Hard drives for my imac

Can my Imac or G5 power mac take any brand Sata disk.

Yes, either can take any brand of drive. The most recent iMacs use a temperature sensor cable that must be changed if you change brands of drive, since the drive vendors have not standardized on a single connector spec.

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Is it possible to use aMacBoock Pro as a hard drive for my iMac?

Is it possible to use aMacBoock Pro as a hard drive for my iMac?

Yes, if both machines have FireWire ports (400 or 800, they're both OK):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Probably (maybe?), if both machines have Thunderbolt ports and you have a Thunderbolt cable:
http://www.cultofmac.com/thunderbolt-target-disk-mode-requires-apples-special-ca ble-tip/103270
If the same port isn't available on both machines, I don't think so.

Do i need to buy the same hard driver for my iMac or i can buy any hard driver 3.5?

Do i need to buy the same hard driver for my iMac or i can buy any hard driver 3.5?

You can buy any 3'5" SATA hard drive for the iMac. You can buy a hard drive at OWC.
Note that Late 2009 and newer iMacs have the temperature sensor inside the hard drive, so it's important to get one with that sensor. In this case, I recommend you to take your computer to an Apple Store or reseller and get your hard disk replaced

Time Capsule as Hard Drive for older iMac

After upgrading to Snow Leopard on my MacBook, my family now has four laptops that can take advantage of time machine for wireless backups, so I want to buy time capsule to do that easily. Will I also be able to use it as a hard drive for an older non-intel iMac that can't be upgraded from Tiger to Leopard? In other words, will I be able to simply drag files to time capsule via ethernet or USB (no airport card on the iMac either!)

Will I also be able to use it as a hard drive for an older non-intel iMac that can't be upgraded from Tiger to Leopard?
Yes.
In other words, will I be able to simply drag files to time capsule via ethernet or USB (no airport card on the iMac either!)
Through Ethernet. USB won't work.
(47935)

Trying to install SL on a new hard-drive for my iMac, when asked which disk to install on it gave me no options, i followed advice from another forum and created a partition, now can't boot from the new drive at all. Help?

I've had **** with my iMac, the hard-drive failed so i replaced it with a new 1TB Samsung drive. Then when i tried to install SL from the install disk, all went to plan until it asked me which drive i wanted to install it on, where it came up with a box where my options should have been, but instead it didn't give me any options to install it on any drive i.e. it asked which drive i wanted to install it on but no drives came up to select.
So i followed the advice from another forum, look at the 'Extended Hard-drive preparation' response
( https://discussions.apple.com/message/10576009#10576009 )
After following these instructions i have now got a new partition, but when i restarted my computer to install SL on the drive, the option to boot from the drive is now not available, now i must boot from the install disk, whereas before i was able to boot from either the install disk or the hard drive. The hard drive is still visible in disk utility as it always has been, but i am now unable to boot from it, let alone install SL.
Please help my iMac has been broken for months and i've been trying to fix it for so long and am getting problem after problem. Thank you!
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Hi db2
That off the shelf MS-DOS / FAT-32 drive needs to re-partitioned GUID Partition Table / Mac OS Extended (Journaled) before you can install OS X and Startup your Intel iMac from it.
1. Boot from your original install or retail SL DVD and open Disk Utility.
2. Highlight the new HD in the list of drives and select the Partition tab.
3. Under Volume Scheme select 1 Partition and click on the Options... button.
4. Select GUID Partition Table in the drop down window and click OK.
5. Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and click the Apply button.
6. Once thats done, then you can do a clean SL Install, Restore from TM , your old HD or Bootable Clone.
Dennis

External Hard Drive for 2 iMacs using Lightroom 3

Hi,
I'm going to try to make this as clear as posslbe.... please help!
I'm a professional photographer using Lightroom 3. I have two iMacs one is an i5, the other an i7, both running OSX Lion. I have a NAS (Synology DS410j) to store my images and I then link the catalog to the images on the NAS.
Camera Raw Cache is on an external USB and works great. I've even experimented with putting the catalog on the external USB and no speed issues.
Now that I have two iMacs I'd like to find a HDD or an enclosure that I can use to place catalogs on while working on them. I know VERY well that you can't use network storage to place the LR3 Catalog because Adobe won't allow it (various reasons I already know).
Question - Does anyone know of an External Hard Drive or an Enclosure with two Firewire 800 ports that does not act like a network attached device? I need it to act like a hard wire attached hard drive so I can put multiple LR3 Catalogs on it and access them from the i5 or the i7.
Note:
I do not plan to have two people work on the same catalog at the same time.
Users would only open a catalog (on the attached device) that is NOT currently being utilized.
I would however, have two computers accessing the device at the same time via Firewire 800.
Bottom Line:
I want to work on one wedding per catalog then import them into a Master Catalog when completed (I have my reasons). Because I have all of my images on a RAID NAS that catalog is easily opened by any computer on the network and the files can be easliy linked.
If I'm editing a wedding and then want to pause with that one and open another catalog someone else was just working on and then closed the catalog I don't want to copy/paste the catalog from the other iMac or move an external hard drive...
I just want to be able to open it on the HDD attached to both computers that house all of the catalogs.
I also want to ensure User 1 and User 2 can access any catalog on the attached device at any time (unless it's currently opened by the other user) and be working on catalogs simultaniously (once again, not the same catalog as the other user... a totally different catalog but on the same device).
Thanks so much and I'd love to know if anyone has ever done this!
I can't wait for a Thunderbolt Drive!

Three EHD's that I know of have 2 FW800 ports that are NOT network drives. They are:
OWC Mercury Elite Pro series
LaCie d2 Quadra series
G-Tech G-DRIVE series
Personally I use the Lacie (I have 4 total), my iMac has 3 daisy chained together via FW 800. However I recommend all three for build quality, feature sets and performance. How they would work with 2 different computers attached to the same drive and accessing the same library I can't say. I'd recommend contacting the manufacturers and asking that question.

Which hard drive for my iMac

Hi
The hard drive has just died on my iMac Intel Core 2 duo 2.8 GHZ 500MB hard drive mid 2007 bought in Februar 2008. I would like to fit a 1TB or 2TB drive. I am not sure which models are compatible with my iMac. Can somebody shed a little light on the subject for me. the hard drive model is Seriel ATA
WDC WD5000AAKS-40YGA0
kind regards

You can use any 3.5" serial ATA hard drive. I would get one that has a 5 year warranty on it versus 2-3 years on many of them. I know the Western Digital Caviar Black drives have 5 year warranties, and there are others.

Using my MacPro to install on a hard drive for an iMac?

I doubt this it the proper place for this, but don't know where I should be. My friend has an iMac with Snow Leopard that needs a new hard drive. He wants me to re-install his OS X and software for him. Since he lives miles away he is sending the new hard drive as well as the software for the install. Is it possible for me to install the hard drive in my MacPro then send it back to him and still have it work in his iMac? (The new hard drive would be installed in his iMac.)
If this will not work, can you suggest the proper way of going about it without using his computer?

Yes, you should be able to help him out. Be sure to prep the new drive:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.
After formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Install OS X. You can restore his software after installation. If he sends his software on another hard drive, then you can use the Setup Assistant to restore from his backup.

HT201250 When getting a replacement Seagate hard drive for my Imac through Apple, will they restore my system to it's current state? Or will I have to do it myself though Time Machine? Will Time machine restore all the programs as well?

Apple has determined that certain Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems may fail. These systems were sold between October 2009 and July 2011.
Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) will replace affected hard drives free of charge.
Will this replacement program restore my system to its current state after the new drive is installed? If not, will I have to have all my original disks to re-install all the programs on my current computer, or will Time Machine restore them as well?

Most of them will tell you to backup your data.
Time Machine is nice, but unless you are interested in archival backup, Carbon Copy Cloner is a lot easier to recover from:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1992

How do I upgrade my hard drive for my iMac

My 3TB fusion HD died yesterday. This is my very first MAC computer. it failed exactly 2 years and 4 months of use. Glad I got the 3 year Apple care. Now I am sour on fusion drive. Can I upgrade my iMac to a SSD? I will pay the up charge to get one.

You are covered by AppleCare and your HD will be replaced. Remember a Fusion drive is a combination SSD and rotating hard drive "fused" together by software. Any HD can fail at any time though so it's not a Fusion drive problem, it is a HD issue.
Regarding whether you can upgrade to an SSD only, Apple Stores do not perform upgrades on Fusion Drives to SSDs. If you would like this done you may have better luck by contacting an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) in your area. You can begin finding one by clicking:
https://locate.apple.com/country

How do I format a stand alone hard drive for my imac

I have a Toshiba 2 gb hard drive that needs formating to the iMac, how do I do this.

Run Disk Utility, select the drive in the sidebar, and go to the Erase tab. Set the format to Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) if it doesn't default to that selection and click the Erase button.
Regards.

What is the best SSD Hard Drive for my iMac?

I've been looking for a good SSD drive to speed up my iMac but I can't seem to find one. Here are my system specs:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac12,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:          2.5 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          32 GB
Boot ROM Version:          IM121.0047.B1F
SMC Version (system):          1.71f22
Serial Number (system):          C02HGGT7DHJF
Hardware UUID:          5F444975-87A3-51B3-82C4-9E4E88E606BF

Well, given that, I guess this one...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/SSDEX6G060/
Or...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDEX3G060/

I THINK I NEED A HARD DRIVE FOR MY iMac G4

i have been experiencing quite the problem...actually i haven't...if i did not try to update my quickbooks pro 2006, i might not even know the problem existed.
but anyway, i have another thread going in...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=603379&tstart=0
and the people are really helpful, although i think i may have eliminated some problems, unfortunately, i haven't had my problem addressed yet.
i think the hard disk might be bad...i am getting an "invalid node structure" error message when i try to boot in single-user mode. to be exact, it looks like this...
disk0s3: I/O error
invalid node structure
(4, 4481)
**volume check failed.
now enough of the babble...here is my question, has anyone replaced or had their hard disk replaced in this type of machine? and what can i expect to be charged for something like this?
i hear it is no easy task to do on your own.
any advice is appreciated.

Disk Warrior fixed the problem.

Need to buy new hard drive for my 17 iMac G5 pre-isight

I need to get a new hard drive for my imac g5. I went to staples and picked up a maxtor sata hd but the screws aren't in the correct place as the original HD. Does anyone know the exact HD that came with the computer and where I can purchase one?
Best,
Ken

I think I figured it out. The reason why the screws aren't in the right place is because the original HD that comes with the computer has an external housing around it. I think what I need to do is just take that housing off and put it on the new HD that I purchase.

Best Recommended External Hard Drive For IMac 3.1Ghz i5 Core

Hi Guys!
I'm in need of a external hard drive for my iMac,
I have never used a external hard drive for a Mac but i have for Windows PC's
I need something Fast & Easy to use,
Thanks in advance!

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
Before you buy, find out what brand drive is installed. Stay away from Seagate. They appear to be turning out junk now. An external drive is not specific to any iMac model.
You can also just buy the same empty enclosure from OWC and get a decent deal on a bare drive from Newegg.com. Takes twenty minutes or less to DIY. How to video on the OWC site. Needs just a phillips screwdriver.
You want a 3.5" SATA drive. If from Newegg, it will need to be reformatted for Mac. Mac OS extended Journaled. Partition Map Scheme: GUID.
http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html

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