Is it true? You can't use video iPod as a hard drive?

I can't believe that Apple would reduce the functionality of a new product, but I have heard that due to the absence of firewire, you actually can't use the new video iPods as hard drives.
Does anyone know if this is really true?
Half the reason for buying the 60G is to be able to backup files that are too big for a DVD...

I had reported in another thread that the long and short of it is that USB2 and Firewire 1394a are virtually the same, with differences. See this website for more info than you'll need. http://www.directron.com/firewirevsusb.html
Bottom line is that there is little difference regarding speed.
Hope this helps!

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If you want to use your Mac formatted iPod as ext HD on a Mac as well as on a Windows PC you will loose all your iPod content once, as your iPod has to be re-formatted on a Windows PC using the latest Windows-Ipod-Updater.
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HELP!
I am using an iMac G5 with 10.4.11
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If you have already installed AirPort Utility, go to Manual Setup->Disks->File Sharing->Enabled. You may enter a password. Now you can use your HDD in TC.
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I've been getting "your startup disk is almost full" message, so I bought myself a Time Capsule on the advice of a friend. My question is...can I store stuff on my Time Capsule instead of my laptop? And if so, can my computer access the info in the Time Capsule? Specifically....if I don't have my music library stored on my computer, will iTunes still be able to access my library if I want to play some music, AND would my Sonos system be able to access it?
If I've just wasted 400 bucks on something I didn't really want....what SHOULD I get to store stuff on but that I can still access via iTunes, or my Apple TV, etc?
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1. You can, but are better off putting it on a regular external drive and using the Time Capsule for backups and as a router.
2. Yes.
3. Launch iTunes with the Option key held down and choose a library on it.
4. Noting #1, a regular external drive. You can generally use any USB one, but ones not specifically intended for Macs will need to be reformatted first.
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Can i use it as a normal hard drive?

I have a pc and I wanted to know that if I could use it as a normal external hard drive?

O-S wrote:
I have a pc and I wanted to know that if I could use it as a normal external hard drive?
No, the Mac's ability to start in target disk mode is not available in a PC. So that gets rid of that one.. !
But there is a big difference between external drive and network drive.
You can connect to the PC as a network drive.. and use shared resources..
Just google network sharing Mac PC. In quick terms.. share a directory on the PC.. figure out permissions.. ie everyone access or if it has to be username and password figure out a common network credentials.. is easier than figuring out logins every time.
In finder use go, go to server, and type in SMB://PCname or PCIPaddress if it is static.
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USB or firewire external drives are so cheap.. other than sharing for backup just buy a drive.

Using your ipod as a hard drive

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I have 2 macs and 2 PC laptops in my home wireless network. Can I use the Airport/Time Capsule hard drive to back up all 4 machines? I know that I will have to use different back up software on the PCs, but is it possible over the wireless network?

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It is your fault, pondini.. all your fault.
I read of all the things that go wrong restoring Time Machine backups.. particularly stupid things like mail, photo libraries don't go back.. etc. And looking through the incredible number of issues people have here, when their Mac finally takes a dive how hard it is to restore.
I restored a test hard disk from a TC.. and it takes ages and ages to even make up its mind to start.
I worked in computer support for ages, but not Macs.. so my experience is ghost.. ghost images.. on large commercial server setups, can stream restore to multiple computers at once.. even doing it computer by computer the image is simple as network boot to restore. But ghost went the way of Symantec.. sigh!! And was destroyed.
A product like clonezilla, Free linux boot cd.
http://lifehacker.com/5078397/clonezilla-backs-up-and-restores-your-disks
Can backup a Hard disk in just about any format.. yet to try it on a Mac to a TC.. but I will. Boot from CD.. instead of your lost Lion partition which no longer exists (because the hard drive had to be replaced) and the DVD they no longer give you, and restore the entire hard disk in a couple of hours .. to the exact image at the point you made the clone.. in any format, with any partitions.
My bet is that it will kill TM .. but you could be right.
It is just the prospect of all those permission changes, photos and mail libraries etc that worry me.

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All the files are HD and supplied on a portable USB3 hard drive.
I can import them into final cut pro, but when I go and try to share the project or send it to compressor the options are all grey out?
Do I need to save to files to my main hard drive or to a proper "powered" hard drive?
I'm using most recent version of FCP on an iMac 27" running Yosemite...
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Can the internal HD be partitioned?

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It cannot be partitioned. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
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1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup.
2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great.
3. The drive is slow to spin up and quick to spin down.. there is no controls.
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Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

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Can i use time capsule as a external hard disk only for all of the above ( including windows ) without the back up activity for mac ?
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