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| | Features | USB 2.0 7200 RPM 32MB 3.5IN
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| | Description | Smart, sleek desktop solution for storage and safekeeping of all your photos, music, videos, and moreWith its huge capacity and sleek design, the Mac-ready Seagate® FreeAgentâ"¢ Desk storage solution delivers a powerful yet simple way to help safeguard all your photos, music, videos, and documents. You can get up and running quickly thanks to Mac formatting and Time Machine-readiness, then enjoy blazingly-fast transfer of your content with FireWire 800 and USB interfaces. Enjoy a modern design that complements your Mac system, and take advantage of a vertical profile that maximizes your workspace. Count on the FreeAgent Desk storage solution to store everything on your Macâ?"and to look really good doing it. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 8.8 inches | | Product Width: | 7.05 inches | | Product Height: | 6.2 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.8 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 7.2 inches | | Package Height: | 6.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 19 reviews |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 19 customer reviews )
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18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 A Very Nice Drive:) Feb 03, 2009
By Del K. Kelley
I have the FreeAgent Desk 500GB Mac. The only software I've needed for the drive is Time Machine.
It started right up with Time Machine backups. I have it hooked directly to my iMac via Firewire 400. The drive goes to sleep when the computer sleeps and awakens when the computer does. I have it partitioned into 2 partitions - one for backups and one for video files (which I back up on DVD's). The drive is completely quiet.
As an aside, my wife has been wirelessly backing up her MacBook to a Seagate FreeAgent Go 150GB drive that we got last year -- it was PC formatted and I changed it to Mac OS Extended Journaled and it has been flawless for almost a year now -- it is USB-connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station.
The 5-year limited warranty offered by Seagate is also great.
Note: if the drive doesn't sleep when the computer does, you may just need to check "Put the hard disks to sleep when possible" in the "Energy Saver" settings of "System Preferences" and also shorten the times for screen sleep and computer sleep if it bothers you to have the drive light on when you aren't using the computer.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Seamless for use with a Mac Jan 03, 2009
By Eastnortheast
Absolutely no problems with this hard drive. I bought it specifically to use with the Time Machine function on my Mac. I could have spent a bit less and gotten an equivalent sized hard drive that was not configured for the Mac, but being an beginner/intermediate computer user, I wanted something that would work with minimal input on my side.
I have not been disappointed. There is not much documentation that comes with the hard drive itself; just a "quick start" guide. However, that is enough. Out of the box, I plugged it into my iMac via the firewire connection, clicked on Time Machine and presto, it was done.
I have had it running for about a month - it has basically been invisible. It runs in the background doing automatic backups and I really dont even know that it is there.
The hard drive is quiet, and takes up hardly any space on my desk. It is styled so that it fits in very well with the brushed metallic look of the iMac. It does require its' own power source, though this is a minor inconvenience.
All in all, I give it 5 starts.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Works great for Time Machine and great 5 year warranty Jan 05, 2009
By Allan Ray Miller
"Ray's Reviews"
Took it out of the box, plugged it into a power strip and into my 13" aluminum Macbook, configured it for Time Machine backups, and it has been working great ever since. Simple.
I really liked the 5 year warranty. To me that was the key selling point. All disk drives have some failure rate, and you can find complaints against all manufacturers. But most vendors ship their products with 1 or 2 year warranties at most. I researched many other products and was delighted to see that Seagate is willing to stand behind their products for that extended warranty duration. My suggestion is before you buy a disk drive, any drive, check out the manufacturer's web site for the warranty information first.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Easy as pie! Dec 02, 2008
By L. Chuss
Seagate ST305005FJA105-RK FreeAgent Desk for Mac 500 GB USB 2.0/FW800 External Hard Drive (Silver) Installation was easy as pie with Firewire. Took about 4 hours for 150MB backup on an iMac. I didn't bother trying to use the software but got Super Duper.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great with itunes on my imac Jan 25, 2009
By hatdegs
After reading mixed reviews on every single external hard drive i considered, i decided to go with the seagate on a friend's recommendation and because of the 5 year warranty.
I partitioned the drive - part for my itunes library, part for time machine backups. The automatic power save feature works well - the drive sleeps when it's not in use. It just takes a few seconds to wake up when i open itunes. It's only been a few days, but my experience with this drive has been great so far.
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