Can this be daisy chained? I am currently using a 1 TB LaCie for Time Machine backup and have my approximately 500 gig music library stored on a 500 gig external which is Fire Wire. I only have one available USB port on my iMAC and wanted to move the...
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You'll need a USB 3.0 hub to connect more than one more device. There is no daisy chaining hub built into the LaCie.
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I think the dual thunderbolt version is primarily intended for that. I suppose if you used the USB port to connect to the computer and the thunderbolt to daisy chain to another gdrive, it would work. On the product creator's site, there is this forum entry on daisy chaining:http://support.g-technology.com/kbase/users/kb.php?id=76I admit I have not tried this. Otherwise, if you want to go completely thunderbolt on it, you should choose the version of the g-drive with dual thunderbolt ports on it.G-Technology G-RAID 4 TB Dual External Hard Drive I think the dual thunderbolt version is primarily intended for that. I suppose if you used the USB port to connect to the computer and the thunderbolt to daisy chain to another gdrive, it would work. On the product creator's site, there is this forum entry on daisy chaining:http://support.g-technology.com/kbase/users/kb.php?id=76I admit I have not tried this. Otherwise, if you want to go completely thunderbolt on it, you should choose the version of the g-drive with dual thunderbolt ports on it.G-Technology... » Read More I think the dual thunderbolt version is primarily intended for that. I suppose if you used the USB port to connect to the computer and the thunderbolt to daisy chain to another gdrive, it would work. On the product creator's site, there is this forum entry on daisy chaining:http://support.g-technology.com/kbase/users/kb.php?id=76I admit I have not tried this. Otherwise, if you want to go completely thunderbolt on it, you should choose the version of the g-drive with dual thunderbolt ports on it.G-Technology G-RAID 4 TB Dual External Hard Drive « Show Less
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I've never daisy chained using two different connections, but I don't think that would be a problem. The drive does daisy chain, yes. I've daisy chained several G-Technology drives using the FW800.
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You can't daisy chain these drives since they only have one usb port. Both must be connected to your computer at the same time in order to transfer data from one another
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I'm not sure about daisy chaining, but I use two on my machine. I provide two separate power cables and I use one of the USB ports as the header for the second unit
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this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps. this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for... » Read More this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps. « Show Less
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This is USB3. My guess is you cannot do the daisy chain. Use a USB hub instead.(rear panel connectors: 1 power and 1 USB. Nothing more).
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No, you cannot daisy chain USB. In addition if you can avoid it do not put a hard drive on a USB hub as you will degrade the performance. Always attach a hard drive directly to your computer. To other "answers:" If you don't know, please don't answer. If your "answer" contains "I don't know but..." then just delete your "answer." Would you want someone giving you a random guess when you ask a pre-purchase question? Don't guess at a question you don't know and don't provide information you don't know to be true. It's not helpful. Again, would you want someone to give you an opinion when you're looking for facts?
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Firewire is a daisy-chained protocol. These drives have 2 ports, so you just attach a cable between the two and to the Firewire port on your Mac and you're all set. I have 2 of these devices set up this way with my 17" Mac Book Pro and it works great. Note that if you daisy chain a LOT of Firewire devices together you can get performance problems since signals pass through each device. But for a couple disk drives this should not be a problem.
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I have been loking around for an external drive, and I've noticed they all fail! IMO the best way to gois to have 2 of the drives and do a periodic copy of each to each. I have a free agent on my mac and it has been working perfectly, but I am looking for a drive to back up between a PC and a mac. Two cheap drives may be more reliable than a single more expensive, since they all fail and you cant "pay out" of the uncertainty. Change that: Buy two expensive hard drives and dont even fool with the Seagates..
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I'm not sure. I haven't opened up the casing or tried anything like daisy-chaining. However, you likely could, and if not you can always backup 2 separately. Again, as far as a daisy chain, I don't know.
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I have used the drive (3TB version) about 5 months on my iMac as the time machine with no problems. Set up was flat simple. My old (somewhat full) time machine drive is still attached to the iMac as an auxiliary drive.
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Yes, I used time machine from Mac to back up my files. Worked slick when I moved them to another Mac.
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Rocco, I wish that I knew the answer. I have the same question, as I'm interested in purchasing two, of the WD World Edition 2TB, to daisychain them through the USB. Maybe, somebody will know soon?
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Sure ! It's FireWire 800, so for 400 you'd need an adapter cable, on either aperture or iTunes, you hold option when you open & create NEW Libraries, you can't have 2 libraries open at once, which I'm sure you know. I use mine as a passthru for some older FireWire 400 gear & as a second library for just the same as you're looking, only caveat ? It doesn't like to unmount.
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Not unless the USB 3.0 device also has FireWire 800 ports, such as the Oyen Mini-Pro. But then, why not connect the drive directly to a USB 3.0 port on your iMac? It will even work if you connect it to a USB 2.0 port, if your iMac doesn't support USB 3.0, but that will reduce the speed of the drive considerably. Either go straight FW *or* USB 3.0 - you can't do both.
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I only used one external drive so I don't know if it would switch over. What I have found is that the D-Link setup will fill up a 1T bit external drive quickly if you don't delete anything. I don't know if it can use a bigger external drive.