Installing the Drive in a Macintosh

If you are installing a drive larger than 137 GB in most Mac models, you must connect the drive to a Mac-compatible Ultra ATA/133 PCI card to access the full capacity of the drive. See “Using a Drive Larger than 137 GB” on page 22 for more information.

If you have a system older than the Power Mac G4, Maxtor recommends that you attach your drive to a Mac-compatible ATA PCI card (not included) instead of the on-board ATA controller. If you choose to connect the drive to the Mac's built-in ATA port, you should use the ATA cable provided with the Mac rather than the one included with this kit.

For detailed information on mounting an internal drive in your Macintosh, go to www.apple.com/support.

If you have a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) system, the jumpers on additional hard drives attached to the built-in ATA ports must be set to cable select, not to master or slave.

You can format (initialize) and partition the drive using the Apple Drive Setup Utility (for Mac OS 8.6 or higher) or the Apple Disk Utility (for Mac OS X). Note that on all beige Power Mac G3 systems (Desktop, Minitower, All-In-One) and some iMac models (333MHz G3 and slower), Mac OS X can only be installed on a partition that is within the first 8 GB of the drive.

Getting Started