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Cascade Thuderbolt (tb) 3 to tb2 daisychain and to USB-C
Have following setup. Macbook Pro (mbp) with two thunderbolt ports. A Drobo thunderbolt 2 disk with daisychain ability (two ports) and now need to connect USB-C portable disk. mbp connects to Drobo ...
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How to made enable system extensions on macOS Monterey?
I would like to continue to use my DROBO 5D with the the mac mini 16 GB (M1, 2020) mcOS Monterey.
But it does not pop up on my display, although the older DROBO “4slots” does show up on the screen.
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How to write an Applescript that shuts down a Drobo when a specific application quits
I have dabbled with Applescript in the past, but only in a small way, so need help this time please. I am not even sure this is possible...
I have a small server cabinet with 3x Drobo, two Mac Minis ...
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What causes macOS Music app to freeze on NAS stored media files?
Using macOS Music (formerly iTunes), I have a library with database files stored on the local drive and some media files stored on a Drobo 5N NAS device.
In macOS Catalina, any attempt to modify the ...
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Remove Problematic File from Drobo5N (NAS)
For some reason I have some files on a Drobo5N, which is a NAS, that were copied over from my Mac. They have a filename issue:
alpha:bravo:charlie.txt
That filename structure messes with all of the ...
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Why would my external USB3 drive (a Drobo) keep getting disconnected?
I have a mac mini (Mid 2011) running High Sierra (10.13.4) that I've been trying to use a home server. I'm not sure what the cause is, but my external USB drive (a 3rd-gen 4-drive Drobo) keeps ...
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Can I disable mounting of network volumes via afp:// protocol in favor of smb://
I have a Drobo network file server which insists on offering it's mounts via both afp:// and smb://. Is there any way to force my Macs (they are all running High Sierra) to NEVER mount network volumes ...
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How to improve IO performance of Drobo Gen 2?
I'm running a Late 2012 Mac mini Server, with macOS Sierra. This particular server has a 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM and SSD internal drives. The server is mostly idle, and is used as a Time ...
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NO LOGINS: System going down ... stuck and won't shutdown
I issued a remote SSH shutdown command to a headless Mac server. However, the server is not shutting down and I can no longer access the server with SSH, I get this message:
NO LOGINS: System going ...
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How to rollback and override to a specific date within a Time Machine backup
my situation is kind of weird. I've totally crashed my system yesterday after installing bootcamp/windows 8.1 (bad partition format). Fortunately, I have a full backup Time Machine on a Drobo 5D (...
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Drobo file listing no showing
I have a Drobo that has a ton of my personal information on it. I've recently had some issues with it and it had to rebuild its entire structure I believe. It took about 2 days before it finally ...
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Full, encrypted, point-in-time Mac OS X (including data) backup and restore employing Drobo as backup-storage device?
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I want to restore any of the OS and data files my Mac OS X computers to any previous state I "save" (aka "backup"), so I can revert back to a known-working software state when a change causes ...
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Apple Time Machine, Drobo and studio computer [closed]
I bought an Apple Time Machine. I have a home studio with several hard drives. I'm trying to find the best way to setup Time Machine to keep all my storage backed up all the time.
Studio Computer (...
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Using rsync to copy data from one Drobo (NTFS) to another Drobo (Mac OS Extended (Journaled))
I have been using Windows 2008 in Parallels on my Mac Server to serve up files to my Windows clients on the network with a USB attached Drobo (NTFS). Now I want to move these files to my Mac Drobo (...
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A Drobo, Time Machine, and lots of missing data
I have a Drobo connected to my Mac. It has been used for storing large video files, keepsakes and other miscellaneous data. I also use it as a Time Machine backup drive.
Today, I went to look for ...
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External drive mounts but doesn't appear in Finder anymore
I have an external hard drive (Drobo 2nd gen) connected to my Mac via Firewire. It used to appear on my desktop and in my Finder sidebar, but now it won't show up in either place (I do have "Hard ...
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Does daisy chaining FireWire 800 and 400 cause all devices to use 400 speeds?
I recently purchased a Drobo, and in looking over some online documentation, I encountered this support article which states:
If a FireWire 400 device is also connected, it will pull down the ...
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How do I delete just the Time Machine files on my Drobo external filesystem?
I have a folder on my Drobo called "HFS+ Private Directory Data" and it contains old Time Machine data. I cannot delete it and do not want to reformat my drobo. I have tried 'option' trashing and ...
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