Limits of external HDD

dr deepdr deep
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Does anyone know if there is a limit to the size drive i can put in to an external firewire 800 case to be plugged into my 1.5GHz powerbook.

i had problems with my old G4 466. it would not recognizes anything over 127.?? GB. Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    karl kuehnkarl kuehn Posts: 756member
    MacOS X has no pre set limits (or at least none you are likely to hit), but the firewire bridge built into the drive sled may not see things over 127GB.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    mslifkinmslifkin Posts: 66member
    I've got a 250 Gig drive in an external firewire/USB 2.0 case and both my G4 (MDD) and G5 see it with no problem at all. I haven't plugged it into my Powerbook yet, but I don't think there would be any issues with that.
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