There’s a lot to like about the new WD MyBook Studio. It’s shiny, in the same aluminium design of the iMac and MacBook Pro; it’s pretty cheap considering the amount of storage, and it has an e-ink display that’ll show you information about the drive, even when you unplug the drive. More »
One of the more interesting, ways to keep your precious Time Machine backups safe: Time Warp is a $US25 app (free while in beta) that compresses and encrypts your backups, then uploads them to your Amazon S3 account. More »
Considering LG launched its first HDTV with a build in hard drive years ago, I’m surprised we haven’t seen other companies offering the same feature. Maybe it was just that they hadn’t come up with a cool name for it, like ‘Time Machine’. More »
The new MyBook Studio Edition for Mac from Western Digital is pure value for money. For a grand, you get 4 terabytes of storage space in a Time Machine-friendly system. We’ll take two. More »
For all of Windows 7′s niceties, it still doesn’t have an appropriately slick built-in backup system like Time Machine. Enter Seagate Replica, which Rob at BoingBoing Gadgets says works perfectly, just like Time Machine.
HP’s EX485/7 iteration of their MediaSmart Server is official, and now comes with a revamped UI, remote music and photo streaming capability, and is the first non-apple NAS product to support Time Machine. galleryPost('servermediasmarthp', 3, '');
LaCie’s newest ethernet disk isn’t only cool because it stores up to a whopping six terabytes in its stack. According to the company, it’s also a NAS that’s compatible with Apple’s Time Machine.
Microsoft appears ready to whip the Mac faithful into a frenzy with their latest job posting for a Windows Home Server software development engineer. According to the posting, they are currently looking for someone to help deliver a “top notch UI for the next release.” The posting goes on to say that a: “Time Machine compete (sp?) UI for backup and restore, Windows Media Centre integration UI, Live Mesh integration UI” are the top priorities. While WHS already features backup functionality, it lacks a fancy-pants OS X Time Machine style UI—something that may be corrected in the next release if Microsoft finds the right person for the job. [Computer Jobs via istartedsomething]
Mac Software Update now contains Leopard OSX version 10.5.3, which addresses issues with AirPort and other networking reliability, and resolves a few Time Machine and Time Capsule problems—Aperture is now compatible, we’re told. It also has improved Spaces usability. Check it out and let us know if you find anything else out. [Apple]
