
I have to agree with the earlier post that this is overpriced, but I bought it anyhow, because I wanted the firewire speed, and I thought the little docking station would be handy. Well it was after I took a file to the firewire cable ends because they were so fat that they wouldn't fit in the port on my macbook pro or any other Apple I tried.
After emails with photos and dial indicator measurements back and forth to Apple and Seagate, an Apple tech sent me this " I have reviewed the pictures. I have asked multiple people to verify the information. We all agree, the cable has a different bevelled edge. I would contact Seagate regarding this matter and explain our situation. I cannot understand why they would deviate from the standard firewire 800 plug." Of course Seagate as expected wont fess up. I am wondering if I am the only person with this issue???? The cable might be able to be forced in but only by applying way more pressure than I was comfortable with, and perhaps more that the receiving end was designed to withstand.
After Seagate jerked me around, sent me to 3 different people each nicely explaining I should take the drive back to where I bought it, which I nicely explained was from their website, they asked me to send the dock and cables in for them to look at. I finally gave up just hoping they would have sent me new cables that fit. I took out a file, filed the width down to match the firewire cable I had and plugged it in. Works fine but come on, I paid $140 for this POC and then I had to modify it like THAT. The drive works fine, but the quality is pretty low. The idea of a plastic case that could build a static charge strikes me as pretty shortsighted....we'll see. My other drives I bought on ebay from Oyen_digital one 3 years ago and the second over a year ago. I thought I was saving a few bucks, but not with this drama. Get more detail about
Seagate FreeAgent Go for Mac 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive-Silver ST905003FJA105-RK.