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Will this Cavalry drive work with my Intel Mac?
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louh
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Oct 22, 2008, 11:31 AM
 
Dealnn.com has a daily special today on the "Cavalry 1TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive with One Touch Back-up for PC - CAUO3701T0"

I think it's a fair price and want to purchase one for my 2.0GHz Mac Pro tower. I don't see any problem with this used as a backup device, other than maybe reformatting it.
But the System Requirements state the following: " USB port Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista CD-ROM drive (to load One Touch Backup software)"

I only have a couple more hours to purchase at the sale price so can someone tell me that it will work even though only Windows stuff is in the system requirements. PS. I don't need the One Touch Backup Software.
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Oct 22, 2008, 11:49 AM
 
It's USB so it will work but will need to be reformatted. The Windows requirement must refer to the backup software.

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Oct 22, 2008, 12:02 PM
 
thanks that's what I thought
     
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Oct 26, 2008, 12:37 PM
 
The drive inside the Cavalry is supposed to be a Western Digital, so it is a pretty good deal.

It will work on your Mac, but I would reformat it to Mac Journaled format as soon as you get it.
     
   
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