compatiable with time machine?
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I do not use Mac or Time Machine backup, yet the Amazon.com's product page states that it is.
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It works with 2.0 USB. If 10.6.8 has Time Machine, I believe it should work. (I had 10.7 when I first started using it). It's very simple to set up--you basically just plug it in and then open Time Machine, which will then ask you which disc to use for backup. It's the best investment I've made in terms of piece of mind.
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Apple Time Machine is an app although Apple sell its own hard drives for the Time Machine software. Yes you can definitely use it for that. I do.
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From my experience, you just refuse Time Machine for the device once, and then you can use it as a normal backup/file transfer device. Although it is true that I reformatted the drive to work with Windows and Mac using eXFAT file system.
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
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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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That was not your original question. You asked if it worked with Time Machine. It does. Any external disk will work with TM as far as I know, the bigger and faster the disk, the better. But Time Capsule, is a different animal, it is an external network device, router/switch that is both wired and wireless that contains a disk to back up to on the network as well as a USB port. In my opinion binding the two together is not a great win. It may be convenient for Apple users who want to stay simple and supported and use Apple for the sake of using Apple. You get more (or equal in some cases) bang for your buck by getting a non-Apple device for back up in most cases.
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I've been using it for Time Machine, so I didn't use the included software. Can't say for sure, but by the specs advertised by Seagate, it should.
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Yes, it is "Mac" formatted out of the box and is "plug & play" with Time Machine. You need to plug the USB connection directly into the computer so that it gets the correct power and works correctly. Mine works great and is VERY quiet.
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No but you can backup your files with it useing time machine. i have use it with no problem on my pro mac
788521
Yes, I tried. Contacted customer service, the whole nine yards. It DOES NOT work with Time Machine on Lion. Period. Even though the packaging misleadingly assured me that it was Mac compatible. I've been reassured that Netgear's engineers are working on the problem keeping in mind that Lion has been our for retail sales since July of 2011 with development versions well before that. I don't expect satisfaction with my complaint, nor do I expect to ever purchase a Netgear anything in the future.
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well.. i have windows, so iam not sure about mac.. the disk works like a lan hard drive.. so it should work with time machine. The software is useful to set the configurations, just that.
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Yes but the software is free on the timex website. As far as I know there are only Mac and PC compatible software.
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Works great with OS 10.6.8 and USB 2.0. I don't use time machine with it. I just access it manually when I need it through the finder.
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actually I spoke with a Mac genius who said that you can access the same folders on Time Capsule from several different computers. Its not real time sharing, but it'll do the trick.
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That's why I bought this drive, I have a MacBook Pro 2012, running mavericks. I had been using Time Machine with a networked drive, but it just just stopped working one day. I tried everything and I found that the format of the drive was windows based and this is what happens. So, I bought this Transcend 1Tb and Time Machine works well. It's large enough to use for Time Machine and have back-up folders of files, photo's etc, easily accessible. It's portable, designed to withstand a fall, it's USB3 and backwards compatible, and does not require a separate power source. I was considering buying another one just to have, but storage seems to get better and cheaper every day, and this more than meets my needs.
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not sure about the 2012 version, but it works for my Time Machine very well, plenty of memory, compact, reliable ..... no issues on my end