Having recently taken the plunge to switch from Windows to Mac, I thought I’d get a decent backup drive as well. Not wanting to plump for the thunderbolt option, I went for the MBLD that I’ve attached to my home wireless network and that’s where the problems seem to start. Despite trying a number of times, I can’t get Time Machine to run properly. I’ve had a couple of error messages but the current one I keep getting is error -1, sparse bundle not being found. This being after the time machine application seeming to take forever to find the backup drive. Any suggestions on what I need to do to overcome this ? Thanks Graham, UK
Be sure to update the MBLD to the latest firmware.
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This worked but think the factory restore also helped as all working now…albeit 27 hrs plus so far to get the backup complete ! Thanks for the help anyway. Much appreciated. Graham
Hi,
For performance problems with MBLD and time machine have a look at this:
http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-Live-Duo/Performance-problems-Read-this-first/td-p/458792
I have an iMac and Mac Laptop, both running IOS Lion. i am looking to buy WD Live Book Duo and use it as a back-up drive as well as external storage device for both macs. I have heard andd read that the WD device has issues 1. with time machine and 2. working with Lion. is this this true? What issues if any will I face? Does time-capsule work with the WD device or does the back-up get executed without time machine? I am looking to do this wirelessly. Thanks for any guidance before I make the purchase.
Ops, I meant time machine in my post above
