Apple sell the Western Digital MyBook on their website, but not the networked MyBook Live.Ģ. I picked up a 2 Tetrabyte one up for $221 from *, shipped to Australia for $317 – compare that to Apple’s Time Capsule at $649, there’s quite a difference. It’s a great option if you have more than one Macintosh in your house. There are non-Apple solutions available – this article explains how to set up Apple’s Time Machine on a Western Digital My Book Live.ġ. This is how Apple’s ‘ Time Capsule’ works. That means that it plugs into your network, via an ethernet cable, and any Macintosh on your network can backup to it. A second option is to run it on a networked external storage device. One option is external firewire or USB hard drive – a good option if you only have one computer. Time Machine is a piece of Apple software, but you need to have some hardware for it to back up onto. It’s worth paying more and using Apple’s time capsule for peace of mind and better support should something go wrong, plus it’s easier to set up.
I’ll leave this article below for your information, but DON’T TO IT!!! They use some weird custom drive format that can’t be read by OSX or Ubuntu or Windows, so you cna’t get the data off your backup if it crashes. After many calls to Western Digital they still havn’t provided a warranty replacement.ģ. The drive stopped working in under 1 year.Ģ. The My Book Live has been more trouble than it’s worth.ġ. I kid you not! I am sorry if anyone followed these instructions below. Here’s how to do it using a network hard drive:
In this previous article I describe how to backup your computer using Apple’s Time Machine and an external hard drive.
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