just wondering I am aiming to buy this for my Macbook for photo editing, where main file is on network drive, does it make it fast in Dualband mode?
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Dual band mode selects the best of the two bands available. It can help with speed. Ultimately speed on your local network is controlled by the slowest of all components: router, access points, drives, etc.
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I was on the verge of getting a Mac if for no other reason then final cut. But I know I don't have a good hard drive, just the original 72,000 rpm included with my Emachines et1352-53, I have heard of raid setups. Could you tell me what I would need to set up something like that? also where did you get your weird software (was it Edius?)
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It is mac compatible, yes. However, it is not optimized for macs. The unit comes with two USB connectors for your mac, which connects it to the drive. Even with both connectors plugged in, some macs will disconnect from the drive while you work. As you can imagine, this is absurdly annoying, but is not a problem unique to this particular drive. A lot of macs have the same problem with USB 3 bus powered drives. The speed difference isn't even that noticeable from usb 2.0, so if you can find one, just get a USB 2 drive and save yourself some grief.
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Its a samsung drive. Its pretty darn fast. I replaced a quadcore mac pro with this and havent looked back.
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I haven't had a problem with it. I plugged the USB into my MAC for the power source, and attached a flash drive to the other connector and then pressed the buttons as described in the instructions that came with it. It worked fine. I also worked out how to create spaces in between tracks. All I can suggest is make sure the flash drive is connected and you have space on the drive for the recording. Best of luck
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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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Hello DavidYes, in my domestic network scenario I use a Mac and my wife use a Windows laptop and network drive map works without problems. The NAS is connected on my Apple Time Capsule 1TB old version and the GUI interface of this NAS is easy to use and the access is via http. About the FTP, I can't comment because I've never used.
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yeah works fine if you format it right. Fat32 works good unless files are over 4gigs in size. also ntsf with macfuze installed is a good bet too..
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I use a 16 GB tab on a mac laptop, USB2, OSX 109.3. It's fast enough for me. I mostly store very small documents on it. i tried a 947 MB file; took 2 minutes. a file speed tester a tried yielded speeds all over the place: write 5.5 to 9.6 MB; read 16.1 to 34.9 MB.if you want large files to transfer fast, try a Patriot Magnum. Mine is USB2; it's honkin' big, but i copied the same file in 30 seconds.
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Works well in my 2GHz MacBook 1,1 CoreDuo. I ran the memory test in Tech Tool Pro 6 and it passed. I also ran memtest from an older Ubuntu install CD and it passed. I have had one panic crash though. It is a machine given to me by my daughter when she upgraded, and I haven't used it that much.
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Should. The limit is in the software for the Mac. Backup will need backup software that can see a network drive. Music will need the DLNA standard players. If you are just storing stuff then it should be fine. Having said that, I use it with a bunch of PC types and it works pretty well. BTW none of these network drives are very fast. Nothing like a fast USB drive.
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It will be slow running from any Mac if you have large file sizes. There is a PostScript limitation on it that slows it down significantly when printing from a Mac
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I have the 256 model, same drive. I use it as a bootable backup drive. It works. It's a little sluggish compared to a firewire connection.
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Yes. I have a MacBook Pro and no issues. It receives N wireless which is faster
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I am using it in my early 2006 Mac Pro and it is running it at full speed. Not sure why it is running slower for you.
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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I had to use a flash hack to roll back to earlier macbook pro 15 firmware that set it for 1.5GBs, it seems to work ok. I did read where some folks on forum said it was the SATA cable on the Macbook Pro that was the problem and they bought a newer cable and swapped it to fix it