Connected Digital World

Iomega have released updated firmware for it’s Home Media Network Hard Drive, bringing with it Time Machine support for Lion.

Apple has released what it is calling a Supplemental Update to Mac OS X 10.7.3 which is designed to resolve issues with Time Machine.

NETGEAR launches new router with unique features for Macs, enhanced capabilities and performance for all users.

Drobo have released their PC Backup software for their Drobo product line. Is this a replacement for Windows Home Server?

Today Western Digital launched a new drive, the My Book Studio for the Mac, which comes with 3TB storage and is great for Time Machine.

One of the promises of Windows Home Server 2011 was the ability to backup your Mac to WHS 2011. Unfortunately that functionality wasn’t provided out of the box. There were hacks and workarounds to get it running, but Orbital Technologies have produced an add-in to get it to work.

Sean Daniels has posted an article on his own personal blog showing how you can enable TimeMachine backups for you MAC on either SBS 2011 Essentials or WHS 2011. But shouldn’t this be out of the box functionality?

Seagate have recently released a firmware upgrade for its BlackArmor NAS devices that brings with it additional support for Apple Macs and iTunes.

Dave over at the Home Server Show has just published podcast 89, even though he is on vacation.

As previously announced, owners of the EX470/475 MediaSmart Servers can now download two new applications for their Servers. The online backup application allows customers to designate specific shared folders on their Server for secure upload to the Amazon S3 service. Doing so provides an additional layer of data protection for the most important photos, documents and other files on your Windows Home Server.

ow that the new HP MediaSmart Servers are shipping, I thought I would post something on how to configure your Apple Mac to use Time Machine to back up to your Windows Home Server.