scottgriz,
I'm glad you understand our position, and I agree with your assessment of "Regardless of who's fault it is, it certainly is Buffalo's problem." The problem was introduced by Apple's 10.5.7 update by some change in the USB Mass Storage Class driver, making it mostly "their fault", but as you say, it is our problem to handle, and we are close to making the fix available.
swalk3r,
As with any software issue, it can be nearly impossible to give an accurate estimate of when it will be resolved. If we gave a release date, it would probably be wrong, thus causing more frustration in our user base. We prefer to leave the issue at "We're working on it" until it has been resolved. I can tell you that we are close to releasing a fix, but I am unsure exactly when that will be.
a1mixer,
We've seen the issue with the HD-HBU2 series (USB -> IDE) as well as HD-HCU2 series (USB -> SATA) Drivestations. Which model number do you have?
The problem is not with the hardware at all, from what we can tell. The drives worked fine until Apple's 10.5.7 update, which apparently changed something in their USB Mass Storage Class driver, which caused the issue. The upcoming fix will install a patched kernel extension that was provided to us from Apple. Put simply, the drives are not defective, Apple's 10.5.7 update came with an incompatible driver.
Regardless of the issue at hand, please edit your post to remove your impolite wordings and harassing tone, or it will be removed.
Message Edited by Colin137 on 06-09-2009 09:49 PM