you tried to check it with Disk Utility or something like Disk Warrior?

Hard Drive for mac mini

Hi all
I am thinking of getting the: Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB for my mac mini. But I am just looking at this and thinking, does my mac mini sit on top of this? or does it go side by side? Also I have an iomega external HD which has USB support only. But is it easy to transfer all I have on my external HD which is linked to time machine to this new MiniMax HD? is it easy to set up? Also does anyone have any good review's about this product and is it any good? or can anyone recommend anything else? I have looked at time capsule, but i find that is too expensive.
Thanks

1. Your Mac mini sits on top of it.
2. It should be easy. I'd do this:
2A. Connect both drives to the computer.
2B. Open the old drive, select all the contents of the drive (don't go into any folders)
2C. Say copy, then say paste in the new drive. Get some lunch, it takes a while.
3. Super easy setup, just connect, setup Time Machine, and go.
4. People love these things because they look just like their mini, and it is a great drive.
Hope this helps!

How to run external drives w/ mac mini

Hi, I recently bought a mac mini and I have two external hard drives hooked up to it. One for time machine and the other for photos.
When I looked up this topic and did a search I found conflicting answers but I know so little about this...maybe I just don't understand.
Here is the question: should I leave the external hard drives hooked up 24/7 even through restart etc... or am I supposed to unplug them? Unplugging seems like it defeats the purpose of time machine. On the other hand I don't want to ruin any equipment. What is the standard practice?
Thanks.

I'll vouch for the 'get hot'. As in play a dvd for an hour and then take it out hot. Who needs a heater unit with multiple drives going?
I generally set the Time Machine to OFF and leave it there. Just before and after I add or subtract something significant, I hit Command key and the dock's Time Machine Icon together and choose the backup now function. Now I have a record of Before and After the event. (I also keep a physical log book of what events were changed day/time so if I need to turn the clock back to a specific event I know where to go rather than hunt and peck.)
ps. the less you let Time Machine make a backup any time IT feels like it, the longer your MB space will last.
Also, if you can keep your Time Machine backups and other storage saves to just before you are shutting down your system anyway, you can just turn off the drives after the computer is shut down. I learned to do this because my firewire Western Digital MY BOOK drive would only go to sleep mode otherwise even with the computer off.
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Kernel panics on LaCie external drive with Mac Mini

Hi there.
I recently purchased a LaCie external drive to use with my Mini. My intent was to boot from the LaCie drive and use the Mini for backup. Everything was working well until I upgraded the LaCie drive to 10.4.6. I started to get a kernel panic once a day. I reinstalled the OS (I have disks up to the 10.4) but held off doing software upgrades so I could try to isolate the cause of the kernel panic. I couldn't. I currently get the panic notice every few minutes, regardless of the version.
I am planning on taking both drives to the Mac store on Monday, but am wondering what my options are. Is it okay to use the LaCie drive as my start-up or should I get a bigger drive installed in the Mini and use the Mini as my start-up instead?
Is there any chance I can solve this kernel panic problem on my own? Reinstalling, running disk utilities, etc hasn't helped.
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Barb
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6) 40 gig Mini plus 250 gig LaCie external

ok first off how big of external drive
the reason i ask is this
on some external inclosures designed for the mac mini exceed 120 gig to 220 gigs you will have some major issues one is kernal panic one is the mac os x desktop becomes unstable and certain applications will crash like utilitys and even system preferences
and your dvd software will also have trouble playing dvds
i ran into this on a g3 tower and the same thing happens on certain models of laptops but i have never heard of this happening on a mac mini this is a first

How to format external drive for mac AND pc use

hi
i want to format my external drive so i can use it on my mac and on pc's as well. i've gathered that the MS-DOS format is the way to go. my question is this: would this create any problems for my mac then?
can i partion one part for ms-dos and part for macos extended?
cheers
-j-

There are a couple of disadvantages with formatting a
disk as FAT32. Firstly, there is a limit on the file
size for FAT32. I think it like 2 GB so if you
capturing video the results will probably not fit
into this file limit. Secondly FAT32 will not be
bootable. I alway clone my system to a backup disk as
bootable. That way if anything goes wrong with my
system, I can just boot from my backup disk and fix
it.
The problem with doing this though is that the drive will not be usable with Windows (which was in the original posting) unless you use the third party MacDrive software on the PC.
iFelix

Format external drive for Mac and PC?

Can I format an external Drive to have 1 partition for OS X and another for my wife to use with her PC?
thanks!
ray

Yes, just use Disk Utility under OS X to create two volumes on it, one Mac OS Ext, the other FAT. Use a Master Boot Record partition scheme (also known as “fdisk”).

External drive for Mac & WIndows?

I hope this is the correct forum for this question.
I need to format an external hard drive on a Mac, so that it can be read on a Windows PC. The drive will contain QT movie files, specifically media from FCP, which need to be referred to on a PC outside of FCP. Is it possible to format a drive this way? I looked at Disk Utility, where it seems I can choose the FAT32 format, but I understand this has a file size limit of 4GB, which may be a significant limitation with video files. If I can format a drive to to be read on a PC, will I still be able to read that drive on a Mac?
I have successfully accessed on my Mac, without a problem, media files which were written onto a PC formatted external drive. Can I do the same in reverse?
John

Mac OS X can read NTFS drives, but not write to them without third-party software.
Windows can't do anything with a Mac formatted drive without additional software.
These don't apply to drives shared over a network; in this case, treat all computers as if they had the filesystem capabilities of the computer the drive is directly connected to. If plugged into an AirPort base station's USB port, the drive can be either Mac OS Extended or FAT32.
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