Will this drive work for network storage with mountain lion?
1986160
Yes, I have a Macbook Pro w/ retina display, and I purchased this NAS for the sole purpose of using Time Machine to back up both of my Macs.
1986161
Only if you buy one with the latest firmware. If you get one with older firmware it won't work at all and there is no way to upgrade the firmware besides doing an RMA.
1986162
It will work fine as a file storage device with any computer that connects to your wired network on which MBL is connected to. You can use a browser such as Firefox to configure MBL over your network. Remember, MBL does not have a USB port, only a 1000mb/s capable RJ45 ethernet port. To get maximum transfer speed between MBL and your computer, you should have a 1000mb/s wired (ethernet) network, using Cat6a or Cat7 wiring and the appropriate 1000mb/s high speed switches, and of course, have 1000mb/s net cards on your computers, which is standard fare these days. Using wireless, even n-wireless, will not give you maximum transfer speed. It will work fine as a file storage device with any computer that connects to your wired network on which MBL is connected to. You can use a browser such as Firefox to configure MBL over your network. Remember, MBL does not have a USB port, only a 1000mb/s capable RJ45 ethernet port. To get maximum transfer speed between MBL and your computer, you should have a 1000mb/s wired (ethernet) network, using Cat6a or Cat7 wiring and the appropriate 1000mb/s high speed switches, and of course, have 1000mb/s net cards on your computers, which is standard fare these days. Using wireless, even... » Read More It will work fine as a file storage device with any computer that connects to your wired network on which MBL is connected to. You can use a browser such as Firefox to configure MBL over your network. Remember, MBL does not have a USB port, only a 1000mb/s capable RJ45 ethernet port. To get maximum transfer speed between MBL and your computer, you should have a 1000mb/s wired (ethernet) network, using Cat6a or Cat7 wiring and the appropriate 1000mb/s high speed switches, and of course, have 1000mb/s net cards on your computers, which is standard fare these days. Using wireless, even n-wireless, will not give you maximum transfer speed. « Show Less
1986163
After reading the WD forums, it is my understanding that My Book Live will work with Mountain Lion without a hitch.
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It doesn't work very well with anything. The 3 Tb drive that I got was bad out of the box. Support was marginally helpful but when the drive still had not shipped 10 days after the RMA was issued, I gave up and returned it.
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I have been using it with OS X Mount Lion since the OS came out with no issues. I have had no overheating issues, and although I don't use the WD software that is included I wouldn't object to it for any reason. Just format, load, and go...very easy.
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yes, it is easy to map as a network drive.I have mapped it to both Windows 7 and 8, as well as Linux
2137310
As long as your machine has a Firewire 800 port you should be okay. What matters is the hardware you are using and not the operating system. You can just drag and drop files to the WD, but I use Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper to automate my backups.
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I don't know MAC/Snow leopard, but it is treated as any other USB storage device.If your mac can handle USB flash drives, or USB external disk drives it should work just fine.This device is Screamingly fast as well as large. transferring data from it via USB 3.0 to an internal SATA solid state drive, it reaches speeds approaching 300MB/sec.This device is also quite expensive (~$300).If your machine can not handle the speed you could buy more storage cheaper.
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So far I only see compatibility with Windows and Apple operating systems, that's with the Buffalo NAS Navigator software. You might need to contact Buffalo tech support. I am sure there is a way to make it work, because at the end of the day its a storage drive. ;)
90649
You can. My drive was formatted NTFS via usb and i connect to my Mac via Firewire 800 with no problems.
1677409
Yes it will. It has worked wonders for me since i used it as a back up for re-installing Apple OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion). As long as you follow instructions on partitioning it. There are plenty instructions and examples on YouTube from different tech guys showing vids on how to back up and install OS (win or mac).
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I see no problems. It is needed to have a guid partition type instead of mbr. It can to be done via Disk Utility. As a variant, just erase it (format) to mac-os, extended, journalized, encrypted.
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I don't see why not. I am using firewire on this unit for the speed on a iMac . I have an older Samba which is only USB 2 and that has worked well on PC's and Mac's with disk sizes from 20gb to 3tb's and I have not had any problems. So the size of the disk should not make a difference.
671653
Yes, you can enable SMB/CIFS for Windows, Mac, and Linux; and NFS for Linux if necessary.
1661371
The drive app will see the folders; how it interacts w/ your ethernet question is unknown. It should work, but ... connectivity is diceySorry I cannot be more specifici
1090938
I have the MCE drive. It's much faster than the Apple drive & works better. A no-brainer.
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Yes, you can store any data on it. If you are going to be using the drive with both Mac and PC, you should consider reformatting it as ExFAT, which is fully compatible with both. It will provide the most flexibility.
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I have Mt Lion, I am not sure if there are any issues with previous OS's.. I can't imagine it being a problem, especially if you're using it as a sole hard drive.. I have the stock 1TB hdd as a secondary internal in my 2012 Mac mini, and if you pay attention to the OWC instructions on setup, it works like a dream. I can only imagine hardware not being compatible if anything. I really don't know 100%, but I assume you will be safe
9992
No, this is not a network drive. You can use one interface with one computer at a time, thank you
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The Asus web site provides no answer to either hard drive format compatibility or networking compatibility with ANY type of computer. That's what's holding me back. A couple of 1 TB drives formatted HFS+ and networked iMac and Macbook Pro laptop, and I refuse to take the plunge unless there's documentation somewhere. If you find it, please post!