Can I backup my ipad on this WD Mybook Essential?
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srry michael im not 100 percent sure about backing ipads but what i have done with my android tablet is make a folder on the drive and have dragged and copied all of its content there. I know apple is a little bad with allowing access to all the information on their system but there should be programs that helps u do it. as long as you can access ur content (by going to my computer and opening ur ipad and being able to drag the information on the hard drive) it will save it for u :). for example for my ipod i used a program called sharepod to get my music out and transferred it to my hard drive :) (in a music folder i created) hope this helps and srry if i couldnt help u properly. Good luck
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I don't think your Ipad air has a USB port. Most Mac books do and will work with those two hard drives.
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You could but you might want to try a external hard drive, I have one and itis great I got it on amazon, WD my book live
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Not much of an iPad fan so I'm not to sure if it is possible. Best I could think of is you need to find a app that could do something similar to how windows makes network drives then maybe it could be posible.
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Yes. The whole point is to use memory on the flash drive, and not the iPad. You do have to load an app to access the device, but it is small.
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I am currently using a 2 TB WD My Book for Mac on OSX 10.9.1. It works flawlessly and am very happy with it. I set it up when I was still using Lion. Then upgraded to Mavericks and had no problem.
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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 cannot answer for Apple products as I am strictly a Microsoft user. Works well for backing up my data on a Dell OptiPlex 740 Windows 7 Pro.
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If you have MacOS 10.4 or later on your laptops, yes you can. Windows 8 has the software to choose the files you wish to backup, not sure about apple.
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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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Absolutely not. This accessory is only to swap the default USB plug of a Seagate GoFlex portable hard drive for a Firewire connector. To view videos and movies on your iPad, you have to use iTunes to upload them on your iPad or use an application like Dropbox to sync them.
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Yes you can, it might take a while if you are backing up a lot of files,just be patient.
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First buy the thunderbolt connector. It is less expensive to buy it from Apple. I then purchased an external disk drive. Good luck
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Only if you use it as a storage device and transfer some of your files to it thus freeing up some space on your IPad
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Yeah, Seagate has their app available on the app store from where you can upload anything from your phone to the HDD over WiFi.
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If your MBP has thunderbolt ports, yes. I would run the 2big in its native RAID0 mode to get more speed out of it, and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone it out to a RAID1 unit or some other redundant backup plan.
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Yes, it should - remove the drive from the WD MyBook enclosure carefully, make sure your'e grounded or wear some medical exam gloves, and snap it into the dock. Plug it in, fire it up and your'e good. Be sure to read the directions to make sure you use the correct side for the drive connection.