I want to replace my Time Capsule with this product however I also have a PC lap top, should I keep it a NAS+ (extended) for the iMac?
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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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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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keep it nas+ but get a different product it worked well for acouple months till they replaced two of them
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I would get a NAS. I would avoid this particular product. I had a bad experience with this one. I did get a NAS, because I have the same configuration at home where PC and MAC need to live together.
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That's one of the reasons I bought the docking station. I lost my Imac in a house fire but they recovered my hard drive. It works great for me as well as the portable 1 gig hard drive I had. I recommend it!
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if you have a mac the best way to do what you want is an airport time capsule. if you have a pc ?
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Yes, I use it for that. I did use apple disc utility and partitioned mine for 1tb to be used specifically for time machine though. If you need all 4 for just backups it should work. That seems excessive though to me
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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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Yes, i had the same situation and upgraded my 2011 imac to 16gb. It is totally worth it.
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Yes that is what it is made for. It should also come with 5 licesences of nova backup for windows computers, and timemachine for apple. so everything on it has the extra protection of being backed up to a server at a professional backup service in case something happens to the drive.
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Yes, you should be just fine. Just dont format your usb, or else all of your data will be wiped. Your mac should be able to use the usb just as fine as windows would
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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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That's why I bought this drive, I have a MacBook Pro 2012, running mavericks. I had been using Time Machine with a networked drive, but it just just stopped working one day. I tried everything and I found that the format of the drive was windows based and this is what happens. So, I bought this Transcend 1Tb and Time Machine works well. It's large enough to use for Time Machine and have back-up folders of files, photo's etc, easily accessible. It's portable, designed to withstand a fall, it's USB3 and backwards compatible, and does not require a separate power source. I was considering buying another one just to have, but storage seems to get better and cheaper every day, and this more than meets my needs.
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I'm a senior. I've had my iMac Desktop abt 4 yrs and do NOT miss my PC. Love the 21" screen (nice size for aging eyes). The wireless keyboard is fantastic, but I stopped using the wireless mouse, because the batteries kept needing replacement. Now I use a Targus mini-mouse (USB, wired) with center wheel for easy scrolling. Love it. For easy backups, I use Time Machine and an external LaCie hard drive. Haven't gotten involved in Cloud stuff yet. Eventually want a small laptop in addition to my desktop.
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You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software... » Read More You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. « Show Less
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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.
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I'm not tech savy at all. If you have used a PC I.e managed a PC cleaned it up, set it up maintained it. You will be just fine on a Mac. It's very straight forward in my opinion
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I upgraded from a PC to a Mac last weekend, and was able to copy my iTunes library, pics, videos, and miscellaneous spreadsheets/word files onto this drive. Plugged it into my iMac and am able to access everything perfectly.You will only be copying from your PC to the drive, so the files will still remain on the PC also.
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I think the Time Capsule is a bad idea, because it's a combination router and hard drive - so when one of those things inevitably fail, you have to replace both things. Also I don't think it's particularly well designed in terms of dissipating heat from the hard drive so I think it will fail sooner. I bought an Apple Airport Extreme and plug this hard drive into it for a Time Capsule drive and it works great.
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I don't know. I purchased them for my NAS drive. But I would be willing to guess that if the iMac uses a standard desktop 3.5" HD then it would probably work. Most slots in computers these days are either one of two kinds. 2.5" Notebook or 3.5" Desktop. One concern with using any HD is the heat production. If your case is very cramped, then you might run into heat issues if the replacement drive creates more heat. Otherwise, if you think your case will breathe well enough, then go for it.