Questions & Answers for G-Technology 1TB G-DRIVE mobile SSD R-Series Storage
G-Technology 1TB G-DRIVE mobile SSD R-Series Storage
7 Questions + 4 Answers
7 Questions from the Community
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The G-Drive is pre-formatted to Apple's HFS+ file system. Can I reformat it as APFS and still use it with Time Machine? (I'm using Mojave)
- Asked by Francois P from Greensboro
- 23-Mar-2019
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Is this G-drive bootable through a Thunderbolt connection?
I'm looking to boot my iMac (Late 2013) with it, and was wondering whether Thunderbolt would be faster than USB
- Asked by Jonathan S from Victoria
- 22-Oct-2018
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AnswerYes it is - using it now on a 21" iMac with Mojave with great results.
- Answered by Marius P from Bucuresti
- 29-Nov-2018
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If I connect this G-Drive to my Airport Extreme will I be able to use it for WiFi Time Machine backups?
If I connect this G-Drive to my Airport Extreme using the USB-C to USB-1 cable, will I be able to use it for WiFi Time Machine backups of my new, 2018 Macbook Pro (running OS Mojave)? If so, will it automatically show up as a shared drive every time I startup or wake up my Macbook Pro and do I not need to eject the G-Drive whenever I shutdown my Mac or put it to sleep?
- Asked by Carol D from Walnut Creek
- 26-Oct-2018
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How is this 1TB model 0G06056 different than the 0G06053 on the G drive website?
- Asked by Lisa S H from Cincinnati
- 13-Jul-2018
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Is this G-drive bootable so I can bring my own OSX and travel between Mac's on different locations- and countries?
- Asked by Kåre Skak P from Fjenneslev
- 12-Dec-2017
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AnswerIt is bootable, but booting up different Macs with the same disk image will likely cause problems.
If you wanted to put just your data files on the external drive, you could create OSX sym-links from your home directory, on all the systems, such that they point to the external drive.
The systems would all still boot with the internal drive, but all of your important files would be in a singular location.
For Example:
/Users/me/
Documents -> /Volumes/GDrive/Documents/
Pictures -> /Volumes/GDrive/Pictures/
Music -> /Volumes/GDrive/Music/
...
etc....- Answered by Jerold A from Nashua
- 23-May-2018
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It will work with any computer with a standard USB port.
Please note, that in order to get the advertised speed, you need to use at least a USB 3.0 port.
I believe the 2012 MacBook Pro was the first Apple laptop with USB 3.0.
You can confirm that by:
Hold down the option key (keep it pressed)
Click mose on the Apple Icon in top left.
Choose 'System Report'
Scroll down to USB, and see if it is USB 3 .0 Hub, or USB 2.0 Hub.
If it is not USB 3.0, I do not recommend such an expensive product, as any cheap external hard drive would work just as well, for a fraction of the cost.
If you do have USB 3.0, then this little drive will likely be faster than the internal mechanical drive in your MacBook Pro.
I am not sure whether this old a MacBook supports USB 3.0 UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol).
If it does not, you would still get reasonable speed, but not the advertised 500 MB/Second.- Answered by Jerold A from Nashua
- 23-May-2018
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