If purchased I do not want to run WD Smartware but rather use Mac Time machine. Is there an option not to install WD Smartware?
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Smartware is preinstalled on the device. It is not mandatory to install it on your computer that you are going to plug it in to.
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In a word, yes. Install software from the CD; both Mac and Windows are included.
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You do not need to install their software, you should be able to plug the drive in and see it on your machine. You will have to use their disk and launch their program to clone the old disk to a new disk. I have been using their device and the EZGig software sine version 1 and never had a problem.
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You can install apps Directly into the unit so then you don't need the computer. There a apps for ftp, torrents, etc. I think you can't daisy chain them because they need USB interfaces to increase capacity and the unit doesn't work as a USB drive.
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Of course, it is compatible to use with Mac's Time Machine, u just have to choose the appropriate filing system when installing the disk drive.
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I love this drive, but do not own or have used it with a Mac, but I think you made a good decision to use Time Machine, from what I read it looks like a nice system. I am using my Seagate with Linux and do my full backups using REDO backup, and my incremental with either a cp -u command manually or drag & drop from the GUI. Hope this helps.
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp &lt; 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
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It comes with WD SmartWare Pro. You do not need to purchase the software separately.
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Yes you can. In fact the first time you set your Time Machine up have to decide what not to back up because the default is your entire system. That is including all disks connected to it.
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Use the Mac OS included "Disk Utility" application. Choose the MacOS Extended format if you're Mac-only. Otherwise use FAT32 if you must share with windows.Note, if you want to use it with Time Machine you will need at least one partition to be MacOS Extended formatted.
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From my experience, you just refuse Time Machine for the device once, and then you can use it as a normal backup/file transfer device. Although it is true that I reformatted the drive to work with Windows and Mac using eXFAT file system.
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Well you would have to format it to the mac format anyways, it takes seconds, drive is a beast!
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I do not recommend it for Mac. Nothing but headaches. If I have to use the Mac I run wmware win 7 and it is not as reliable.
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I'm sorry, I don't know what that is. I use the USB connection and the WD Smartware shortcut and allow the hard drive backup to occur. I use it for backup protection against a crash or the re-activation of a file I deleted from my hard drive when I thought I wouldn't need it anymore. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
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You should first use Mac's Disk Utility to reformat the drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format for the best efficiency with a Mac before setting up TimeMachine. It is a simple process, and my 3TB version of this drive has been running TimeMachine flawlessly ever since. My 4TB drive is a recent acquisition for external storage, but it too was reformatted before use.
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There is a difference between Mac compatibility and Time Machine compatibility.Time Machine is much more stable with AFP, which this does not support. But Mac OS X can read/write to Samba shares (just not Time Machine), which this does.So, yes, this is compatible with Mac. No, it will not be very reliable with Time Machine.