Agreed, mostly, companies put such requirements on their products to avoid supporting older systems.
KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Jan 15, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Al Poulin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Can’t new external hard drives be formated or otherwise made to work with OS >> X 10.4 Tiger? I do not understand why not. >> >> A user group member wants to buy an external hard drive to back up her old >> iMac with 10.4 Tiger. It seems that models available at the Apple Store, >> Best Buy, and other outlets specify OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard >> or later. This is with models like Seagate Slim and LaCie Porsche, whether >> USB bus powered or with power adaptor. > > I don't think so...any USB drive should work on any USB-capable Mac.These > drives contain (mostly useless) software that may not run under 10.4 but the > drive should function just fine > > -- -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
