In summary, if you want an easy to use, easy to connect, fast external drive for your Mac Backup, then Lacie is a good choice. As long as the drive works easily, fast, properly, and long – it gets the thumbs up from me. However I didn’t buy the LaCie external drive for these miscellaneous software. The software that came with the product – well, as you read above, I was not very happy with them: installation errors and lack of explanation/documentation. Apparently you need to register your product to activate your warranty and also to get “FREE fast support responses”.
Online registration at LaCie site also failed (page not available). Server error via the LaCie Setup Assistant app (as documented above). Regisration of the product was not doable.
It is not inconvenient as you can continue using the computer even as the backup is being done. The first backup took over 4 hours but a lengthy first backup was expected. However one of the most pleasing aspect of the hard drive is it is USB connected and so very easy to connect and setup. Henceforth, Apple Time Machine will automatically backup your entire Mac, regularly to your (connected) external backup disk.Īs I have only just acquired the LaCie drive, I cannot do a long-term review.
Make sure that the Time Machine is set to On.Ĭlick “Select Disk.” and select LaCie (or the name of your external disk for backup). Open Time Machine by going to Apple > Setup Preferences. Since we opted to “Decide Later” when Time Machine popped up its message to ask us earlier, we now need to select the LaCie portion of the disk (not the “Lacie Share” portion) as our backup disk. Select your LaCie Drive as your Mac Backup Disk The following image shows where all the software has been installed. This is where you get to see a summary of the software you have (supposedly) installed. Later to uninstall the now unwanted software, I had to identify each software, locate them in the Applications folder, and if they had no uninstall app, I had to Trash them manually. However, I later found out that this is no longer the case. I had read (in Apple’s online store user review section) that the Wuala offered free online cloud storage with security.
In particular, I wanted the Wuala software. Some of the software installations produced errors. I guess you could spend a few hours Googling if you had the time and paitence.
It does not seem to have any instructions or guide as to what they do or how to use them. So you have to look for them manually, by name. It did not appear in the “Lacie Share” (except for “Lacie Private Public”) but was found in my computer’s Applications. It will be located on the volume entitled “Compatible” or “LaCie Share” if it exists, otherwise on “LaCie”.”īut that was not the case. “Software will be installed on the product’s storage, not on your computer. According to the user manual, once installed,
I originally selected all and tried to install all of them. Personal Recommendation: don’t install any of the software. on the back of the packaging box (preceded by “S/N”).
And be warned: it is pretty small.įor the Lacie 1TB Porsche, the serial number can be found in 2 locations: Serial Number: The serial number can be a bother to find. Here, you can register your LaCie product. When you see a dialog window informing you that the formatting will erase all data (on the Lacie disk), just select Yes to continue. When you click “Next”, the disk will be formatted accordingly. Drag the slider left or right to determine how much, if any, to allocate to either portion. Here you can decide if you want the whole LaCie disk to be dedicated to for use with Mac (“LaCie” portion) or if you want a part of the disk to be usable by other systems (“Lacie Share” portion). (This step only appears the first time you run the Setup Assistant). LaCie Setup Assistant, 1st Tab: WelcomeĬlick Next to continue to the next step: Format. Once the app is open, you will see there are 5 steps (represented by the tabs). It checks for updates …Īnd then you just have to wait till the setup app is ready to go.