is the Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive compatible with my 2008 20" iMac

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is the Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive compatible with my 2008 20" iMac

is the Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive compatible with my 2008 20" iMac. My current 500GB hard drive has worn out and I need to replace

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), replacing worn out hard drive

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 2:47 PM

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Kappy

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Nov 12, 2013 2:49 PM in response to RG One

It should be, yes.

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Klaus1

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Nov 12, 2013 2:50 PM in response to RG One

But possibly not if you upgrade to mavericks, as Western Digital do not support Mavericks.

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Kappy

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Nov 12, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Klaus1

WD's deskset backup drives have software that does not work with Mavericks, but once removed everything works fine. Furthermore, it had nothing to do with the drive itself.

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