Disk Utility also reports that there are 150 folders and 470 files on the drive out of the box.Ģ Icons are visible at first glance: Read Me.pdf and Seagate GoFlex Software.mpkg. My new drive out of the box has a single GUID partition and is fomatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - per Get Info and Disk Utility. If this Seagate model is not a viable alternative, then there is NO other affordable drive available right now as far as I can tell.Īh perhaps the fact that you reformatted your drive is significant. I would love to hear from people with actual operating experience with the STBC2000100 or 101 and 10.7.2, Firewire 800. Short of paying more than $500 Seagate seems to be the only game in town for going to Thunderbolt.

That is why I asked my question specifically regarding the Mac version model number(s) and with Firewire 800, not USB 3.0. Many others seem to relate to drives with USB 3.0 interfaces, but not FW800. Many of them seem to concern the Windows dual version (both Mac and Windows) drives, STAC2000100.

I am aware of many complaints regarding Segate GoFlex 2 and 3 TB drives. My impression was he didn't have a clue about Macs. Only when I specifically asked if I could boot without Time Machine did he say no. After telling him twice that Time Machine backups are NOT bootable, he said I could boot with a restore with Time Machine. He first told me the drive was bootable 'with Time Machine'. The reason why I asked my question here is that the pre-purchase rep at Seagate did not seem to know what he was talking about. Does anyone have recent specific experience with the model STBC2000100 or 2000101 (black case) and Lion 10.7.2? I would really appreciate hearing other's experience before I spend my money and time on this. I don't want to waste my time if this isn't going to work correctly (files not available, drive goes to sleep and freezes Lion, drive spins all the time or will not sleep correctly when my mini sleeps, etc). I've not seen any messages specifically referring to the Mac specific Seagate model number I have indicated. Some say the problem is only with USB 3.0. Second: I've seen so many messages, both here and at the Seagate forum about problems with new Seagate 2TB and 3TB external drives that I can't mentally keep track of all of them. Can this really be true? Has anyone else used this drive as an external bootable in 10.7.2? I am interested in this drive because Seagate has announced a new adapter base for Thunderbolt that is claimed will be able to work with this drive.įirst: When I talked to Seagate technical support pre-purchase, they told me this drive will NOT function as an external bootable drive, even if Mac OS X is installed. I'm running Lion 10.7.2 on a new mid 2011 Mac mini. It comes with an adapter base that has USB 2.0 and Firewire 800. I am contemplating buying a new Seagate GoFlex Desk for Mac 2TB external hard drive.

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