I'd like to set this up to set aside a certain amount of space for time machine backups for two macs and have the rest for network storage. How?
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There is a convenient slider under the My Cloud settings that you can adjust to limit the space allocated for Time Machine backups. No need to partition the drive. It is recommended that you 1st leave the slider to maximum usage for your first backups (use an ethernet cable at first for faster transfer), then adjust the slider down to limit how much space Time Machine will occupy. The remaining space can be used for storage/media server. If you need more space, you can always add a 2nd, 3rd, etc. hard drive to the WD My Cloud through its USB 3.0 port.
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Sorry, I am no help ... I have never tried to use the cloud backup. I reformatted the drives for OS X and use one as a Time Machine backup and the other as just a media storage device.
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You can access it both ways. It is a very easy interface to use.By the way, my prior criticism about Time Machine backing up very slowly onto the Synology was resolved by an IOS update.
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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 -&gt; Mac OS Plus (registrer).
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Time Machine is not designed to sync two computers, and that is not what the Time Capsule is for. For that, you want something like Apple's .mac service.
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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
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Go to start, right click on computer and then manage and then you can set additional drives
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You can fill as few as 2 slots (using one drive as a redundant drive) and leave the rest open for later use. I initially loaded 6 slots with drives and allowed the NAS to test all 6 drives. I them removed 2 drives and keep them as backups. I now have 4 3TB drives installed and running just fine configured as one volume.
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Sincerely, I do not know. Because in my case I use this device only one or two time for month -when my Mac activate Time Machine option-, so I have not experience using everyday. For me works very good, is enough.
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Yes. Time Machine can automatically back up to this, and you can use the drive as a regular network share and store files on it that you no longer want on your mac. It works well with OSX, works horribly with Windows.
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Apple does not recommend it but lots of people have success. You should always have 2 backups. Preferably with one off-site.
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I use this Buffalo Link Station Pro Duo to back up both a PC and two MacBooks and it works fine for me. You could use your Time Capsule in addition to this if you would like at the same time. See the Apple & Buffalo web sites for details.
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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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I don't have MAC but should work the same way like PC. The only requirements to see all drives - you must have the port multiplier function provided by your computer's eSATA port controller. If not you'll see only one drive.
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I use this strictly to do OSX backups using TimeMachine. This drive is formatted for use with Apple computers and is not formatted to be accessed by PCs. I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish, whether it is backing up data using backup tools or just trying to copy files to an external drive that either system can read. Regardless, this is not a good, cost effective, starting point for you. You would need to totally reformat the drive and consider if your PC supports USB 3 because this drive is built to support that higher transfer rate.
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Hi to the best of my knowledge an experience on a Windows platform it shows as 2 separate drives. On the Mac os it shows as 1 drive.
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Sure, it's based on Linux, so it can use CIFS/NFS for sharing. I'm not as familiar with the Mac side of the aisle, but I can't imagine it not working for that, too -- it's just network-attached storage...