NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 4.1.8 beta supports Mac OS X Lion
by Volker Weber
Yesterday, Yo-dah posted a couple of updates on Twitter which indicated that Netgear was making good progress with a new firmware to support OS X Lion on older sparc-based ReadyNAS devices. In the evening a beta was published:
We'll use this thread to update you with info on the latest beta releases for RAIDiator 4.1.8. RAIDiator 4.1.7 release supports the ReadyNAS NV+, NV, Duo, 1100, X6, and 600 systems -- yes, even systems as far back as 7 years old.
Comments
Way to go. My 3 year old Synology won't get new firmware they say. I don't use timemachine and found a fix for the AFP issue, but quite sad that Synology leaves these models in the dust.
Synology is cheaper than Netgear. You are spending less, you are getting less.
Hans - could this be worth trying?
http://www.alexanderwilde.com/2011/04/os-x-lion-connection-error-with-afp-and-workaround/
Thanks John, that's the fix I found for AFP :-)
Working well here. Netgear, good recommendation! Thx!
So, Netgear has been a good choice then for me.
If you intend to run (third party) add-ons on the Sparc series, you either better wait for a new 4.1.8 beta or get your favorite hex editor ready to do some dirty work.
@QNAP-Users:
Firmware 3.5.0 incl. Lion-compatibility is available and ready for download.
Hope id 0815 doesn't reference a quick & dirty version. ;-)
Just wanted to note that Synology wised up and have now released firmware for my aging 207+ supporting Lion and timemachine (c:
