Is it possible to use it with Time Machine ? I mean can it be set as the hard drive that Time Machine uses to store my data ?
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The product lit expressedly says it shouldn't be used as Time Machine back up.
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LaCie recommends users should not allow Time Machine to use the FUEL for backup.http://manuals.lacie.com/en:manuals:fuel/printable?do=export_pdf
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I use it for my iMac, which is a few years old, as a time machine and it works great.
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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.
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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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Yes, I used it with Time Machine in Leopard/Snow Leopard...worked well for exactly one year and then inexplicably died.
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I don't know if you can. If you've had it for some time and it died then it may not be worth trying. Mine died at about the 1 1/2 year point I think it was. I went out and bought another one. My only though is perhaps to hook it up to a regular computer, see if it recognizes the drive and play around from there. I would be hesitant to use it for too long if you can manage to reform it. When it does you get little warning and you lose all the recordings on it.
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No, you can use the external hard drive, it only support internal hard drive, sorry for that.
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i have this on my iMac using time machine to back up everything. But, there is the Seagate Dashboard program that may be able to do what you need...here's a link to some tutorials that may help you.. http://www.seagate.com/support/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/backup-plus-desk-mac/
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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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Please check toshiba website: http://www.toshiba.com/us/accessories/Portable/1TB/Slim-II/HDTD210XSMEA Time machine will work fine on this one via USB cable.
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I bought the drive to use as a drive to store books, movies and photos. I'm not sure if it is a backup clone of an intel Mac with Mavericks. I know it works very well for what I bought it for. However, I am getting the Airport by Apple to use with Time Machine. It should arrive at my house today. That boosts your wi-fi as well as backs up automatically.
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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"
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THANK YOU!! I didn't know how to get my expansion disk to accept back up information until I read your post and once I used Time Machine to format, everything copied quickly and easily. So again, THANK YOU!!
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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.
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Frankly, I don't think it even can be said to "work" at all. Even if one accepts the terrible Windows software and the glllaaaciallll transfer speeds, mine up and spontaneously reset itself and *lost all saved data*. If you're already in the Mac ecosystem anyway, why look anywhere else than a Time Capsule? Designed from the get-go to work with the OS, integrates wonderfully and has fabulous (well, compared to Seagate) support (if you're near an Apple store).
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It is backing up to time machine fine on my MacBook Pro. Just plugged in and started using it.
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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.