Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that with Time Machine you need an external hard drive plugged > into your Mac, but can someone please confirm that Time Machine will work > just as well with a hard drive plugged into an Airport Extreme Base Station? Be very careful. I don't have

Recommended hard drive for Time Machine?

We've had 2 LaCie and 1 Maxtor external hard drive/s running here for yonks and they've never given any trouble. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines -

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

We have 4 of the Sarotech cases bought from Daniel and we love them - not having an annoying power brick dangling off the back of the drive makes them so much more portable. They use a standard "kettle cord" power cable. We tend to prefer Seagate and Hitachi drives rather than Western Di

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

Hi I'll second Daniel's recommendations... I got a Sarotech Case from him some time back and teamed it with a WD Drive for Audio Recording & Backup Dutiesgreat combo...the Sarotech cases are impressive... Cheers Neil On 27/10/2007, at 9:16 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All I'll weigh i

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with my 1TB WD MyBook. One thing to look out for is that WD label their MyBook units slightly differently depending on the interface. For example my triple interface (USB2.0, FW400, FW800) unit was called a MyBook Pro Edition II. They have apparently brought out some new ed

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

Hi All I'll weigh in on this, seeing as I can help :o) Western Digital make some great hard drives, and I've been very happy with them. There are a few ones to do this:- A Sarotech Firewire case with a Western Digital Hard Drive in it (Depending on size wanted and required.) This come with an in

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

Thanks Edward. Your warning prompted me to go search out some other product reviews, eg http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-Extreme-External-Interface-300801U/dp/customer-r eviews/B000AZFYQ0/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/002-0167514-1367232?ie=UTF8&custo mer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&coliid=&showVi

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

I have had bad experiences with LaCie from the pov of the drives and Mac compatibility and customer service (there is none). The drive was one of the Porsche designs - I would advise against them. I am getting a G-Tech drive for Time Machine: http:// www.provis.com.au/shop/index.php?cPath=69

Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

If I decide to upgrade to Leopard, which I guess I will sooner or later so it might as well be sooner, then I quite like the idea of Time Machine. I have three Macs (MacBook Pro, G4 PowerBook, and a G4 iBook) running on a wireless network, plus Apple TV, and historically my back up solution has bee