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We just got a Seagate Central NAS to backup several computers. One of them is a MacBook Pro. I searched and searched and searched for if there was a way to back up Windows and Macs to the same NAS. I didn't find anything that clearly said if we could or not. I set it up, and it does work with Time Machine. I also have a Windows 7 computer backing up to it. I found buried in the user manual online that the NAS is formatted for NTFS. I'm kind of wondering if this set up is going to work okay. Will it?
I'm new to doing this. Yes, it works with Time Machine. I'm just concerned if I will have full access to my files in the even something happens. Maybe I'm concerned about nothing? I have never used an NAS before.
Have you tried to access a Windows file , and a Mac file, from the NAS ?? If they opened OK, then you have no problem.
From reading the CNET review of the Seagate, it appears to be specifically intended for this dual OS situation, and handles whatever conversions it needs to transparently.
Have you tried to access a Windows file , and a Mac file, from the NAS ?? If they opened OK, then you have no problem.
From reading the CNET review of the Seagate, it appears to be specifically intended for this dual OS situation, and handles whatever conversions it needs to transparently.
We just got a Seagate Central NAS to backup several computers. One of them is a MacBook Pro. I searched and searched and searched for if there was a way to back up Windows and Macs to the same NAS. I didn't find anything that clearly said if we could or not. I set it up, and it does work with Time Machine. I also have a Windows 7 computer backing up to it. I found buried in the user manual online that the NAS is formatted for NTFS. I'm kind of wondering if this set up is going to work okay. Will it?
The file system (NTFS in this case) on the NAS is irrelevant, the network computers don't write directly to the drives, the NAS operating system does that.
The file system (NTFS in this case) on the NAS is irrelevant, the network computers don't write directly to the drives, the NAS operating system does that.
It has it's own operating system? Interesting. If I can access my backed up files then I'm happy. I'm still learning how to do that on Windows. I know how use Time Machine on Mac,so I guess that this is going to work.
It has it's own operating system? Interesting. If I can access my backed up files then I'm happy. I'm still learning how to do that on Windows. I know how use Time Machine on Mac,so I guess that this is going to work.
It's the same thing with networked computers, if you have a Windows machine and a Mac on your network, the Windows machine can read and write to a shared drive on the Mac even though Windows doesn't support the Mac file system because it's the Mac that's doing the actual reading and writing to it's own drive.
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