<![CDATA[iFixit - Answers With Device "Apple 3.5 Drive External Floppy Drive"]]> https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/Device/Apple_3.5_Drive_External_Floppy_Drive?rss=yes en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:20:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Apple 3.5 Drive External Floppy Drive: What Macintosh computer can read this floppy disk?]]> So, being the youngin that I am this is my first time working with floppy disks and I’ve tried researching this topic on google but I couldn’t find too much information. The mission is to read a bunch of double-sided, single-density microfloppy disks. At least that’s what the customer told me they were. Some are the special macintosh hyperproduct brand and I don’t know what brand the others are. There’s also a single-sided microfloppy that I’d like to read if possible but thats not necessary. My question is, what obsolete macintosh product will read these disks? Can devices that read double-sided disks also read single-sided ones? Does it matter whether the floppies are 400k or 800k? I have a few oldies sitting around my shop and I was thinking the Macintosh Performa might work best but I wasn’t sure. If anyone can give me lesson on these old products I’d love to learn.

⟐ Commented August 13, 2019 at 14:05 MST

]]> https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/580574/What+Macintosh+computer+can+read+this+floppy+disk https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/580574 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:05:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Apple 3.5 Drive External Floppy Drive: Removing stuck yellow disk - Solved]]> Block Image

Trying to repair 800k external drive, but yellow disk stuck in mechanism and stopping me from removal of sliding trays. Need suggestions to move so I can continue to finish the tear down.

⟐ Answer accepted May 18, 2019 at 5:59 MST

]]> https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/558938/Removing+stuck+yellow+disk+-+Solved https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/558938 Sat, 18 May 2019 05:59:23 -0700