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Apple issues recall for some iMac hard drives

by Chris Rawson (Jul 22nd, 2011)

Apple has issued notice of a recall of potentially defective 1 TB Seagate hard drives installed in iMacs sold between May and July of 2011. Apple has offered to replace the possibly defective drives free of charge until July 23, 2012. The drives, installed in 2011-model iMacs in both 21.5 and ...

GoFlex Satellite is your iPad's portable, wireless hard drive

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 16th, 2011)

Seagate introduced the GoFlex Satellite, a portable, battery-powered hard drive targeted for iOS devices. The external hard drive includes an iOS app for the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch that lets you browse and view multimedia files stored on the drive. Different than most external drives, the ...

Seagate continues to communicate bad news

by Mel Martin (Feb 5th, 2009)

There has been plenty of confusion over the continuing saga of Seagate hard drives with firmware problems that can lead to eventual failure and data loss. We've followed the story here and here. It hasn't been pretty for either Intel or non-Intel Macs. It would have been nice for Seagate to provide ...

Take two of the Seagate saga

by Mel Martin (Jan 23rd, 2009)

When we last left this running soap opera of some Seagate hard drives failing, the drive manufacturer had issued some firmware fixes, then pulled a couple out of circulation, and now has returned them with some fixes for the fixes. The firmware updater, at first glance, looks like it needs a Windows ...

Tick tick tick... significant number of Seagate hard drives failing

by Mel Martin (Jan 19th, 2009)

It hasn't been a great year so far for care companies and banks. Now, add Seagate to the list of enterprises facing unexpected challenges. The big manufacturer of hard disks reports that a 'small' number of Barracuda 7200.11 drives are failing. Once they fail, the data on them is supposedly still ...

'I got more ports than a wine store do.'

by Robert Palmer (Nov 26th, 2008)

For your Wednesday morning amusement, the Sniper Twins have put together this hilarious video promotion for Seagate: a hip-hop office drama, replete with Mac desktops, laptops and servers. This definitely falls in the "so bad it's good" category, so if you have a low tolerance for office-themed ...

Mac 101: External HDs

by Robert Palmer (May 7th, 2008)

More Mac 101, our series of basic tips for new and returning Mac users. Since most Mac models don't offer extra drive bays, external hard disks are the way to go for adding vast storage capacity to your computer. External HDs are great for storing large projects, moving huge amounts of data from ...

Seagate hoping to get 120GB drives into the iPod?

by David Chartier (Aug 15th, 2006)

If you're as burned out about iPhone rumors as we are, maybe rumors of new storage capacities (finally) coming to the iPod can grab your attention. Engadget found some comments in Business Week from Seagate CEO William Watkins on the state of small-format storage, including whether the Flash memory ...

Seagate 1 inch 12 GB drive

by Scott McNulty (Feb 14th, 2006)

Who doesn't love tiny little hard drives with lots of capacity? Seagate recently announced their smallest drive yet, measuring 40x30x5 mm (that's millimeters, which is metric for "frickin' tiny"). Why do you, as an Apple fan, care about this? iPods, my friends, iPods. With smaller, higher ...

160GB hard drive in the next MacBook Pro?

by C.K. Sample, III (Jan 17th, 2006)

According to Macworld, Seagate is shipping a 160GB laptop drive. Does this mean the 120GB hard drive I asked to be squeezed into the MacBook Pro I ordered will soon be replaced by another drive with an extra 40GBs of space? I have no idea. This is total speculation, but it would be cool. If you grab ...

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