54321anonymous12345
Level 1
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Q: How do I connect an old external hard drive to an early 2006 iMac using a firewire cable.
I have an old external hard drive with 10.7 Lion that I need to install to my 10.6.8 IMac computer (2006 early). My uncle told me to get a firewire cable to connect it and I barely can even see the opening to the hard drive. I now see it and it looks like it has 4 small pins. I have no idea which firewire cable to buy, nor where to get it. Can someone please help? Iv'e been trying so many cables for the past 10 days and wasted 5 bucks.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Help
Kappy
Level 10
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That is a bare drive. You need an external enclosure for it unless you are replacing the computer's internal drive. You can use most any notebook size enclosure that supports a SATA notebook drive. The least expensive will be USB enclosures. Firewire enclosures are more expensive, usually.
