Time Machine: Is anyone running Time Machine from Mac OS X Lion to a USB hard disk connected to N900?
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Yes, I tried. Contacted customer service, the whole nine yards. It DOES NOT work with Time Machine on Lion. Period. Even though the packaging misleadingly assured me that it was Mac compatible. I've been reassured that Netgear's engineers are working on the problem keeping in mind that Lion has been our for retail sales since July of 2011 with development versions well before that. I don't expect satisfaction with my complaint, nor do I expect to ever purchase a Netgear anything in the future.
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yes, use Time Machine. it's the native backup app for Macs. and for the love of stuff... DON'T UPGRADE PAST SNOW LEOPARD. not because of this hard drive backup solution... don't do it because Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks are all crap.
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Yes - I believe it is compatible with any operating system that runs time machine.
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Hi John, it will works perfectly and if you want to make a backup using your Time Machine you only need to chance in your Utility Disk the status to -> Mac OS Plus (registrer).
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I use this strictly to do OSX backups using TimeMachine. This drive is formatted for use with Apple computers and is not formatted to be accessed by PCs. I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish, whether it is backing up data using backup tools or just trying to copy files to an external drive that either system can read. Regardless, this is not a good, cost effective, starting point for you. You would need to totally reformat the drive and consider if your PC supports USB 3 because this drive is built to support that higher transfer rate.
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Yes it is. I use it as a "Time Machine" backup for my iMac running Yosemite 10.10.2.
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Don't know, since I am using it as Time Machine on my Mac... I never turn the drive off.
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Works great with a Macbook pro.Plug in, partitioned part of the drive for Time machine backups and is up and running within minutes.Looks like it would be easy to swap drives too.For those old enough to remember, this works like a giant Syquest Drive.CKL
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well.. i have windows, so iam not sure about mac.. the disk works like a lan hard drive.. so it should work with time machine. The software is useful to set the configurations, just that.
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
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Yes this is compatible with Snow Leopard. I am using the 2TB ELEMENT with my macbook pro as my time machine backup drive. I reformat it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) since I don't use windows.
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Absolutely! I've used it for over a year with Time Machine. I never have to think about backing up. It's awesome!
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If you don't see the time machine icon when you are on windows, you may not be able to do it. I'd call an Apple store for assistance.
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I believe you can drag/drop too. I have a Mac and it worked like that for me. However, I chose the Mac TimeMachine to back up all my pertinent data. PS. I had mine 3 months and it stopped working. I just had to contact Toshiba for a replacement. Hoping I don't have another issue with the new one.
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I have a MacBookPro 17" Model A1229 from late 2007 with both Firewire 800 and 400. I use Firewire 800 to my Passport 1TB purchased from Amazon several months ago. I have it set to do auto Time Machine Backups every day. Never any problems. The new USB 3.0 is 600MB/s, Firewire 800 is 75MB/s, USB 2.0 is 60MB/s, and Firewire400 is 50MB/s. Firewire 400 will work fine, and is still offered as an option on the new drives. Good luck, hope this helps. Bill Rhodes
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I have it installed under Yosemite 10.10.3 on a 2009 Mac Pro. It has been working well so far with no additional drivers (or power). I tested the speeds using Black Magic with the same drive connected to the Mac's built-in USB 2.0 and then on the Inateck USB 3.0. The speed difference was quite dramatic under USB 3.0, although I have been using the external drive only for Time Machine backups, so it is not a big factor in real-world use.
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I haven't tried it but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be it's just a USB interface. I hope to talk to my Macintosh and it worked within seconds