thread: Help with external hard drives for my iMac.
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Old 12-01-2009, 12:30 PM   #12
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Re: Help with external hard drives for my iMac.
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Originally Posted by gilford View Post
I got one of the 1TB MyBook Studio last week and as good as it looks it has its problems

My iMac will only recognise it via USB, it will NOT see it via firewire 800 at all even after various firmware updates downloaded from the WD site!

I am led to beleive it is an OSX 10.5 issue and not the Mybook's so hopefully with future updates firewire is possible because at the end of the day tha is why I bought it!
I'm using a 1TB Mybook with my iMac through Firewire 800 and it is working a treat on Mac OSX 10.5.6

Maybe your Mybook has a faulty firewire controller or a bad cable? Have you tried it on a different machine?
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