Welcome to the Accelerate Your Mac!'s Drive Compatibility Database. The purpose of this database is to show what hard drives, CDRom/DVD/CDRom Recorders, DVD RAM, etc. drives are compatible with Macintosh computers. Entries are added on a several times a week (usually every weekday morning) so check back often.

Add Your Experience! If you have upgraded or replaced a hard drive, CDROM, DVD, CDR or Tape drive in your Mac, Add a report to the database.

Search Tips:

• Pioneer retail "Superdrive" DVR-103/A03, 104/A04 and 105/A05 are filed under "DVD-R DVD Recorder" category. The DVR-106/A06 and later models also support DVD+R/+RW and are listed under "DVD+R/+RW + DVD-R/-RW" category.
  
  
• Even though IDE drives are used in Firewire and USB cases, those external drive reports are filed under Firewire or USB interface, not IDE.
  
  
• If the brand you're looking for is not in the list - choose "Other" as the brand and use the browser "Find" feature on the results page(s) to look for specific brand/models.
  
  
• To search for specific model numbers, use the new model number entry field. (make sure you enter the model number completely including any prefix letters like "LTR-" or "DVR", etc.) - if nothing found try selecting just by the drive brand/drive type, etc. in case there's a model number change/typo in an entry.
  
  
• You can also use the browser "Find" feature on the results page(s) to jump to specific model number reports or speed ratings, comments, etc.
  
  
• To increase the number of results, you can omit Mac model, OS version or Interface type.

Select Search Criteria: By Drive Type, Interface, and/or Mac Model:

Step 1: Select a Drive Type:
[Optional] Select an Drive Brand:
[Optional] Enter Drive Model Number: (Include any prefix like "LTR-" or "DVR-")
[Optional] Select an Interface Type: (IDE drives used in Firewire or USB cases are filed under Firewire or USB Interface, not IDE.)
[Optional] Select a Mac Model:
[Optional] Select your MacOS Version:
Step 2: Click Button to Search Reports:

Note: Some OS X comments may still be included in OS 9.x reports. Check there if you do not find enough matches under OS X. (Leave OS option blank to see entries regardless of OS version used.)
To search all entries for a specific Drive Type, regardless of Interface, Brand or Mac Model, leave the "Interface", "Brand", and "Mac Model" drop-downs blank. If your search comes up empty, or with few entries, try leaving the "Mac Model" blank. To search for all drive upgrades performed with a specific Brand, Interface or Mac Model regardless of Drive type, select from one or both of these lists while leaving "Drive Type" blank. Leaving all fields blank will find all posted reports.

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Other Sources of Drive Installation/Upgrade Info:

• The www.xlr8yourmac.com list of Storage articles and reviews

• See the FAQ's l How-To and Tutorials topic area