Will apple time machine back up wirelessly to the ds212j via the home network?
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Yes, it will, if the DiskStation (DS) is connected (wired) to the wireless router. However, i'd rather use a wired connection between the Mac and the DS, preferably a 1 Gigabit one. And would manually adjust the ethernet MTU (maximum transmission unit) on both Mac and DiskStation to 9000 bytes. This way, you'd get up to 60/70 Mb/s on the transfer from your Mac to the DiskStation and your backups would be very fast. Hope it helps!
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Agree with Marco. It is a fairly seamless approach and doesn't hurt your infrastructure by adding stress to the throughput.
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Literally bought the wndr3700 2 hours ago due to netgear doing away with the time machine backup functionality...pisser.
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Yes. It will work.I ran this way briefly downstream from a D-Link, but once I configured by cloning the MAC address my download speed was much faster.
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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 -> Mac OS Plus (registrer).
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I have mine connected to the home network for the entire family to use for back up storage, from how it behaves - I can only assume it is not spinning when there is now pending activity. Initial access time is way longer then once you have the drive directory open; and on occasion despite having the drive mapped to the desktop, the auto backup software I use will stop and alert that the selected destination for the backup is not available - which I then resolve by opening the directory manually (a bit of a delay) then everything is happy again. but the aproduct info doesn't mention that specifically. It also appears to take a while to initially gain access to the drive from outside the home network which sort of reinforces my thinking that it shuts down when ot being actively polled from somewhere on the network
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It works as a backup device under 2008 r2 where I'm using the unit in production mode; I've not yet tested it on a 2012 r2 server.
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I didn't do that at all I just fallowed the instructions that came with it. Pluggin in my old drive via the USB stick. Mtn Lion, Mavricks, and Yosimite all can install via a wifi connection. So once the MAC boots up, if you connect it to the Internet it will restore itself from apples servers.
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If you don't want Time Capsule's backup capability, Airport Extreme will do. I use Time Machine to back up to Time Capsule, which is why I went with that. I have never had a problem with Time Capsule. We have two, in fact, working in synch and running on the same network. Had to call Apple Support to get them working right, but their support is first-rate. Once they were set up properly we forgot them. They do their jobs quietly day in and day out.
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Yes, it is compatible with Apple Time Machine. I use mine as my back up drive in my Macbook Air
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I actually have the WD My Passport for Mac 1TB and it is functional with OS X Yosemite (version 10.10.1). I back up my MacBook Pro approx. every ten days.
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I have mine working with a 2013 Apple Time Capsule which is running in the default b/g/n/ac mode. I make sure I'm connected to the 2.4GHz wifi on my iPhone before syncing and everything works as it should. Support at Skybell suggested router should be set to b/g only but I have not found this to be necessary.
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No, this is not possible. I don't believe this is possible even on a desktop computer with iTunes, so I don't see why this would work on a mini battery backup router/repeater.
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if it is continuing backing up, is that the same information being made redundant or does it back up new information. MAC user with Time Machine
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Yes it is. Synology has documented the process quite well, http://www.synology.com/en-global/support/tutorials/481. I backup several iMacs and a Mac Mini Server to our Synology. One of the iMacs is connected using wifi, but I haven't experienced any failures.
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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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How you perform a backup isn't unique to this drive. It does not come with any software. You'll have to check your operating system's instructions. I'm guessing you are using Windows. If you are using the Apple OS, Time Machine takes care of all the work.
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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.