Will this work with time machine a my macbook pro

[paulmac]

seen this drive, is it any good and will it work with time machine for backing up my macbook pro? THIS

[paulmac]

anyone

[Nesquigs]

i dont see why any drive over the capacity of your current drive wouldnt be a good canidate for a time machine backup..... especially if your using it externally

i have a 1tb samsung in an enclosure that i use as my external for the 750gb wd drive in my macbook..... time machine that shit once a week.

[paulmac]

yeah this is a network one i dont wanna have to plug it in to back up i want it to di it in the back ground on its own once ive done the 1st one hard wired, just wanted to make sure this would do that wirelessly..

[Nesquigs]

again. dont see why it wouldnt work - have you thought of using carbonite? i have that running in the background of my mac -- backs it up to a server and you can pull it from any computer and what not....

plus its less likely to break and you lose everything

[paulmac]

cool, il go and get one then bargain at £69.97

[padi_04]

Hmmm, I don't think it's possible because if you manage to set it up wirelessly, your mac will see it as a shared folder rather than a disc partition. I guess this is the part where Time Capsule firmware kicks in, I might be wrong tho. Maybe an Airport Express will do the trick.

Might work with Carbonite, but I don't think it will with Time Machine.

[paulmac]

Hmmm, I don't think it's possible because if you manage to set it up wirelessly, your mac will see it as a shared folder rather than a disc partition. I guess this is the part where Time Capsule firmware kicks in, I might be wrong tho.

can u explain that more to me im not the most clever person when it comes to shit like this lol.. i have an adsl router at home for my broadband, i thought connecting this to the router would enable me to use time machine like that and just back up to it

[paulmac]

ive just phoned applecare and they said it should work fine with time machine, so i think il just get it and hope it does haha.. im taking my macbook in to get the superdrive looked at and possibly replaced on thursday so i need to get it backed up before then as i dont waqnt to lose any of the stuff on my macbook. I know i shouldnt if they are just replacing the super drive but id rather be safe and i should back it up anyways incase i have a hd fail or something on my macbook.

[padi_04]

ive just phoned applecare and they said it should work fine with time machine, so i think il just get it and hope it does haha.. im taking my macbook in to get the superdrive looked at and possibly replaced on thursday so i need to get it backed up before then as i dont waqnt to lose any of the stuff on my macbook. I know i shouldnt if they are just replacing the super drive but id rather be safe and i should back it up anyways incase i have a hd fail or something on my macbook.

Ah, that's cool If it doesn't shove it up into the depths of a "genius" arse