I have 2 Apple laptops. Can they both be backed up to the A80? Are there instructions on how to set it up so only certain files are backed up?
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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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Hi. The newest hardware version of the Seagate backup plus that I have is for USB 3.0. This version is only available in USB 3.0. Seagate sells an adapter separately that can support thunderbolt. I think that you then have to buy a thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter then, finally, you would have to buy a firewire 800 cord as the adapter (made by Apple) is very short. The thunderbolt adapter for the Seagate Backup plus is 150 dollars and the adapter is 30 dollars so you are looking at a lot of money. Alternately, you could buy the previous generation of the Seagate backup plus. Search amazon.com for "Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB FireWire 800/USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive for Mac STCB3000100" and you will find it. Hope this helps. Patrick
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I backup at least once a week with time machine. You can backup both macs with time machine or you could make separate folders for each Mac and put the files in the folders accordingly.
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My LaCie is connected to an Apple Extreme Base Station. I also have trouble with transfer rates particularly when backing-up. I connected by Ethernet the first time to back-up 200GB+ -- took about 5 hours. Have only had the LaCie for a few week and have not had time to troubleshoot the transfer rates. Sorry cannot be more helpful.
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This will work as well as any other drive. The advantage of this style unit is that it is self contained. There are many external enclosures or NAS boxes available that will do the same thing. This is a reasonably priced plug'n'play method. Just make sure you know how much data there is to backup , then make sure you get something equal to or bigger in capacity. If you love your data then multiple backup drives are a smart option. I am not a fan of Apple in general but the backup software they include with OS X (Time Machine) is quite nice.
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I have a A80 drive that is a year old. I use it as my primary data drive. It will work on USB 2 or 3. USB 2 is much slower, especially if several applications are accessing the drive at the same time. Since the Amazon A30 description does not state that it works on USB 2, I assume it does not.
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Can you borrow someone else's PC to copy the files over to a thumbdrive? either that or contact Macally and ask them which driver's you need.
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You will need a 400 to 800 cable, and your data transfer will only be at the slower rate; apart from that, you shoudn't have any problems. As I write I have an 800 disk connected to my MacBook that way.
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The Apple Superdrive needs more power than the USB spec specifies. USB ports on Apple laptops 'coincidentally' supply higher-than-spec power. Without the higher power (e.g. USB hubs (even powered ones), Windows computers, etc.) This is a stupid business practice to lock their drives to their laptops, nothing more. But since this drive is Mac and Windows compatible, there's nothing to worry about, USB spec power will be enough.
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The short answer is "No". You back up an iPad with iTunes. You have to use the apps that designed for an iPad. Now, once you back up your iPad with iTunes, then you back up your computer with the external drive.
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Yes. I have two computers, one with only USB 2.0 and the other with the 3.0 option. My A30 works flawlessly with both USB versions. And although the user manual warns that a single USB 2.0 connection might not be enough to power the drive I have never had that problem. They do make an adapter for just a case though. As a note, there is a slight wine when using USB 2.0 but that might just be my unit. It's hardly noticeable and has has never bothered me.
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Yes, I actually move files between Yosemite and and earlier version without a problem. Until I figured I could file share between computers! Now I just use it to back up.
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I'm not sure I only have mine set up just for backing up my files sorry I couldn't answer your questions
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If you are used to TimeMachine, which comes free with the Mac OS, then you cannot expect the automation Apple build into the backup process. You have to configure and operate backups manually on this drive. It is somewhat slow. Even though the connection is USB 3.
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Yes, according to the company. I asked this question myself. I have backed up three computers, VERY easy. Since I have not had a failure or need to try, I cannot answer 100%.
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I use this strictly to do OSX backups using TimeMachine. This drive is formatted for use with Apple computers and is not formatted to be accessed by PCs. I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish, whether it is backing up data using backup tools or just trying to copy files to an external drive that either system can read. Regardless, this is not a good, cost effective, starting point for you. You would need to totally reformat the drive and consider if your PC supports USB 3 because this drive is built to support that higher transfer rate.
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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.