Is this formatted via HFS+ out of the box....or is it FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, etc? Is it compatible with Apple Time Machine to write/store system backups?
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If HFS+ means its Mac formatted, yes it is. And I just checked and I can select it for a time machine backup. I have just switched to SSD as well and this card fits almost flush on my MacBook.
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it came compatible out of the box with my macbook retina so I would assume that it would be compatible with the Apple Time Machine to write/store backups.
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Yes, it is compatible with Apple Time Machine. I use mine as my back up drive in my Macbook Air
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I believe it was HFS formatted out of the box, but you can always format it any way you want. I have not used it to back up with TM (capacity is pretty small) but I do not know why you could not. It is visible to TM and you can select it as the TM disk. I really like it because it sits almost flush with the side of the MBP and does not get bumped by things or caught on the sleeve when I put it away. So, I basically just leave it in the machine.
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The StorEDGE was formatted and ready to go right out of the box. Apple shows the format as "ExFAT". It does show up as an "Available Drive" in the Time Machine preference box as well.
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Mine arrived formatted as ExFAT, and locked in a weird read-only mode because of it. I eventually had to boot from a Mavericks installer thumb drive to get it read/write so I could finally format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
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Yes, mine was a Mac formatted drive and is now just an external I use for backup for my MacBook pro.
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Yes, I reformatted mine to ExFAT immediately after I got it. Been working fine as a media drive I switch between Windows and OSX with no issues at all.
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This is not a NAS it is hardware RAID it's just like a RAID controller in a server you can partition and format the RAID volume in any way supported by the OS. I've even used these with Mac OS X and Linux and had no problems with MBR or GPT partition tables, complicated partition schemes, HFS+, LVM, BTRFS, XFS etc. With Windows 7 or newer it registers as an internal disk instead of a removable drive so NTFS works but you will have to jump through some hoops to get FAT32 just like you would with a regular disk ExFAT may be easier. FAT32 has some applications but is insecure that's why MS made it difficult to access in newer OS.
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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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Yes, You may have to format to work. The one I bought was exFAT. exFAT is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.5 or newer, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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I'm not a regular Mac user, so cannot answer this question with 100% certainty. To streamline the backup process, Apple has made it a bit challenging to use Time Machine with a network drive. To have Time Machine back up to the USB connected network drive you would have to create a HFS+ disk image, mount it to its permanent home, and point Time Machine there.
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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.
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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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It should be, if you format it for a Mac using disk utility (HFS Journaled) it should work fine.
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Hi, I'm not 100% certain but if I remember correctly I did use it as a clone at one point to backup OS10.8.6 before upgrading to 10.9 Mavericks and did boot from this Seagate via Thunderbolt. I hope I'm not misleading you though because there were a lot of other external drives floating around this same time, but quite sure.
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Yes! I had a friend partition this hard drive so that half was dedicated to Time Machine and the other half could be used as for standard files/documents. I've had it for some time and have had no problems using Time Machine on it!
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Yes this drive is compatible with a Mac. I plugged it in, opened up Disk Utility, formatted it (Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to be exact) and it's working just peachy. I even partitioned it, about half for backups and the other half for other stuff.
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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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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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That's why I bought this drive, I have a MacBook Pro 2012, running mavericks. I had been using Time Machine with a networked drive, but it just just stopped working one day. I tried everything and I found that the format of the drive was windows based and this is what happens. So, I bought this Transcend 1Tb and Time Machine works well. It's large enough to use for Time Machine and have back-up folders of files, photo's etc, easily accessible. It's portable, designed to withstand a fall, it's USB3 and backwards compatible, and does not require a separate power source. I was considering buying another one just to have, but storage seems to get better and cheaper every day, and this more than meets my needs.
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I have and iMac computer with "Time Machine" installed. Time Machine automatically backs up everything on my iMac onto the Seagate Goflex. I have only had it for a short while, but to date I am very satisfied with my purchase. Hope this helps.