How well does this work in a Mac environment? I just need shared storage, nothing fancy. Just be able to see the drives and use the files on them.
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It works perfect. I shuttle files back and forth between my Macbook Pro and WHS 2011 all the time.
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A.J., Thanks for your post, I have just done the same thing and it works a treat. My Mac picked up the Seagate drive on the desktop with no bother. Seems like the case and heat issues are letting Seagate down here.F
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I think you should check out highpoint rocketraid2720sgl for internal SAS LTO drive or rocketraid 2711 for external drive. These cards are good Linux and Window... I am hoping they will release support for Mac soon...It saved me $150 compared to Atto.
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I do not have a MAC however on the PC and I believe it will apply to the MAC you can set up the array in various ways including 4 individual drives. I hope this helps. Ron
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Hi Shiki, This is very helpful. Is it easy to partition the drive? I just ordered this so I don't have the drive yet, but when it comes I'd like to back up both my Mac and PC... Do you know where to find information on how to partition? Thank you!
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Yes, the drive is compatible with a Mac, you'd just have to reformat the drive for the Mac file system, not a big deal to do though.
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I would get a NAS. I would avoid this particular product. I had a bad experience with this one. I did get a NAS, because I have the same configuration at home where PC and MAC need to live together.
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Wow! I think it'd depend on how you use it and set it up. For me the 4TB with thunderbolt has been faster. But I use it mainly for moving data between my mac and the backups.
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I use MacFuse to access my NTFS partition on Bootcamp. Am just ordering the drive now, will see if MacFuse+NTFS is any faster or slower than Fat32.
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so if i were to put a mess of files from a pc on this drive, i will be able to access them with my mac?
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I used the standard formatting that it auto chose. I believe it was some sort of zfs. I did not really go through all the options tho. Whatever formatting it used it does allow for mac file sharing along with windows and linux. U can turn each on and off. If you are debating on getting this unit DO IT. I love it.
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I have about 6 floppy disks with pictures, must of been developed that way. Can I use this drive with a Mac? I no longer own a PC.
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I'm really only using them (I have several) on a Mac but I think they are interchangeable between platforms. It is a great drive. It is my "go to" whenever I need an external drive.
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I believe they may have added Macintosh support since the time I bought mine, because on the Maxtor Site, under the Software Downloads section for the "Shared Storage Family", it lists some Macintosh software. That being said, I would heavily recommend using the included back-up software (which I find to be extremely unreliable) and provide your own back-up software.
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I have excellent results with mine but I'm an MSDOS guy. About Mac, I know nothing. Have you talked to Mustek? Maybe there is a driver that will help. I had a problem with a RAID drive that seems to have been cured with a new driver.
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Just got one and it works great, but no, it doesn't show up in Mac OS X as a drive. I'm using 10.4.6 and can't see it in the finder, disk utility, or in /Volumes/. Bummer.
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My understanding is that it will work for either Windows or Mac but will need to be formatted when used with a Windows system. It is my understanding that once it is dedicated it is not recommended to the use the Gdrive back and forth between the two different computer systems. Hope this is helpful.