10.5 Time Machine: Backup to network drive
macosxhints.com now have an easy solution to enable backup on mounted network drives with Time Machine: type the following in your Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
and Time Machine will let you select mounted network drives (under Set up Time Machine / Change Disk). I have no idea how reliable it is to use Time Machine with network storage and what kind of format is best. I still use a Firewire disk. Another issue is, that Time Machine will eventually fill all available disk space, no matter how many TB you have (more on this issue discussed here).
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Bud James
@ 16.03.2008 11:50 CET
This did not work on my MacPro 8-core or MacBook Pro both running Leopard 10.5.2.
I was trying to let TM to use a USB drive connected to my Airport Extreme.
This did not work on my MacPro 8-core or MacBook Pro both running Leopard 10.5.2.
I was trying to let TM to use a USB drive connected to my Airport Extreme.
kev
@ 16.03.2008 20:29 CETYeah, I hadn't tried it myself and even osxhints now state it is not really a workable hack:
"Please see the comments -- this method will not work as expected, and backup data will be lost when the drive fills up. This is not a recommended hint!"
kev
@ 20.03.2008 17:19 CETthis should solve this issue (from macrumors):
After the release of today's Time Machine and Airport update, several readers report that Time Machine now supports backups to USB drives connected to your Airport Extreme basestation. This configuration essentially reproduces the functionality of Apple's Time Capsule product.
Apple had originally advertised these "AirPort Disk" wireless backups as a feature for Leopard, but this feature was removed prior to its launch. Speculation had suggested that it may have been due to some unresolved security issues, but Apple has made no official statements. While there had been workarounds published, today's update appears to officially restore this feature.