You can use Time Machine with the Studio Edition II if you're using it as a backup drive. Note that the LED capacity indicator on the front of the drive displays usage only if you install WD RAID Manager, but the drive will still connect to your Mac or PC and work without the software. Think of the Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II as the Mac-oriented version of the My Book Mirror Edition drive, but with more interfaces. If you need the speed of eSATA or FireWire on your PC or Mac, then go with the Studio Edition II. It's larger and more robust than the sealed La Cie Little Big Disk Quadra, and it's more advanced than the CMS Velocity2 dual-drive arrays that I've reviewed in the past. If you just need a secure, protected place to store your backups, then get the (slightly) cheaper Mirror Edition. Otherwise, if I were a businessperson or serious hobbyist, both WD drives would float to the top of my buy list.

1. Wd Kill My My Book Studio Books

Hi, I got the 2 TB My Book Studio for Mac, the date of purchase is and so far so good utill this 'Maverick' issue, the 10.9.x I got mail from WD and warnig so I dissconnected the drive. Find great deals on eBay for wd 2tb my book. Shop with confidence.

It's the speedy one that hangs out with the creative types, especially those who use Macs. I really liked the, which yokes two 1TB hard drives together to provide a terabyte of mirrored (RAID 1) storage.

Couple of weeks ago i was browsing your website for new updates and found that my My Book Studio is eligible for Firmware Update. Since this was new firmware (from December 2013) I naively thought that installing this update was a good thing. After all it was official firmware update for my external hard drive. Everything was fine up to a point when the Firmware updater suddenly crashed.

Hello all, well as it says in my title. Followed the Firmware Update supplied by Western Digital to make My Book Studio safe and compatible with Mavericks (which I have not yet updated to just in case). Followed their procedure to the letter.

Think of the Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II ($429.99 list) as the Mirror Edition's fraternal twin. But while the Mirror Edition emphasizes protected storage, the Studio Edition II is all about speed and capacity. It is Western Digital's most connectable external hard drive, and also one of the highest-capacity drives available. It's just the thing for video-heavy creative types who would enjoy having 2TB of transportable storage by their desktop. It's Mac-friendly out of the box, though it will work with Windows PCs, too. In terms of dollars per GB, this is more expensive than a single-mechanism drive but it's cheaper than a portable drive.

Wd Kill My My Book Studio Books

Hi, I got the 2 TB My Book Studio for Mac, the date of purchase is and so far so good utill this “Maverick” issue, the 10.9.x I got mail from WD and warnig so I dissconnected the drive. Yesterday I got mail from WD that I can do an update: •. So I did that and then I got an message to update the Firmvare too - so I did that too. And voila, next to the end I got an message - “sorry” and go for the Exit. So I did just that.

And your company are not willing to offer me any sort of reimbursement towards a new drive?’ WD: No. Updating the Firmware is a risk you take’. Me: ‘Where on the Firmware Update does it state that it might destroy my drive completely? If I had know that I would not have taken the risk!!’. WD: ‘Sorry, there is nothing we can do’.

I used to use them to access files from off-site, but with the popularity of folder syncing services, we can have access to most of our files from any device or location already. From a security standpoint, it supports 128-bit AES encryption, dual passwords, and end-to-end authentication. Alternative technology Remote access solutions aren’t as essential as they once were. Vnc server for mac osx.

Lexar jump drive twist turn driver for mac. The Triton comes blank, with no software or any data preinstalled on it. This is just the limitation of FAT32. The fact that the Triton is preformatted in FAT32 also means that it can't be used to store files that larger than 4GB. The computer will recognize and assign a drive letter to the new drive and you can use it just like any other drive already installed on the computer.

Mac wont now mount drive, can’t initialise it / format / anything. It is unrecognisable even in windows too.

If you do take the drive apart, like I did, it will still not be readable in another enclosure or HD dock. Although it is recommended not to put the drive in a HD dock as it can erase all data! The controller bridge holds the key. One thing it will confirm is that the actual drive is still alive or not.

Why did you not test your new firmware to see if it corrupts or kills external Hdds on the Mac? Why did you strongly recommend something that has only killed my HDD and all my data?

While I was using the drive on my MacBook Pro test bed, the Studio Edition II indeed powered down to sleep mode quickly when it wasn't in use and also used very little power while active (under 20 watts). (The CMS dual drive we tested in 2007 idles at over 31W, while single-mechanism drives run about 10W.) The drives are RoHS compliant, and are marketed to be paired with Energy Star–rated desktops. Hard drives aren't part of the EPEAT initiative, so it can't get marks for that, but I certainly can count it as one of the products PCMag recommends as being energy efficient; and since it can replace multiple external drives by itself, it also gets good marks for space and material efficiency. The Studio Edition II therefore gets our. The Studio Edition II comes with the same software package as the Mirror Edition: the aforementioned WD RAID Manager, WD Anywhere Backup, and trail versions of Memeo AutoSync and MioNet. As before, I consider the latter two crapware, but at least on Macs running OS 10.5 (Leopard), you don't need to use any of the packed-in software.