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External Hard drive for Early 2008 iMac

I'm looking for recommendations for the best external hard drive to use with an early 2008 iMac running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 using a Firewire interface:


Hardware Overview:


Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac8,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 6 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00

SMC Version (system): 1.29f1

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Feb 10, 2022 8:40 PM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2022 9:04 PM

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.


If you need a FireWire 800 external hard drive, use an OWC Mercury Elite Pro - OWC.


Jack

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External Hard drive for Early 2008 iMac

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