Does this work well with Apple's Time machine?
1175958
Yes, I use this with my Time machine and have had a few full successful restores with it. I have a few of these drives and they have been great!
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.
1719562
Yes, it is compatible with Apple Time Machine. I use mine as my back up drive in my Macbook Air
1358808
Yes, I believe so. In fact it's probably designed for that, to be used with Time Machine, for example.
543720
Yes, I run it connected to an iMac running Mac OS 10.9 as the backup for Time Machine. Works very well.
436596
Yes. No problem. Just hook it up to your Mac, open up Time Machine and follow the simple instructions.
1853631
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.
2154361
Yes this drive works perfectly with Mavericks, with Time Machine.... PERFECTLY!!
2186783
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.
2267733
Sorry, I don't know. It seems fast enough. But since I use it for Time Machine it doesn't matter very much. You can ask LaCie.
2044519
The My Book Live supports Apple's Time Machine Software. It is not a direct replacement for Time Capsule as that has an embedded 802.11n router.
1156478
Well, I have a Mac and I just use the built-in time machine backup which does all of that automatically. So, I haven't used any of the backup software that comes with the hard drive, sorry!
1809217
It does work super well with Mac, depending what tool you are syncing wiith you can get the best of it...
1666501
PC compatible - Yes, I only use the Linux OS. I do not know about Mac or the AirPort Time Capsule.My guess is it would work fine because it works at the physical layer of the OSI model.If you can connect the Apple stuff with a physical wire (cat 5 cable) this will work.
1813998
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.
2167744
I am using it to back up my entire HD with my MacBook Pro. I am not using it with Time Machine. Works fast and is excellent for my use.
180412
I'm using it with a 2011 MacBook Pro. No problems encountered. Using it for straight file copies as well as time machine. I don;t know about firmware.