[DM-MUG] Time Capsule

[Ray Bowler]

Thanks Jeremy.

  The iBook has been using the wireless connection to my external hard  
drive for a long time. We have had occasional failures on a particular  
backup but then they are fine. Now I have discovered that it hasn't  
been working for a while. I am aware that Apple doesn't support this  
configuration so help from Apple Care is out. CW Smith(used to be at  
Haddock) has a setup which works with Time Machine on several  
networked computers. The key is using a later Airport than what I have  
which means buying a new wireless. I also need a new HD so most of the  
cost of Time Capsule will be with I could spend with another  
configurations. There are a couple of other factors involved which  
lead me to consider Time Capsule as a solution.

When I tell Time Machine to go to the backup it does so but the site  
has no backups --the drive also is empty when viewed in Finder. When I  
use your command in Terminal it doesn't show anything so I assume that  
all network drives are supported.  I'm going to play with this a  
little on this cold day when I shouldn't leave the house.

Ray

On Jan 15, 2009, at Jan 15, 20096:29 AM, Jeremy Geerdes wrote:


> 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).
>
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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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