External Hard Drive for g3 Clamshell iBook

sunflowernbklyn · Jun 15, 2008

i was wondering if anyone could help me out with my new clamshell purchase. it's a tangerine clamshell 300 mhz, 192mb and 6 gigs. It has ms office 2004 and airport connected and other prograns etc. I will only be using this for word processing. It's also my intro into the MAC computer world.

My question is -- the 6 gigs is fine for simple wordprocessing but do you think it would be better to add more gigs or just purchase an external hdd to store documents? Also if you could give me average costs for both, the gigs and external hdd that would be awesome. Thanks.

Sunflower

Soulwar · Jun 15, 2008

sunflowernbklyn said:
i was wondering if anyone could help me out with my new clamshell purchase. it's a tangerine clamshell 300 mhz, 192mb and 6 gigs. It has ms office 2004 and airport connected and other prograns etc. I will only be using this for word processing. It's also my intro into the MAC computer world.

My question is -- the 6 gigs is fine for simple wordprocessing but do you think it would be better to add more gigs or just purchase an external hdd to store documents? Also if you could give me average costs for both, the gigs and external hdd that would be awesome. Thanks.

Sunflower

I would go with an external myself. It can be used as a backup as well. And when the iBook finally dies, you'll still have the external for another Mac.

Check this link for the official " Which External Hard Drive should I buy/Do you suggest?"http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80876

sunflowernbklyn · Jun 15, 2008

thanks.

sunflowernbklyn · Jul 1, 2008

i just got a seagate external drive 120gb does anyone with a clamshell know how to connect an external hard drive with two usb connectors. the clam only comes with one usb and i don't have firewire. help!
thanks.

sunflower

Soulwar · Jul 2, 2008

Just connect it to your Mac. You don't need to use both ports.
Drives with 2 USB ports are usually used for connecting and sharing printers and/or additional hard drive.

sunflowernbklyn · Jul 4, 2008

i tried using one usb but the hd just beeped and the lcd screen kept flashing. my bf tried formatting it to fat 32 but it always appears on the pc but nothing on the mac. we've tried a hub and the thing still isn't recognized at all even when i go through disk utility.

Soulwar · Jul 4, 2008

Could you post the exact model?
First guess would be that it doesn't use external power, and its USB 2.0
Your Mac may not be giving it enough power. (it uses USB 1.1)

sunflowernbklyn · Jul 6, 2008

it's a Seagate FreeAgent Go 120mb model. my clam is 300 mhz, 192 mb with 6gigs.

Soulwar · Jul 6, 2008

From what I've read in the manual, the beeping means it needs more power. It also mentioned if the LED was flashing, it's an electrical failure.

It is compatible for Mac OS 10.3.9 and above. And for 1.1 USB.

Does it still work on the other PC? (does anything beep or flash?)
Is the USB hub powered?
Also, have you tried the other USB port on the external?

sunflowernbklyn · Jul 16, 2008

it works fine with the pc. i kind of gave up on connecting it to the mac. i've been using a hub to connect a cardreader which i save docs on and transfer them over to the pc and external for saving. whew! but, thanks.

Soulwar · Jul 16, 2008

No problem. It's probably just not getting enough power from the Mac.

Good luck!