Works with Time Machine. How well? Seamless? Is this drive a plug replacement for an Apple capsule from Apple?Really?
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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. 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)... » Read More 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. « Show Less
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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.
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Of course, it is compatible to use with Mac's Time Machine, u just have to choose the appropriate filing system when installing the disk drive.
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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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I use mine as a movie and music drive and works great. Another drive was used for my TimeMachine backup and works great.
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I am not sure but since everyone I know uses Mac and this external drive and many are on latest version of Mac, I would HIGHLY suspect that it will work just fine. This drive, with Time Machine, totally ROCKS. It is the best investment you could make.
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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.
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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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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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I bought a chinese Superdrive knockoff, and it didnt work, so I spent the extra $$ and bought the Apple USB Superdrive here on Amazon (I had to install the NI bundle this way...sucks..) It works just fine.My advice is "what is another 30 or 40 bucks after spending a small fortune on this machine??" lol
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It is backing up to time machine fine on my MacBook Pro. Just plugged in and started using it.
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For me it just worked as is - plug it in using the provided USB cable, and the drive icon will show up on your desktop after several seconds. You can re-format it with Apple's file system (HFS+) if you only intend to use it with Apple computers, but the default should work fine too.
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Time Capsule works with the Apple Time Machine app and will do automatic backups of any Apple computer. It also has a WiFi hot spot and serves as a switch in a network.
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is there anyone who have tried the apple's time capsule with wd hd media player? maybe it is possible if he can plug timecapsule to the edia player, isn.t it?
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The Mac interface is not as clean as Time Capsule. The Nova Star backup offered is not easily compatible with a Mac either. Regardless of what the advertisement says, this NAS has a rough looking and working interface for Macs. I would honestly look for a product geared for Mac but compatible with PC's.
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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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Not out of the box...the backup features the Time Capsule uses are built into the Mac OS X software. This link might help explain it better than I could: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5229376
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I use this for mac. I will say that it can be frustrating as a Time Machine Drive - as it stalls if the machine is sleeping. But in general, it's a great solution for extra storage.LaCie started as a manufacturer that supported Mac, and as far as I know they are committed to Apple.