Seagate Backup Plus and Time Machine issues

I was able to select the drive without formating and it seems to be working but I've never actually used TimeMachine so I'm not certain.
Info says it's Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
It also seems to turn off or go to sleep on it's own and I'll get a message the disc was not properly ejected.
Is this anything to worry about?
thanks

If I were to use it with Time Machine I'd change the formatting to non case sensitive. Some users reported problems with iPhoto with libraries on case sensitive drives when using a 3rd party editor which would change the .jpg extension to all caps thus making the system think it was a different file.
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I'm trying to use a Seagate Backup Plus Drive with my Mac. It was originally used with a Windows machine. It does have the Seagate Dashboard Installer.dmg file. When I try to install it, it gives me an "invalid checksum" error.
I've also opened it in Disk Utility and attempted to reformat it into the Mac OS Extended (journaled) format, but it says it could not unmount the disk. I cannot see that it has any opened files that would be causing this problem. Any suggestions?
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Tim,
I just switched from Entourage to Mail (for many reasons). Thus far, I love Mail. You may want to get the Widescreen plugin for it if you like the three-pane configuration of Entourage.
You should also be careful with Address Book if you have syncing set up in Entourage. In other words, probably should turn it off, along with any daemons you may have running. I lost data twice (once before my very eyes!) until figuring this out. Used Time Machine to restore a previous address book with all my contacts.
Thanks for the other information on this thread. Since I should be upgrading my old external drive anyway, it will help in purchasing a new machine for use with TM.
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Thank you, I'd seen some things about Disk Warrior and wasn't sure. I'll have to scrape money together I suppose.
Here is an image of the issue I encountered: Problem.
Yes, +*Invalid B-tree node size+* is one Disk Utility usually can't fix, but Disk Warrior often can.
Disk Utility can detect it, but not Finder, so I guess I've got no hope unless I use Disk Warrior, and even then it's only a possibility.
And so if I end up having to reformat the drive, I should probably use a different external for back-ups?
Depends. If these are your only backups, that's safest. If you have secondary backups (see below), I'd be inclined to give it another chance.
Any brands you recommend? (I'm getting tired of all these externals dying out on me, but then, technology does that sometimes. ;))
A lot of folks say WD's are junk (including those at CarbonCopyCloner), and we do see a lot of reports here, but they also sell a lot of them, so it's hard to tell whether they really fail more often than other makes. But other folks say they've used them for years without undue problems.
I've got a Seagate about 18 months old, and a LaCie Rugged (portable) about 6 months old; OWC and Iomega also seem to get good reviews.
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I've learned over the years (mostly the hard way, of course ), never to trust my backups to a single app or piece of hardware: no app is perfect, and all hardware fails, sooner or later.
Like many here, I keep both full Time Machine backups, plus a "bootable clone" on a separate external HD. I use CarbonCopyCloner, many use the similar SuperDuper. That gives me the best of both types of backups, plus of course a completely separate, independent backup.
CCC is donationware; SD has a free version, but you need the paid one (about $30) to do updates instead of full replacements, or scheduling. Either is easily found via Google.
And/or, see Kappy's post on Basic Backup, complete with links to the web sites of each product.

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Hey, I just recently reformatted my macbook (snow leopard) aluminium unibody so I can have it working faster. I was told that my time machine would be able to store everything on my "old" computer. So I didn't worry to get another harddrive to backup the semi important stuff, like photos and music. However, I cannot access my old photos and music or old archived files from my time machine. Going into time machine, everything except for Macintosh and applications are all greyed out. How can I access my old files that are located in desktop and such?

Firstly no to virus on Time Capsule or Time Machine.. !
If your Mac was infected it would be causing issues all the time.. ie at your internet cafe as well. But if you keep things updated then it should be ok as far as the computer goes.. you might need to run some anti-virus.. I am not up with that and you would need to check.
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To trouble shoot this... you need to figure out which actual part of the system is the cause of the problem.
So plug the computer directly into TC using ethernet and try it. ( I am guessing your using wireless.. most of the issues are wireless). If you use ethernet and it fixes the problem.. then that indicates the issue is wireless and you should do the following.
1. Download and use the 5.6 airport utility if you haven't already.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1482/en_US/AirPortUtility56.dmg
2. Open the utility .. go to manual setup.
In the wireless tab of airport.. set the wireless name to short no spaces pure alphanumeric. TC name should also be changed. Change the name of the 5ghz to a different name.
eg. TC name.. TCjayhef
TC wireless 2.4ghz.. TC24ghz
TC wireless 5ghz .. TC5ghz
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3. Fix the channels.. set wireless to a/n - b/g then lock the channels on 2.4ghz, you can choose 1, 6, 11. Try each in turn. 5ghz is less of a problem but pick low one, eg 40 and then a high channel.. 158 whatever is in your region.
If you still have problems with ethernet connection to the TC.. you then need to jump over the TC.. and connect directly to your broadband.. cable or adsl modem. Check that it works fine and you are not having issues there.
Remember divide and conquer.. break up the problem into chunks.. eliminate the blame on each chunk until you find the guilty party.
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I deleted a specific file folder from my Seagate backup drive, via Time Machine. Instead of only deleting that file, it deleted ALL my files for that date.

1. Why? I was quite obviously selecting one file folder ONLY.
2. Is there any way to retrieve the lost items?
3. How do I avoid this happening in the future?

Never had any issues while deleting specific files/folders from a time machine backup.
However, regarding the original post, what do you mean by "file folder"? Did you select a FILE for deletion, or a FOLDER? These two terms tend to be quite different, you know.
If you selected a FOLDER, then ALL FILES inside the folder have been deleted. If you selected a single FILE, then only that file should have been deleted. "Delete all backups of..." is a completely different story.

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Welcome to the discussions!
All you probably really need to know is that +Apple does not support Time Machine backups to a drive attached to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme+ due to likely corruption issues. The odd thing about this issue is that problems won't necessarily occur immediately as most users who have had difficulties with this approach (including me) find that backups work OK...for a time.
The best advice we could offer is that if you decide to try this anyway, make sure that you have another backup plan in place for your important files.
Time Machine backups will be supported if you use the Time Capsule, or if you use a drive that is directly attached to the computer that supports Time Machine.
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I just bought and backed up my computer and time machine with a "Seagate BackUp Plus for Mac". Now my time machine is empty. Panicked. can anyone help?

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Please restart the network.. shut down everything..
Restart in order.. modem.. router.. if different to TC.. or TC.. client devices.. wait 2min between each startup.
If the TC does not show up on the computer, in finder.. then we need more info.. what OS are you running?
Does the TC show up in Airport utility? Are you running wireless or ethernet?
If you still have issues.. plug the TC directly into the computer by ethernet.
Do a full factory reset of the TC.. and see if it now shows up.
Please tell us exactly what model TC it is and how old.. the A1xxx model number from the base will help if you don't know.
You take a screen shot of the TC opened in finder.
eg..
My TC is named Tardis4.. click on it.. and then open the data folder.. on this one called Tardisdata.
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I have bought a Seagate Backup Plus 1TB drive, first time I have selected Mac Windows option which excludes Time Machine to work on it, but now I want to go back and select Only Mac option to activate my Time Machine application. I request you to help me

I have bought a Seagate Backup Plus 1TB drive, first time during plug-in, I have selected Mac Windows option which excludes Time Machine to work on it, but now I want to go back and select Only Mac option to activate my Time Machine application.
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IMPORTANT - This will reformat your Seagate drive and hence wipe it. If there is anything on your Seagate drive you want to keep, save it somewhere else FIRST.
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This may be a long way round, but it gives you the option to partition your disc which you may want.

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While you're at it, you might want to verify your start-up disk too with Disk Utility.

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Yes, know the issue. Did you EVER install any (utterly worthless) hard drive control software that came bundled with that ext. USB hard drive?
OR especially software from a Western Digital drive?
If so youve got a serious issue of data loss (which is why you NEVER ever have a single external backup of data).
You can read all about it here on the last 20 pages:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5475136?start=1365&tstart=0
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http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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2- Some of my family still use the windows pc, and i would have liked to have still been able to use the hard drive across both formats. So if i format for Time machine, will this not then be possible?
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Sorry, an external that is used only for Time Machine.
see > Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac
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I have installed a Seagate Backup plus ...seemed easy enough. Performed a backup. Took a long time, but seemed to work.
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