Western Digital Passport works with 12" Powerbooks!

i just purchased a WD passport 250GB for my 12" 1.5GHZ powerbook running on 10.4.11 and it worked. I have read about the powerbook's lack of USB power to power-up to mount portable HD's. but most of them owned a 15 and 17" powerbook
Well i'm happy its working on my machine Just want to spread the word

Actually you can Boot from a USB external drive!
here are the steps:
1. Partition the drive Correctly
for intel macs: make sure in the options you set the Partition Map Scheme to GUID Mode
for PPC macs:make sure in the options you set the Partition Map Scheme to Apple partition Map
Go to: Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility > select drive > partition > options
2. Create a clone of your HD using Carbon copy cloner or super duper or something similar
3. Reboot your mac and hold down the option key when the system is booting back up. This will let you choose your boot drive on startup. Choose your USB drive and continue. You’ll find that the system boots a lot slower, but that is expected of course. With any luck, your backup is an exact replica of your system.

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Does anyone have any experience in using a Western Digital Passport _320 GB_ model as an external HD with an intel macbook?
Do you power it with 1 or both usb ports?
Had any problems with it?
Would you recommend?
Thanks, .B.

I have the 160 GB model, and it works fine. I only use 1 port to plug it in. I have two partitions- one for data, and one for Time Machine.
Steve

Western Digital Passport 250Gb external drive and MacBook Pro

Hello,
Has anyone with the 15" 2.2ghz 120Gb hd MacBook Pro able to connect this Western Digital Passport 250 GB external drive to only 1 USB port and has it working?
I intend to buy both of these hardwares, but was told that I may need to get the extra Y-cable that can connect to 2 USB ports of the MacBook Pro since only 1 USB port may not have enough power to work the WD external drive? The WD drive comes with only 1 "standard" USB cable.
Thanks.

I've got the 120GB passport and it's worked when I plugged it into the right-side port. But I prefer my connections on the left (to keep room for my mouse) so I got a powered Kensington Dome hub that I run thru my left USB port and have plugged the HD into the hub and that also works.

Western Digital Passport not mounting

I have a western digital passport that I have used a couple of times. Today I was transferring my music and it said there were corrupted files in my music, and all of a sudden the drive will not be recognized anymore. I don't know what to do? I have been reading everything online. I have tried checking disk utility and it does not appear. Tried checking the hard drive on another computer and it didn't pop up. Please all suggestions are helpful.

The Western Digital Passport drives have a reputation for being power hogs. Your Macbook USB port might not be providing enough power to run the drive. This especially might be the case if you are running off of the battery only. Your PC ports might be giving slightly more power that is enough to run the drive.
I have a portable Simpletech drive (120Gb) that actually comes with a Y cable that plugs into two USB ports on my Macbook. This provides enough power to run the drive without needing a separate power adapter. The Western Digitals typically don't come with this Y cable, but one is offered. You can buy one off their website for about $20 that should allow you to use the drive with your Laptop. It's lame that everyone else provides such a cable for free while WD charges, but that's the way it is.
good luck with getting it to work.

T41 not recognised USB Western Digital Passport 2.5" Ext HDD

My T41 used to worked fine with my WD 2.5" ext HDD. For the past 3 months, do not know what happen every time i plug my ext HDD it just not recognised. When i plug this ext HDD to other computers, it just work absolutely fine.
Can anybody help, please.

I had same issue with same type of pc and USB Western Digital Passport. Problems was on laptop usb ports that had gone broken. Laptop didnt have warraty anymore so i had to connect USB-DISK to docking stations usb port that is still working.
Other solution is to buy usb2 PCMCIA adapter.
Mouse worked on laptop port but no harddrive so i think its was some power issue that laptop usb cannot give enoght power to run harddrive.
Message Edited by outouser on 04-03-2009 12:04 PM

Mac mini win7 western digital passport

Hi,
I have a Mac mini recently (4day) and I installed Win7 ultimate 64 on one partition. So far all OK.
I attached a Western Digital Passport external HD 1T; FireWare 800.
Win7 connection driver instaled OK.
I see the HD in the "Printer and device" menu.
With Win7 Explorer i cant find it.
Have a suggestion?
Tank you.

Hello, what Format is the external drive?
Does OSX see the drive fine?

Does Adobe Digital Editions work with the Kobo Arc 7 e-reader ?

I cannot get Adobe Digital Editions to recognise my Kobo Arc 7.
Does Adobe Digital Editions work with the Kobo Arc 7 e-reader ?
It is recognised partly by Calibre but then produces an communication error message.
Are there any other utilities I could use to organise DRM files downloaded to be stored on the Kobo Arc?

No. For information about the future plans for this see http://blogs.adobe.com/billmccoy/2009/10/adobe-ebooks--.html

Western Digital Passport and itunes.

I recently got a Western Digital Passport external hard drive in order to put my itunes music onto it, so it would not take up so much space on my macbook. I found it relatively easy to move all my files the first time, but then as soon as I downloaded something from the itunes store, it put it onto my computer. Since the artist was the same as some music I already had, it did not recognize that I did not already have it, so I could not simply move the new music onto the Passport.
I was wondering if there was some kind of sync feature for the Passport to macs, because I know there is for windows. All I want is for my music to continually go to my Passport, and not take up space on my laptop.
Thanks!

If the WD drive isn't plugged in, iTunes doesn't know where your library is, and hence can't properly add the new music files where they should go. The passport MUST be plugged in to the mac before you start iTunes or a new library will be created and your new music files will go in to THAT library.
The simple way to correct this is to take the files you added that did not go where you wanted them and put them on your desktop from the folder they are residing in (if you're not sure where they are, just click 'Get Info' on the tracks in iTunes and it will tell you where the real files are). From there, close iTunes and plug in your WD drive.
Reopen iTunes now and make sure in your preferences that the music folder on the WD drive is selected as your music library location. Then make sure 'Copy files to iTunes Music Folder' is checked. Now drag your music files on your desktop in to the iTunes window. iTunes will then copy those files over to the WD drive music folder and add them to the iTunes database.

HT1539 Do digital copies work with iTunes Match?

Do digital copies work with iTunes Match?

If by digital copy you mean the movie that you can redeem via iTunes when you purchase a Blu-ray disc, then the answer is no because iTunes match does not work with movies.

Trying to find out if the western digital will work in my G5 xserve intel MA409ll/A and I would like to use WD Drive   WD1602ABJS-43P5A0

Trying to find out if the western digital will work in my G5 xserve intel MA409ll/A and I would like to use WD Drive   WD1602ABJS-43P5A0
does anybody know.

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Will western digital drive work?????????

I am going to buy a hard drive (this one). I called up western digital, and they said it would work with all mac computers. But the guy from tech support didn't sound sure. I think i saw baby boomer say that WD drives hardly ever work (i could be wrong).

I've had a 2TB WD My Book USB drive on my iMac for over a year with no problems. Also I reformatted it for Mac Os Extended Journaled. The software from WD is not that great though and I thought I lost the drive when I mistakenly entered the wrong password to access the drive and WD had a recovery process.
However the next time I will buy a Seagate drive.

Will a Sony Digital 8 work with my iBook G4?

Good Evening,
Given my 10 years of service with my company, I have been given the opportunity to receive a Sony DCRTRV-280 digital 8 camcorder.
Will this work with my iBook G4?
Having read some past posts, it seems like it will work, but not without jumping through a couple of hoops.
Anyone have experience with this unit being used on a mac?
Thanks,
Chris
1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 512MB Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I use a Sony Digital-8 TRV 330E, and it works perfectly with my G3 and G4 PowerBooks, Mac mini, etc.
In the UK, and the rest of Europe, some lower-priced camcorders have a FireWire OUT connection ..so that you can feed your footage into iMovie.. but don't necessarily have a FireWire IN connection ..for feeding your edited footage back to a tape in the camcorder. You may want to check and see if the DCRTRV-280 does have FireWire IN, but it's sure to have FireWire OUT, so that you can take the footage from the camera and edit it.
But there WON'T be a FireWire cable in the box with the camera: you'll have to buy one separately ..you'll need a 4-pin-to-6-pin FireWire (..also called 'DV' or 'i.Link' or IEEE..) cable from a camcorder or electronics shop.

Does X-RIte MSCCPP ColorChecker Passport work with Photoshop Extended CS3 Version 10.0.1 running under Mac OS 10.6.8?

My iMac is running 10.6.8, but some of the newer color checkers require 10.7 or higher.
Amazon has a listing for the X-Rite MSCCPP ColorChecker Passport. The system
requirements mention Adobe Camera RAW 4.5 or newer, Mac OSX 10.4.11 or 10.5X.
Will the X-Rite work with my CS3 Extended version 10.0.1?

Thanks to all participants for their advice. Having purchased the Xrite MSCCPP ColorChecker Passport, I can say that
the short answer to my question (amended to saying my camera is an Canon XTi) is "yes".
Instructions for using a newer version of the CCP are given at
http://www.xrite.com/documents/manuals/en/ColorCheckerPassport_User_Manual_en.pdf.
The same steps apply to the MSCCPP version.
In the reviews of the MSCCPP on Amazon, be sure to read Louie Aquinaldo's advice about not upgrading
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Does the newest (2010) Mac Mini work with a Powerbook (Power PC) G4?

So, I still LOVE my 5 year old Powerbook G4 but with news of Apple not making it's new operating systems (Snow Leopard and so forth) and iLife's compatible with Power PC's, I'm left in Mac limbo.
I'm currently running OSX 10.5.8 (Leopard) but my iPhoto, iMovie, etc. are all 2005 versions. I would really like a newer version of iPhoto, or of some photo library software, but most new ones (Aperture, Lightroom 4) are only for Intel's too.
The only solution I have come to is to buy a Mac Mini or a new computer. Since my Powerbook is in great condition, I want to get as many years out of it as I can. Does anyone know how efficient Mac Mini's are with Powerbook's? Or if there are any known issues?
Thanks in advance!

Yes they can network together, and share data over Target Disk Mode with the Powerbook being in Target mode.
Migrating data from them can be a little tricky as this tip explains, but not impossible:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=10
The only reason to buy a newer Mac, is if you need features that are only available to 10.6 and above, and you can afford to upgrade those applications not known to work in 10.5. See my other tip here as well:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2693045

Which digital recorder works with a Mac Mini?

Has anybody bought a Digital Recorded that can attach ti a Mac Mini? I've read up on the Olympus and Sony ones, but it seems none of them work with a Mac ? Do any of these recorders attach to a Mac through a USB ??? directly to a Mac ???

Olympus' DS-330 connects via the USB port, and works for me...But I believe it's a discontinued model. Olympus posts their instruction manuals online!

Western Digital Passport works with 12" Powerbooks!

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