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Any positive exp.? : Lacie Ethernet extreme 1TB Big disk
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cosmic dancer
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Nov 13, 2007, 11:06 AM
 
Hello,

I've bought the ethernet external HD from Lacie: Extreme 1 TB Big Disk, which to my dismay doesn't work properly:
-Plugged to my Airport extreme base station, I can barely send files over for backup...[too slow.]
-Time Machine doesn't work, even if it's a APF, NAS or NAB or something I can't remember of...
-Plugged to my Powermac in USB, it doesn't work either: Lacie claims that it should be 'plug and play' in USB, but following their instructions [go to system pref>network>...] leads me to nowhere but failure [a modem option appears in place of the acknowledgment of an external disk].

What to do? If only I could make it work in USB, I wouldn't have totally waste this purchase. Can I do something valuable?
     
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Nov 13, 2007, 11:44 AM
 
If you plug it in through USB on your Mac, you treat it as a disk, not as a network device. The network pane of System Preferences has nothing to do with USB.

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Nov 13, 2007, 03:33 PM
 
If you plugged it into you Mac's usb port, it should show up in the finder, not network.
     
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Nov 13, 2007, 03:47 PM
 
edit: wrong thread
     
   
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