This has been a huge source of frustration for many Macintosh users.
Post a link to it here…and we can take a look at it.Ĭlick to expand.Both Seagate and Western Digital have models of external hard drive that won't and *can't* be made to boot up a Macintosh. If you have a particular external hard drive in mind. But I'm talking computers that might be 12+ years old and older.Īs long as this is a USB external HD…with no special features…then it should work with your computer running OS 10.6.8. If we go back in history far enough…I'm sure we could probably find some incompatibility. In most cases…the compatibility of an external hard drive is not really linked to the OS version installed on the computer. I can almost bet…that if I had the same exact EHD that said 'Lion and up'…I bet it would work with OS 10.6.Īs I mentioned. Maybe at the time this product was 'created' (printed box and printed instructions for the external hard drive)…OS 10.7 (Lion) was the most current OS. Sometimes manufacturer's when they release a product (and create the packaging & instructions)…work with whatever is currently available. Click to expand.Assuming this external hard drive has no special features that only Lion & above would have…hard to say.
