Odd that the reformat didn't take care of things. It does sound like
there is some issue with the USB bridge stuff in the enclosure although
I've generally used Firewire drives for this kind of thing. Anyway, this
doesn't sound like a problem between the seat and keyboard, just some
kind of hardware bug.
That said, another thing to be aware of if you're going to back up
multiple machines to a single drive is to partition it and put one
backup on each partition. That way you backup can't suck up all the
space and keep the other one from working. This is true whether you are
on a local drive on a shared one. I share a 2TB drive on another Mac for
backups and split it into two partitions so the two backups won't stomp
on each other.
CB
On 7/6/12 12:27 PM, Christina wrote:
Thanks. I have reformatted the darn thing many times in the Mac extended
Journaling. It just won't work and my computer was the only one using it. I
even tried formatting the drive in a few other formats. I really believe
something is wrong with the drive or it is not truly mac compatible. It's a
Seagate usb external hard drive. I never had this problem with my other
external hard drive that died on me because my son spilled my coffee on it.
I would still appreciate some feedback on Time Capsule before we purchase one.
I did receive one kind response from someone on this list. He said that time
capsule is working for him. We plan on purchasing apple care for it but I just
want something that works and doesn't give me problems. I am not very
technically proficient and therefore need something dummy proof. I won't be
able to troubleshoot if something doesn't work. :)Thanks,
Christina
On Jul 6, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Not sure why you can't seem to backup to a local hard drive. Is it formatted as
MacOS Extended (Journaled) ? It should just be a set and forget kind of thing.
Just be sure you don't try to put anything else on the same drive since TM will
use all available space.
CB
On 7/1/12 12:49 PM, Christina wrote:
Hello listers,
My family was considering investing in a time capsule. I had purchased an USB
external hard drive for my mac but I cannot get time machine to continue
backups on it. I can reformat the hard drive then it MIGHT back up if I am
lucky. However, it will not back up again. Anyways, we are also looking at
time capsule because we have several computers.
My husband had read reviews and some people have a lot of trouble with the time
capsules and there were lots of complaints of the hard drives crashing and they
lost all of their data.
Can you please share your experiences with Time Capsule or a good alternative
to backing up our computers. I would much appreciate it.
You may e-mail me off list at [email protected]
Thanks,
Christina C
Who is freaking out because her mac is not back upped at the moment. :(
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