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вЂњSince you describe an issue with Time Machine only, there could also be a bug in 10.5.xвЂ™s Time Machine with the Seagate drive (since it uses a вЂњlargeвЂќ native block size), but again, thatвЂ™s just speculation.вЂќ Now it may be that you partitioned the disk and triggered the bug and then this caused other weird behavior with Time Machine вЂ“ but thatвЂ™s hard to say for sure. However, itвЂ™s not specific to Seagate disks or any other type of disk. вЂњAs for the OS 10.5.x problem, there is a bug in the OS disk manager that is triggered by partitioning a disk or creating a new volume (even doing so in Disk Utility).

#Drive genius snow leopard mac os

He informed me that Mac OS 10.5 Leopard is not fully compatible with SeagateвЂ™s drive directory structure, and that OS 10.6 Snow Leopard does not have the same bugs. We went through the entire scenario above, plus several other variations. I had a long phone conversation with Prosoft EngineeringвЂ™s Drive Genius lead developer. Carbon Copy Cloner and Senuti work perfectly for backing up my computer and my iPods click-hold-drag-release straight data archiving works too, as it should. I initialized GFD #2 using AppleвЂ™s DiskUtility, decided NOT to use Time Machine to backup my MacBook Pro, and got on with my digital life. If youвЂ™re losing the thread of my status, join the club.

Drive GeniusвЂ™s progress report said the rebuild and repair was unsuccessful, but then GFD #2 mounted perfectly on my MacBook Pro. I used Drive Genius 2 (not version 3) to attempt to repair and rebuild the directories on GFD #2.

Afterward, I mounted GFD #2 onto my ancient lampshade iMac G4 running OS 10.5 Leopard. Something was wrong with my computer, and/or with SeagateвЂ™s high end flagship product.Дoing what I always do when IвЂ™m stumped and annoyed, I went for a swim, which is when my troubleshooting brain cells work best. I was very careful setting up a backup and archiving strategy on GFD #2, but a different Drive Genius warning occurred.

Then they shipped me a completely new GFD, saying I could toss their first defective drive into the dumpster. They shipped me a replacement base plate, because they thought that probably was the culprit. Seagate phone tech support was extremely helpful, determining that their evaluation drive was defective. (3.1.1 should be out by the time your article is published, Nemo.) Prosoft Engineering tells MyMac: вЂњThat was changed for 3.1.1 to recommend a Verify/Repair ASAP. Drive Genius email support was inconclusive. I was unable to fix the error or successfully remount the GFD. The warning generated an automatic like to Drive Genius 3.1вЂ™s Drive Pulse, that was not running in the foreground. I am not going to discuss the significance of fsck because itвЂ™s beyond the scope of the typical Mac owner.

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Then it developed fsck errors when backing up with Time Machine from my pre-unibody MacBook Pro running OS 10.5 Leopard. My evaluation GFD worked fine for a week. Swapping base plates is easy, as I found by accident. For this article, only the shipping Macintosh standard unit and ports were used. With USB3 Windows devices and computers beginning to become available, Seagate offers an optionalГ‚ USB3 base plate without FireWire ports for high speed Windows data transfer. The second FireWire port can be used to mount all FireWire 800 drives, and power them if they are bus-powered. Most Macintoshers will never need to separate the base from the upper drive enclosure, because this configuration has one USB2 port and two FireWire800 ports.

#Drive genius snow leopard for mac

SeagateвЂ™s new GoFlex Desk for Mac External Drive (or GFD) has an unusual base plate that can be removed and swapped. Hard drives backed up? Check! iOS devices backed up? Check! Photo and music librariesвЂ™ redundant archives? Check! Plenty of additional storage capacity for future expansion and bloatware? Double check! YouвЂ™ll be glad you paid the extra $60 over the price of the puny 2TB GoFlex Desk for Mac sibling.

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You can backup and archive anything and everything. Life changes forever when you have a 3TB external FireWire 800 + USB2 AC poweredГ‚ hard drive.