11-05-2010, 06:26 AM
I use eSATA on my Mac Pro, which is running 10.5.8 and has a $50 eSATA card from OWC in it. I hot-swap drives frequently with a pair of Newertech Voyager Q docks connected to its two eSATA ports. This Mac recognizes the various drives I swap correctly, reporting their names and capacities as expected.