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I'm looking for recommendations for the best external hard drive to use with an early 2008 iMac running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 using a Firewire interface:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.29f1
iMac, OS X 10.11
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If you need a FireWire 800 external hard drive, use an OWC Mercury Elite Pro - OWC.
Jack
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.
If you need a FireWire 800 external hard drive, use an OWC Mercury Elite Pro - OWC.
Jack
Thank you Jack for the reply. That’s exactly what I’m looking for. I will purchasing the 4TB model.
Thanks again,
Mikael
No problem, Mikael!
Jack
External Hard drive for Early 2008 iMac
