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eppur_se_muova

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4. I've had plenty of bad luck with 2.5" drives in newer Macs.

Reply to buzzroller (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 08:32 PM

Jul 2013

3.5" drives in older Macs are mostly still working, after more than a decade. I can't get the 2.5" drives to last much over a year. And the OS X Disk Utility doesn't seem to repair much of anything that I've encountered.

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IMAC hard drive [View all] buzzroller Jul 2013 OP

The hard drive is not made by Apple. onehandle Jul 2013 #1

Hard Drive buzzroller Jul 2013 #5

I replaced one at my cost Sherman A1 Jul 2013 #2

backups buzzroller Jul 2013 #3

I've had plenty of bad luck with 2.5" drives in newer Macs. eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 #4