Short explanation from apple support: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2426
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ill look into that. Dont have Airport express. Does it allow any device > to talk to it? > > On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you have an Airport express, you can hook up an external drive to it > and > > the drive will be available to the network. This is how I do my time > > machine backups. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Thats what I figured. Thanks man., > >> > >> > >> On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> yes, this does require a dedicated machine. It installs a fileserver > on > >>> top of FreeBSD. I guess you could install Nas4Free as a VM and then > >> mount > >>> your external hard drive to it, but that doesn't sound very convenient. > >>> > >>> If you don't have an extra machine laying around, that drive you were > >>> looking may be a good option. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> So I was looking into this this morning, and it seems that regardless > of > >>>> what configuration you use, you still need a dedicated computer for > >> this, > >>>> or am I missing something. I do not have an extra machine laying > around. > >>>> What I do have is an external HDD attached to my Mac that I use for > Time > >>>> Machine backups. So can I use this for Nas4Free and have a back-up > >> solution > >>>> for all of me and my wifes devices? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I installed OwnCloud last night on my Nas4Free box. Took about 5 > >>>> minutes. > >>>>> It's pretty damn sweet. Clients for OSX, Linux, Win, iPhone & > Android. > >>>>> Save it to a file on your pc, instantly available on your other > >> devices. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368149 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
