With DroBo FS there is no need to repartition the device in the classic sense (using for instance disc utility). If you wish to share an iTunes library, you can set up an NTFS share, copy the music onto it using the Windows computer and have the MAC read the library from there.
#Drobo dashboard not finding drobo fs mac os x
The reason for this is that MAC OS X can read the Windows proprietary NTFS file system but can not write on it and Windows can read nor write on the MAC OS proprietary HFS+ file system. "To answer your questions, it is advised to use separate shares for Windows and MAC OS X. Received a reply this afternoon to my enquiry so maybe they read my posting on here! Their reply is posted below in case it is of any interest: The Droboshare features are not applicable to the FS.Īny one else having a bad customer support experience with Drobo? So far no response or even acknowledgement from Drobo other than that the matter is "unresolved".ĭrobo FS seems like a nice bit of kit but I am stuck as I am not a computer tekky! I asked whether I need to set up separate volumes in the Drobo (I think these are the same as files - one for music and one for business stuff?)or whether that happens automatically, whether I ned to worry about the different Mac and Vista formats of the music files on the one hand and the business files on the other, and I asked what "mounting" a computer to a HD means. Recently acquired a Drobo FS (with 3 x WD 1.5Tb) and sent an email to Drobo customer support to ask how I set up Drobo which I would like to use to store files for my mac mini (for use solely for music - itunes) running Snow Leopard and to back up files from my home business Sony laptop running Vista.