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Time Capsule

  • 17-01-2012 7:19pm
    #1
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭


    Looking at both NAS and time capsule. The NAS might be a bridge too far technically, so just a couple of questions if anyone can oblige.

    My current setup is:

    2010 iMac, with Windows 7 installed via Parallels 5.0. (200GB allocated to the Windows side).

    External Seagate 2TB HDD Windows format (I can access this from the Mac side if I don't have Windows booted up).

    My main priorities are my Music (not iTunes) and Photos (not iPhoto) folders, which are accessible from Finder and My Computer on both OS.

    If I go for Time Capsule, can I access the drive as I do the Seagate at the moment? And can both OS access it?

    Sorry if I'm not explaining it too clearly.

    Thanks in advance.

    Regards,

    Freddie.


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  • #2
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    For me the time capsule disk appears as a samba share on osx (sl) and a network share on windows (xp pro). The time machine backup is only visible to osx.
    There's also a usb port on it that you can plug in an external drive (or printer in my case) for sharing over the network.
    I also have a separate NAS as my time capsule is only 500gb.


  • #3
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    I have a Synology 2TB NAS

    The software allows me to set the NAS up as Mac as well as everything else

    Its plugged into my router and When I launch Time Machine it finds the NAS and then creates what I can only describe as its own partition and then backs up to the NAS

    When on the Mac it show me two devices sharing, The NAS and Time Machine

    Its not that technical and in fact the software does all the hard part, you just need to click ok

    DT

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #4
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Deep Thought wrote: »
    I have a Synology 2TB NAS

    The software allows me to set the NAS up as Mac as well as everything else

    Its plugged into my router and When I launch Time Machine it finds the NAS and then creates what I can only describe as its own partition and then backs up to the NAS

    When on the Mac it show me two devices sharing, The NAS and Time Machine

    Its not that technical and in fact the software does all the hard part, you just need to click ok

    DT

    Thanks for the feedback folks.

    Freddie.:)


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