Can you back pcs with your macs on the time capsule?
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Not out of the box...the backup features the Time Capsule uses are built into the Mac OS X software. This link might help explain it better than I could:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5229376
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I understand that you can, in theory, but have read experts who advise against it. I use mine to back up Macs (which it does perfectly), but have a separate arrangement for PCs.
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Not out of the box...the backup features the Time Capsule uses are built into the Mac OS X software. This link might help explain it better than I could: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5229376
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It doesn't work like a USB hard drive in that you connect it and you're off and going. However, you can use it as a network hard drive. What will happen is when you connect to a network with a Time Capsule on it (either as the primary router or as a network extender), it will show up under the "Shared" group of drives. This is similar to how other computers would be displayed if you have several computers on your home network and you enable file sharing between them (Windows machines, Linux machines, and other Macs). You'll be able to store and access files on the Time Capsule as if they were stored on your internal hard drive, as long as you're on the same network as the Time Capsule. There's no partitioning needed for this. However, do keep in mind that you'll have a file called (your computer's name).sparsebundle on the Time Capsule drive. This is your Time Machine backup. Unless the file becomes corrupt and your Mac gives you an error message like "Unable to use your current backup file, would you like to create a new one?" DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE. If you delete this file, YOU WILL LOSE ALL OF YOUR TIME MACHINE BACKUP DATA. Hope this helps.
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I have a newer Airport Extreme Time Capsule and it works fine with that too. I am networking the WD Book through my Time Capsule so I can share the drive via WiFi for backing up my and my wife's iMacs using Time Machine. It works great. Took me a couple of minutes to find and go through the mounting procedure but after that it is working just as it should. Here's a link to the instructions on Apple's site: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204664
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No. There IS, however, an external portable drive from WD that DOES work with the Mac. It's called My Passport for Mac and is available 500 GB to 2 TB. Just go to the WD web site. They offer other portable backup drives for the Mac.
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I'm sorry, I cannot answer your question for two reasons. I do not have a PPC G4 and when I did, I did not own the two F-Technology drives that I now own. Secondly, since I use TimeMachine to back-up my Intel based machine and have used that when I was having difficulties with my Mac (it is 4 years old) I've never tried to use the G-Tech as alternative boot drives. I can only suggest that you contact G-Tech, tech-services and ask them to tell what would be required to do what you want to do. If they say that you can do it, see if you can get a printed document which will take you - step by step - through the complete process. I'm sorry that I cannot be of more help. BTW - I do use both of my G-Tech drives for my TimeMachine back-ups and they have never let me down. And another resource that can provide some valuable info for you is the Apple trouble-shooting forum. It is a free resource on Apple.Com.
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Time Capsule will allow you to back up multiple computers to the same drive so you can backup both of your computers.
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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 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.
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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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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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Works well on my 2008 MacBook running Yosemite. However, the USB to Cloud backup feature only works in Windows.
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Time Capsule is a backup device, not a file server. You must start with Time Machine setup on your Air.
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If you are talking about a PC, the seagate software will NOT backup the system or applications. On a Macintosh, Time Machine (which comes with a mac) WILL back everything up, including versions of files that change. Also, Carbon Copy Cloner will make a bootable copy of your disk. There are programs for the PC which will back everything up, but I'm not familiar with them.
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Yes. No problem. Just hook it up to your Mac, open up Time Machine and follow the simple instructions.
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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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Yes you can. In fact the first time you set your Time Machine up have to decide what not to back up because the default is your entire system. That is including all disks connected to it.
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yes, you can back up your computer. Use time on the Mac. You would have to download your CD's to your computer I think the back them up.