Can you set the backup frequency? Is that the default, or the only way to do it?
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yes you can, but not with airport utility. there is a freeware program called TimeMachineEditor. It works for macs. not sure if there is a PC version. this will let you edit the interval of backups and calendar intervals http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/
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Yes you can use any backup software that you want, you donot need to use the Seagate software. I use Acronis Backup software, works great
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I have not had any trouble at all with mine. However, I will admit that I only use it as a backup drive and it is only on about once a month for the length of time it takes to back up the drive it is linked to.
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What's really nice about the Lacie backup drive is that you get auto updates for free from the company. If it's 2, you can set the updates as a manual or auto update.
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I think the manual said there's an automated chime/alarm. it also said something about stopping the other disk and scheduled backups until the new drive was added. I got a backup battery to make sure that I didn't have a drive failure or just a simple write failure do to loss of power.
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Apple does not recommend it but lots of people have success. You should always have 2 backups. Preferably with one off-site.
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If it is a first time back up it takes time. Mine took two days for 1TB. All future backups only captured the changed (new) files. I use COX. If you are on DSL you have a problem (century link) Good luck
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I agree with David, you can set it to Raid 0 for full storage space use. I prefer using Raid 1 for protection even though you drop the usable space in half. I like having my data replicated in case of failure.
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Sincerely, I do not know. Because in my case I use this device only one or two time for month -when my Mac activate Time Machine option-, so I have not experience using everyday. For me works very good, is enough.
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It can be used for many different purposes. Usually I use it with a backup program called CrashPlan to do continuous backup.
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Yes. You can set this in the Tools>Power Management option of the configuration. It has specific options to power down the drives after 5/10/15/20/25/30 minutes, or 1-5 hours.
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I wish I could say I knew but I don't. That might be a good question to ask the company directly... I leave the MacBook plugged in as the default and working as our backup drive so I leave both on to backup in the background. Sorry I can't help more than that.
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I backup at least once a week with time machine. You can backup both macs with time machine or you could make separate folders for each Mac and put the files in the folders accordingly.
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You can program the unit with the supplied software or through the Gui via web browser.. I currently have 2 servers backing up to this unit. You can have it setup to backup 2 computers on there own hard drive. Or do what I did and let them backup on the same hard drive but using there own folders. then you can create a internal backup to the unit where it will archive all backups onto the other hard drive. Otherwise setup the raid in the Gui and the hard drives will always back each other up. there's so many different options you can do with this unit. Its well worth it.
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you set it's frequency of backup. also, the drive always checks the status of the computer. if no back up is required, the WD drive does nothing.
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I'm using it for two computers but I'm manually backing them up. I never use the built in software.
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I think this persons page will help you, because I wasn't quite sure myself, so I googled it and found his answer to be the most helpful: http://lifehacker.com/5685547/how-to-set-up-time-machine-to-back-up-to-a-networked-windows-or-linux-machine