Does time machine back up the contents of the drive?
1130075
It is backing up to time machine fine on my MacBook Pro. Just plugged in and started using it.
1130076
Yes, it does get backed up in time machine. Whoever is saying no has no clue.
268707
Not an expert on this, but after my own recent unbacked-up-data-loss fiasco, I *believe* Time Machine (part of Apple OS X) not only backs up each item---text file, photo, song, movie, etc.---on your computer, but creates a whole copy ("image") of the complete contents of your computer---including apps. In the event of data-loss disaster, you can simply restore your complete computer the way it was.This drive's features list describes it "Time Machine ready"
1642171
I am not sure about the back-up drive. But I love the expansion drive, it does exactly what I want it to do. I am a film maker, photographer and digital artist, my files are often quite large, especially the high-def films. I use it to store my files on it. It did not have any extra software with it or attached to it. I hope that helps answer your question.
510902
Don't know, since I am using it as Time Machine on my Mac... I never turn the drive off.
23754
I use mine to back up Time Machine on a daily basis. It operates in the background and I never know if its slow or not. Not a problem for me.
268706
I'm not sure . But it backed everything on my hard drive . So all of my information and files we're backed up . So with that i would guess so . Sorry i could not answer for sure .
2041091
Unless there is some oddity in those files there shouldn't be a problem. The "special" Mac-ness of this drive is that it is able to be used as a backup drive with Time machine - not all drives will support that. AFAIK
519353
you set it's frequency of backup. also, the drive always checks the status of the computer. if no back up is required, the WD drive does nothing.
1602195
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
548968
Yes you can back up other drives to Time Capsule. You just choose them in Time Machine setup. I backup both my mac and a WD 3TB external drive that holds all my video.
182459
YES, it can be selected to be a TIME MACHINE backup drive. ... (ADDITIONAL NOTE for Macbook users: What may be surprising to know is that you can also, if you know how to "partition" a drive when formatting it, choose to format this drive to be PART A -- 500GB for additional Data space for your laptop, and PART B -- 500GB which can be selected as your Time Machine volume. When you Partition a Drive, the computer then sees it as 2 separate drives on our desktop.) (hope that didn't confuse you)
1198381
You can manually transfer photo's, documents, etc. to the external hard drive to make certain they're saved; then when deleted off your computer (if using time machine to automatically back up your files) it should still keep them on the external hard drive. You can manually transfer documents while also using the automatic back-up feature of time machine. The way Time machine works though is pretty much in the same principal - if you delete a file or lose a file/document then you can enter time machine and restore the previous days/weeks back-up. So either way works, but I'd suggest that if you are planning on using the external hard drive as a storage device, then manually transfer the photos and they will remain on the EHD permanently until you delete them off the EHD.
268705
Not an expert on this, but after my own recent unbacked-up-data-loss fiasco, I *believe* Time Machine (part of Apple OS X) not only backs up each item---text file, photo, song, movie, etc.---on your computer, but creates a whole copy ("image") of the complete contents of your computer---including apps. In the event of data-loss disaster, you can simply restore your complete computer the way it was. This drive's features list describes it "Time Machine ready"
722847
This drive can be partitioned, no problem. However it is recommended by Apple that you do not use a partitioned hard drive for time machine.
919444
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.
1451538
When formatted the total storage is about 1.71 TB so if both if the total data required for the backups is less then yes. If its not then no.
508353
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.