I cannot connect my time machine to my WD mycloud, anyone figure out how to do this?
I purchased a 2tb WD My cloud, one of the reason was because it was compatible with the Time Machine for back ups, since I upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.2 I have not being able to use it nor my time machine finds it. I am able to do everything else and my macbook does see the WD cloud, I only have this problem with time machine back up. Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this problem?
Thank you
You don't need the WD My Cloud to backup your data. You are paying more for a drive that has a feature that you really don't need. Any USB 3.0 drive will work to backup to Time Machine.
USB 3.0 drives work on USB 2.0 but you do get 2.0 speed. They are cheaper because they are popular PC drives. If you get a new computer you'll get the bump to 3.0 speed. I don’t recommend FW. The newer computers don’t have FW ports. You would need a connector in order to use the drive on a newer computer.
Size: I recommend either the 2T or 3T drives. Often they are cheaper than a 1T drive. The 4T drives have more issues and failure rates.
Many drives come formatted for PC but easy to format in Disk Utility.
This Western Digital drive has good reviews: Has a 2 yr warranty. Comes formatted for Mac but I would still format using Disk Utility.
WD My Book Hard Drive for Mac 2 TB (WDBYCC0020HBK-NESN) $99
WD My Book Hard Drive for Mac 3 TB (WDBYCC0030HBK-NESN) $119.99
Check the warranty when comparing. The longer the warranty the better the drive. WD makes cheaper drives but with almost no warranty.
Locally, Best Buy seems to have the best prices.
You can get one drive fr both Time Machine and clone, but it’s recommended that you use different drives for each. If the drive dies you lose both types of backup. Time Machine needs 3X the amount of space on your drive.
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