[DM-MUG] Time Capsule

[Jeremy Geerdes]

There are actually a couple of ways to get Time Machine to work with a  
3rd party networked drive (e.g., a shared drive on another computer).   
Apple just won't support them officially.

The first method, which I just found on the internet, is to open  
Terminal and run the following command:

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences  
TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

Then mount the network drive, and you should be able to select it in  
Time Machine's setup.

The second method, which I actually used successfully myself, is to  
connect the drive directly to the computer you want to back up and set  
up Time Machine to use that disk.  So, if you're using a FW drive,  
plug it directly into the MacBook; if you're using another Mac,  
connect the two using FW and boot the second machine in target disk  
mode.  Once you've set up Time Machine to use that disk locally, you  
can physically remove it from the machine, mount it remotely, and Time  
Machine will still recognize it.  The secret here is that Time Machine  
adds a couple of hidden files to the drive that tell it that the drive  
is okay to use.

As I mentioned, I use Time Machine without problem with a Western  
Digital MyBook 500GB USB2.0 drive plugged into a plain Airport  
Extreme.  This is not an officially-supported solution, but it works  
just fine (so far).

Jeremy R. Geerdes
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On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Ray Bowler wrote:

> My wife needs to use Time Machine on her Mac Book and we would like  
> to have the set up such that she has hourly backups without being  
> tied to  firewire drive. Using a drive connected to my Mac mini  
> using the wireless connection from hers used to work but will not  
> work anymore (Apple will not support time Machine over a wireless  
> network unless you use Time Capsule) . Time Capsule seems to be what  
> I need but I have another question--would the Time Capsule be a  
> replacement for my second generation Base Station (the flying  
> saucer)? The specs. look like it should work.
>
> If it would work does anyone have a Time Capsule that they don't  
> need and would be willing to part with at a low cost?
>
> Ray Bowler
>
> rbowler.home.mchsi.com
>
>
>
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