http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba's Canvio for Mac external HDD family makes OS X backup a cinch http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Finally, a backup solution for the mac. I previously had no other way of backup up my files to an external hard drive.
Now I can go back in time and see old files, like some sort of, time travel device. ]]>Jul 13th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Time Capsule also has a gigabit switch and a wireless a/b/g/n router built in, idiot.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
1. Any hard drive will work with a Mac.
2. Customized backup software? When every Mac already comes with Time Machine?
3. Any hard drive will work with a Mac.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Don't forget Super Duper! (It's not standard, but still a great FREE backup/cloning program)]]>Jul 13th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Also syncs without a cable over wi-fi... so you don't have to plug it in for the scheduled backups... I think that is a really good option. ]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/A dual band a/b/g/n router in fact.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/The product in the article is nothing more than a usb 2.0 (ouch 35 MB\second transfer max speed...in 2010? I don't think so) external hard drive with some stupid backup software (?? doesn't OS X have time machine built in...why the FUCK do you need 3rd party backup software, unless it's for tape?) -- the time capsule was network based....and faster...can you believe that gigabit ethernet can be about 3 times as fast as USB 2.0. If this product used USB 3.0 it would be a different story, but then you'd have to actually get steve jobs to stop smelling his own farts and actually put usb 3.0 on macs...so yeah...Gotta love technology!]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
(And nothing more)]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Drives, especially 2.5" drives like these, can't even max out FireWire 800, which most Macs have, so USB 3 is really unnecessary.

Also, Light Peak.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Fail what now? Nobody I know that owns a Time Capsule has had it fail. Ever. The drives in Time Capsules are 1 million hour MTBF server grade hard drives, so they're going to last longer than pretty much any other conventional platter based HDD.

Do you just enjoy living life with your head up your ass?]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
backup a full OS?! that is crazy talk. but i am sure most apple users buy a whole new computer when they get spyware, so the idea of a reimage is totally foreign. ]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Mac users don't get spyware. And, sorry, but not every consumer is a raging tech loser like you. Time Machine is an incredibly simple and effective way to back up a computer - something most people don't do, even though they should. If Apple's solution allows more people to back up their data, why do you feel the need to $hit all over a good thing?]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Yeah, there is no spyware on the Mac. But here's why you want a full backup including the OS: You can boot off the system DVD that came with the Mac, and tell it to restore your entire system from your Time Machine backup. That's why you want it to back up everything including your OS.

The first time your boot drive dies, you'll understand why this is a good thing.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Time machine only saves data, applications, and settings, not the OS. Also, spyware on a Mac? Please enlighten us.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
I'm pretty certain that Time Machine, by default, backs up the OS.

@tricheboars

It's not required to back up the OS but if you have the space then why not? Unless you particularly enjoy reinstalling from a DVD and then waiting for all the various updates to be downloaded/installed. Personally, I've got better things to do...]]>Jul 13th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Actually there aren't. People like you don't read all the information related to this so you are unable to prove, for example, that there is any spyware for the Mac at all. Or any viruses.

A trojan that exploits a hole in Safari but REQUIRES a local admin and the admin password to be entered in order for it to work is not a virus. Any idiot knows that. Viruses don't need your permission. And every system is vulnerable to trojans, because trojans rely on tricking the user into entering their admin password. Again, nothing happens unless you specifically give it permission.

That's not a virus. You're welcome to try again though.]]>Jul 13th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Pull the other one, it's got bells on the end.

Let me know when there is anything out there that we actually should be worried about. Up until that point I will continue to feel warm and fuzzy, thanks very much. Bloody doom merchants...]]>Jul 13th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/charlie-miller-to-reveal-20-zero-day-security-holes-in-mac-os-x/
http://www.fiercecio.com/techwatch/story/pwn2own-2010-mac-isnt-more-secure/2010-03-26
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/pwn2own_winner_mac_os_x_is_less_secure_than_windows/


mhm, right. well anyway. didnt take but 2 mins to hack a mac, and that didnt need anyone to log the admin password in did it?
what was that? they didnt! oh well i guess that makes your point invalid sir. pretty sad. mac is going up in popularity. so start to see more viruses come your way.
so anyway. here you go.]]>Jul 13th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/06/mac_spyware_alert_is_nothing_n.html
http://theappleblog.com/2010/06/02/dangerous-new-mac-spyware-making-the-rounds/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/01/mac_spyware/]]>Jul 13th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mac-Virus---A-Brief-History&id=4174801
http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/tp/macvirusfaqs.htm]]>Jul 13th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Um... yes it did. You see, this is what I was talking about when I said you don't read everything. Let me explain it to you slowly to make sure you understand it.

First of all it didn't take 2 minutes. It took 6 months and 2 minutes. You think the web site he told Safari to access was built inside those two minutes? Of course not. Don't be a complete idiot.

Second, you aren't paying attention to what I'm telling. you. Nothing was hacked, as in NOTHING. If you had read what actually happened, you would have seen that there was somebody literally sitting in front of the Mac they were using for the competition, admin password in hand. This particular exploit you're referring to REQUIRES somebody to enter their admin password it can't - CAN NOT - run on its own.

The file was given to the person in front of the Mac who then ran it and was then asked to enter his admin password. Guess what? If he had chosen not to enter it, nothing would have happened. Do you understand now? No, you probably don't. You seem kind of dense.

The only way to get that exploit to work was to have somebody literally in front of the compuyter, entering their admin password and EXPLICITLY ALLOWING the exploit to run. He was completely unable to access the Mac remotely to get it to run on its own. Completely, entirely and 100% unable to do it.

Let me put this in terms even you can understand, kid. The only way for this to work in the wild would be for the "hacker" to break into your house, sit in front of your Mac and try to run the script that would direct Safari to a malicious web site - and even that would only work if he happened to know what your password was.

What are the chances of that happening, you think? You let me know.

To sum up, there are no viruses for the Mac. There is nothing that can get into a Mac remotely (not even "hackers" who were being offered $10,000 to do it), there is no spyware for the Mac and while Safari has had some holes in the past, the trick is getting to the holes in the first place, which I've just shown you is actually impossible without local admin privileges.

You should spend less time being an ignorant jackoff and more time educating yourself.]]>Jul 13th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/bet you own an iphone 4 that has no issues at all, because there are none. eh?]]>Jul 13th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
I'm still feeling pretty warm and fluffy, thanks. The reason for this is very simple: there is absolutely nothing out there to worry about for the Mac. Chill out.

Doom merchant.]]>Jul 13th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Actually you didn't link to any viruses. Everything you linked to REQUIRES AN ADMIN PASSWORD TO RUN. Did I not make that clear before? Was it not made completely crystal clear to you that you can't do jack shit to a Mac without the admin password?

Because it requires an admin password, it is a TROJAN. It is absolutely unable to run without the user's direct assistance. It will try to get you to enter your admin password by tricking you into entering it.

That is a TROJAN. All systems are vulnerable to trojans. Are you clear on this yet or am I going to have to explain it to you a few dozen more times? If you had actually read any of the articles you linked you would have seen that they specifically address them as trojans, because they need PERMISSION TO RUN.]]>Jul 13th 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 26th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 26th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
I'm a PC so I don't know how mac users back up their drives and what not.

I have an array of TB drives in my PC that I built that backs everything up every week. ]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Time Machine is Apple's backup software that's built into the OS. It backs up incrementally every hour, and once you assign a backup drive it's completely automatic and in the background. There's just no need for Toshiba's customized backup software. In fact I'd bet it's a lot worse than Time Machine.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/I see thanks!
Looks like a very good system apple has created. I don't see the point of toshiba's idea either lol.

Yes, I am not the typical anti mac PC user shocking I know.]]>Jul 13th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/is $140 for a 1 TB excessive "mac pricing" for an external HD? Maybe it is, I don't know.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/12/apple-issuing-free-repairs-or-replacements-of-wonky-2008-time-ca/]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/
Oh, you mean the ones made for a period of 4 months 2 years ago that Apple is replacing for free? Yeah, the vast, vast majority of Time Capsules don't have any problems.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/Jul 13th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/The fanbois proved your point quite nicely.
All coming to defend the Lame, er, Time Machine. But it doesn't work. So long as it has an Apple on it, the lemmings will eat it up... regardless of functionality. Sounds a lot like all the people that buy Mac PC's too come to think of it.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/toshibas-canvio-for-mac-external-hdd-family-makes-os-x-backup-a/The irony of you asking if someones head has been up their ass on this subject is so sexy. I have chub right... meow.]]>Jul 13th 2010 12:57PM