I’ve read the reviews and now I’m afraid to purchase a “My Book Studio 1 TB External Firewire 800/400” for Mac.
I do not have Time Machine because I still have OS X 4.11 (Tiger). The Apple store suggested I get the older Leopard for my Mac which has Time Machine to help with transfering files. After reading the reviews on line here, I’m afraid to purchase the above external Drive. I have never done a back-up on my Mac and it’s 4.5 yrs. old now and I think I’m walking on ice!
As I said on the other thread, backing up is always a good idea.
Having experienced the My Book Studio on my system, I strongly regret buying it and will never buy WD disks again. My preference is for external hard drives that are simply there for storage. Not ones that thrust their own software at you and make it impossible to remove it.
Time Machine should work with most disks - I personally like LaCie hard disk products and have used them for years.