Works with Time Machine. How well? Seamless? Is this drive a plug replacement for an Apple capsule from Apple?
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That was not your original question. You asked if it worked with Time Machine. It does. Any external disk will work with TM as far as I know, the bigger and faster the disk, the better. But Time Capsule, is a different animal, it is an external network device, router/switch that is both wired and wireless that contains a disk to back up to on the network as well as a USB port. In my opinion binding the two together is not a great win. It may be convenient for Apple users who want to stay simple and supported and use Apple for the sake of using Apple. You get more (or equal in some cases) bang for your buck by getting a non-Apple device for back up in most cases.
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I'm using it with a 2011 MacBook Pro. No problems encountered. Using it for straight file copies as well as time machine. I don;t know about firmware.
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Thomas there is a new software version out 10.9.2 you may want to load if you are not aware of it but YES this Canvio will work great with that version. Just plug it in and it goes to work with Time Machine on your Mac. I love mine.
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Sorry, I don't know. It seems fast enough. But since I use it for Time Machine it doesn't matter very much. You can ask LaCie.
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is there anyone who have tried the apple's time capsule with wd hd media player? maybe it is possible if he can plug timecapsule to the edia player, isn.t it?
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I am using it to back up my entire HD with my MacBook Pro. I am not using it with Time Machine. Works fast and is excellent for my use.
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I am not conversant with the apple time capsule but anything that is made to connect to ethernet through a cable (not USB) can be used. This device connects to the wireless network and presents itself as a wired port (actually 4) you can connect any device that can connect to a ethernet network. For example an old desktop or whatever. I have been using it without any problem for my Logitech Revue which has a bad wifi but has also a port for wired connection.
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I use the drive via my time capsule usb. Works great. I formatted the drive when it was brand new.
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No. The Time Capsule cannot do both a Time Machine backup and backup other folders. However, what I do and it woks very well: I do Time Machine backups to the Time Capsule, and plug an external drive into he USB port of the Time Capsule. A WD My Passport 1 or 2 TB woks fine. All this can be wireless or wired. However, the Time Capsule should be your network wireless router connected by ethernet to your modem, even if the modem is wireless. If you have AppleCare on your iMac, let hem lead you through the set up. I did. I have two TCs.
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Time Machine is not designed to sync two computers, and that is not what the Time Capsule is for. For that, you want something like Apple's .mac service.
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If it worked and I don't think it would, you would be waisting about $200 dollars on functionality you don't need. Buy an Mac compatible external hard drive instead and use Time Machine to back up with it.
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As far as I am aware, there shouldn't be an issue. While we use it for back-ups on our Macs, we do not use it specifically on the time machine.
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Yes, I use it for that. I did use apple disc utility and partitioned mine for 1tb to be used specifically for time machine though. If you need all 4 for just backups it should work. That seems excessive though to me
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Yes, I run it connected to an iMac running Mac OS 10.9 as the backup for Time Machine. Works very well.
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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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Yeah it should work, but I'd skip it. PATA is outdated, I only bought one of these to clone a hard drive for my PowerBook from the early 2000s. That and finding a bare PATA drive that's big enough to fit all the contents of a modern Mac with Time Machine will be difficult. And if that's not enough, after 20 or so minutes of continuous writing, this will get pretty hot. I say buy a dedicated drive.
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It is backing up to time machine fine on my MacBook Pro. Just plugged in and started using it.