I purchased a My Book Essential Edition 640 GB external during Black Friday ($70, what a steal!), and have been running it with a Mac driver that is available on the Western Digital website.
Though I know you do not need a driver in order to operate it on a Mac, does anyone know what (if any) advantages there are to using this Mac driver?
I tested out the connect time for the external hard drive to connect to my MacBook, and it was slower when running the driver (1 minute 29 seconds with Driver, 1 minute 6 seconds without Driver).
So what's the deal?
Though I know you do not need a driver in order to operate it on a Mac, does anyone know what (if any) advantages there are to using this Mac driver?
I tested out the connect time for the external hard drive to connect to my MacBook, and it was slower when running the driver (1 minute 29 seconds with Driver, 1 minute 6 seconds without Driver).
So what's the deal?