Using Areca 1221X with CineRAID external storage
Has anyone here used the Areca ARC-1221X RAID controller with the new Mac Pro, featuring the Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor?
This card is included with the CineRAID 8TB external storage we also want to purchase to use with the new Mac Pro.
Hi,
Can you please verify that if processor on the new ARC-1221x included with the CineRAID is an Intel IOP 348 1.2GHz (1200MHz) processor? The original ARC-1221x had an 800MHz Intel IOP341 I/O processor on the board.
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/areca/1221x/
Could you also verify the watts provided by the CineRAID power supply? AMUG was set to review the 8TB CineRAID but we were told that the company wanted to increase the size of the power supply first.
Thank you!
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I’m trying to back up my Macbook Pro 10.6.8 using Time Machine with an external drive Seagate Backplus Slim. I’ve tried several solutions that I’ve found through different forums but still wouldn’t work.
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I am trying to get an answer to whether or not I can successfuly use Time Machine with an external HDD connected to an airport extreme. Some forums say yes, some say no. I'm also curious about formatting the hard drive to work both on my wife's MacBook Pro and my PC. Any help would definitely be appreciated.
You may be going on a recollection, that I share, that at one time Apple stated this would be possible:
In fact, Apple’s Time Machine Web page touted this very capability as recently as last Tuesday, as you can see from Google’s October 16 cache of the page
Effortless meets wireless. With a hard disk connected to your AirPort Extreme Base Station, all the Macs in your house can use Time Machine to back up wirelessly. Simply select your AirPort Disk as the backup disk for each computer and the whole family can enjoy the benefits of Time Machine.
But if you look at the current Time Machine page on Apple’s Web site, that text is nowhere to be found.
That was a long time ago, it has never been officially implemented, and at present they specifically say it cannot be done.
In summary, it may work, but probably won't, and even if it does it may not be reliable.
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what is the best method for using a iphoto with an external hard drive for greater capacity?
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Ok, Kappy answered some questions I had about how Time Machine works with an external hard drive.
After doing more reading about Time Machine, I found out that a person can, for example, leave the drive powered-off for a couple of weeks and only periodically or intermittently use Time Machine for back up. However, in the online article I read dated 2009, the author suggested that he didn't know how well Time Machine would work making up for the two weeks, or however long, no files had been backed up.
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Thanks for reading this and thanks if you feel my questions warrant answering.
Note: I do have another external hard drive where I occasionally manually back-up photos, gifs, music, etc.JohnHusk wrote:
Ok, Kappy answered some questions I had about how Time Machine works with an external hard drive.
After doing more reading about Time Machine, I found out that a person can, for example, leave the drive powered-off for a couple of weeks and only periodically or intermittently use Time Machine for back up.
If you go several days between backups, Time Machine may have to do a "deep traversal," comparing every folder on your system to the backups, to determine what's changed and needs to be backed-up. This depends on the volume of changes, so can happen after an OSX update, but in other circumstances might be after several days. This isn't a big problem, but it does take longer, and the more data you have, the longer it takes.
Worse, after an extended period, Time Machine may do a new, full backup of your entire system, rapidly filling-up your TM drive.
If that's the way you want to back up, Time Machine is not the backup app for you. One of it's main features is the way it can do quick hourly backups of what's changed, so you have an excellent chance of recovering a previous version (or versions) when you change or delete something in error, or a file comes up corrupted, or your Mac fails.
Why don't you want to just leave the drive connected and Time Machine running, to protect you best, as it was designed to do?
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Using iTunes Match with an external hard drive
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Over the years, my iTunes library has got rather large. Now, I'm about to buy a new MacBook Pro with a smaller SSD than my current hard drive, so in order to make best use of the space, I'm going to move my iTunes library to an external drive.
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When I'm on the move, I'd like to have access to my music, so I have subscribed to iTunes Match which is working well. My iPhone and iPad stream my music no problem.
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Will this setup confuse the use of iTunes Match on my computer when I'm away from home?
Any advice on how to best set this up would be appreciated!Hi,
You will need two itunes libraries, one giving you access to your external drive and the other to allow you to stream your music.
When you get your new Macbook you can create an new blank library which will let you access your music in the cloud - see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589.
You would use same procedure to reconnect to your main liabrary on the external drive.
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Using my MacBook with an external monitor
Hi,
I'm currently using my MacBook (Intel Core 2 Duo ,2.4 GHz, Memory: 4 GB, GMA X3100) with an external 19" Dell monitor and I was thinking to buy a 22" but then I started wondering if this computer would handle a 22" monitor.
Will this MacBook handle a 22" monitor? If yes, will I see some slow-downs? In other words will I see a difference in speed with a bigger monitor?
Thanks a lot!I use this adapter to come from the MacBook's Mini-DVI port....
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9321G/B?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTA4NDU1MTM
....and this cable to connect to the TV via one of the HDMI ports...
http://www.amazon.com/DVI-HDMI-Cable-6ft-Male-Male/dp/B0002CZHN6
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I use a wireless keyboard and mouse to access the TV and MacBook from across the room....just change the input signal to toggle from TV to MacBook...(nice)
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Using Apple TV with an external HD
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I have used an apple TV and external HD for movies (all legally purchased) with a PC for years. I recently updated my computer and purchased a MacBook Pro. When using the PC, I could go to itunes-then movies-and alll the titles of my movies would appear and I could choose. I currently am having difficulty with the fact that when I plug in the HD it appears on the desktop, but the titles will not appear in itunes movies. I have sharing and airplay activated. I dont want to transfer the movies to my Mac, I want to store the movies on my HD and choose them from Itunes. ANY help would be greatly appreciated! BradWelcome to the Apple Community.
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Using Time Machine with two external hard drives
Hi. I use Time Machine to back up the hard disk on my MacBook Pro onto a Western Digital external drive. For secure storage of family photos and things we don't want to lose, I would like to do the following:
For a week or two, back up my MacBook Pro onto a Western Digital drive. Let's call this WD Drive 1. Then walk downstairs and put WD Drive 1 in a fireproof safe. For the next week or two, back up my MacBook Pro onto a different Western Digital drive. Let's call this WD Drive 2. Then put WD Drive 2 in the safe, take out WD Drive 1, and use WD Drive 1 as the back-up medium for the next week or two. Then keep alternating between WD Drive 1 and WD Drive 2 every couple weeks. This way, I will always have up an to date back-up on the WD drive that is connected to the MacBook Pro, and I also will have a two-week old back-up on the WD drive in the safe in case of a fire or something.
Can Time Machine be used in this manner, alternating between two different external back-up disks? Will Time Machine "know" when I change external drives and manage all back-up files appropriately?
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Can Time Machine be used in this manner, alternating between two different external back-up disks? Will Time Machine "know" when I change external drives and manage all back-up files appropriately?
Yes. Each drive will have an independent set of backups; and each will be a complete "snapshot" of the way your system looked at the time of the backup.
When you swap drives, the first backup will be somewhat longer, and may involve a "deep traversal," while Time Machine "catches up" with all the changes since the last backup to that drive.
And try not to go too long between swaps; it's undocumented, so we don't know the exact parameters, but after at least 10 days (apparently), Time Machine may do a new, full backup instead of an incremental one of changes only.
And you only need to worry about Time Machine deleting old backups if you've deleted the originals from your system; TM will never delete the backups of anything that's still there.
But . . .
As MusicWind says, thats' probably not the best strategy. One of the reasons you want dual backups is because no hardware is perfect -- it all fails, sooner or later, right? Similarly, no app is perfect, either. The "works" of Time Machine are more complex than most backup apps; it's pretty reliable, but if you're going to have dual backups, you're probably a bit safer with a different app for your secondary backups.
I don't know about SuperDuper, but CarbonCopyCloner does have an "archive" feature, where it will keep copies of things you've deleted. I've never used it, so don't know just how it works.
Also see Kappy's post on Basic Backup, complete with links to the web sites of each product.
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