Apple Announces Replacement Program for 1TB Seagate Hard Drives

Apple announced late last week a program to replace a “very small number of Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems” sold between May and July 2011. If you did not buy your iMac in this time frame, or have an older iMac with 1TB hard drive, you are not affected and do not qualify for free replacement.

1TB hard drives installed in other Mac models sold around this time are not affected.

Apple is always good about owning up to quality problems. The old-style MacBook cracking wrist rest issue is a good example, and any old style MacBook qualifies for free top case replacement regardless of warranty status—as long as the cracking is not a result of abuse or physical damage.

Click here to determine whether your computer is affected.

It should be noted that this is an issue with the Seagate hard drive. Seagate is a huge manufacturer of storage products, and Apple had nothing at all to do with the development of the hard drives in question.