sudo tmutil setdestination -p /Volumes/Backup
open /Volumes/Remote/backupvolume.sparsebundleĭ.
defaults write TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1Ĭ. hdiutil create -size 300g -library SPUD -fs HFS+J -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname "Backup" /Volumes/Remote/backupvolume.sparsebundleī. Open a Terminal and type the following commands:Ī. I'm going to assume it mounts as "/Volumes/Remote" too.Ģ. In Finder, "Connect to server" and enter "smb://Remote/", substituting the hostname of your remote disk. I don't have a Mac here at work, and I don't have a network drive to test it with, but here you go anyway:ġ. I've changed the detail a bit to take out the unnecessary steps. To summarise: Create a sparse disk image on the backup disk, mount it, then use "tmutil" to set the mounted sparse image as the destination for Time Machine. I made my first Time Machine back-up last night and it worked. Finally I found yesterday the following site which published a method which allows you to use Time Machine with legacy SMB services. In my case this did not help as I was accessing the network drive via SMB. Apple published a work-around for devices using AFP, see this KB article for that procedure.
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This hint shows how to restore it.Īs I discovered with dismay Apple implemented a new version of networking protocols in Lion, which made that my network drive could no longer be accessed via Time Machine. Changes in network protocols in Lion broke Time Machine access to some legacy network drives.