Hi again Lynn, I read more on the link I supplied below and found more reasons why my opinion is NO. I suggest you read the whole review on the link I supplied, and do more research on this product.
/quote "The one drive format standard that works on both PCs and Macs out of the box is FAT32. Unfortunately, FAT32 has problems with files bigger than 4GB (like HD videos). The Clickfree Wireless does an end run around that problem by being formatted NTFS out of the box, which is Windows 7's native format that supports large 4GB+ files. The Clickfree Wireless becomes Mac-compatible by installing NTFS drivers on Macs during the initial setup. Perhaps more serious is the fact that the NTFS drivers under Mac OS X aren't 64-bit kernel compatible." /end quote Meaning you would have to boot into 32-bit kernel mode instead of default 64-bit if your MacBook or MacBook Pro is one of the latest model. That's the end of my research on this product, I don't have time to do anything further on this subject. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 09/01/2012, at 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lynn, > > My opinion... No. > You would be better to purchase a Time Capsule and use Time Machine to backup > your MacBook or MacBook Pro. > > I noticed this info here: > <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386590,00.asp> > "The Clickfree Wireless automatically grabs the SSID and WEP/WPA password > from your PCs and Macs, so there's nothing to setup. As long as you're > running a 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n network (the most common type)" > > Time Capsule will run a Dual Band Wireless Network... Not just a 2.4GHz > 802.11b/g/n Network. > > And then this piece of info: > "subsequent backups will happen overnight (default at 3AM local time). As > long as you keep your PC or Mac on (sleep is OK, hibernate isn't), the > Clickfree Link program will connect your system to the Clickfree Wireless > backup drive over Wi-Fi and backup any files that have changes. As on other > Clickfree products, the system backs up data files by default: .jpg, .doc, > .xls, etc. It ignores OS files and .exe files, so if your machine fails > completely you'll still have to reinstall the OS and applications (but you > have those on DVD somewhere, right?). The data files like documents, home > movies, music, and photos are the ones you'll really miss if the hard drive > in your system fails." > > Your decision of course, but in my opinion I would not recommend this product. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 09/01/2012, at 3:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> sorry, was the american link i sent before. >> >> this time is the aust link: http://www.clickfree.com/au/products_c3.php >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: [email protected] >> To: "wamug" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, 9 January, 2012 3:42:57 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / >> Hong Kong / Urumqi >> Subject: wireless backup >> >> >> >> has anyone used this before or anyone has any thoughts on this? >> >> >> >> http://www.clickfree.com/products_c3.php >> >> >> >> would it be worth getting (for a lazy person like me who doesnt plug time >> machine to lappy all the time... >> >> >> >> thanks. >> >> >> >> regards >> >> lynn >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
