Comments on: Time machine and Network Drives http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/ programmer, student, boyfriend, dreamer, in love, photographer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nicholas Czuma http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-27288 Nicholas Czuma Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:42:35 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-27288 My sister was asking me how to do this for her recently, but I'm not quiet as familiar with working on a Mac. My sister was asking me how to do this for her recently, but I’m not quiet as familiar with working on a Mac.

]]> By: Raj http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-22144 Raj Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:49:04 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-22144 worked in a second! thanks a lot. I suppose I can now use a network drive residing on a box running windows home server as my backup drive? i wonder why Mac hides the ability to do so..... worked in a second! thanks a lot. I suppose I can now use a network drive residing on a box running windows home server as my backup drive? i wonder why Mac hides the ability to do so…..

]]> By: Ilsa http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-21466 Ilsa Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:33:04 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-21466 Having worked in apple technical support, I can very easily see why this functionality is disabled by default. Apple doesn't want people calling in requesting support on how to set up an NFS mount or whatever, and then have people complain that their time machine backups 'broke' because they reinstalled windows on the target machine. When the average user is confused by a mouse with two buttons (and no, I am not joking about that), life is easier for all concerned if you simply say 'you have to buy an external hard drive or time capsule'. Having worked in apple technical support, I can very easily see why this functionality is disabled by default. Apple doesn’t want people calling in requesting support on how to set up an NFS mount or whatever, and then have people complain that their time machine backups ‘broke’ because they reinstalled windows on the target machine.

When the average user is confused by a mouse with two buttons (and no, I am not joking about that), life is easier for all concerned if you simply say ‘you have to buy an external hard drive or time capsule’.

]]> By: Stony Grunow http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Stony Grunow Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:45:27 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-1052 Needing an online Time Machine Backup, I created one out of spare parts and a 500 GB drive, using Ubuntu and Netatalk/AFP. So far, it works great. I documented it at http://www.myhovercraftisfullofeels.com/creating-an-online-time-machine-backup/ Hope it helps people! stony Needing an online Time Machine Backup, I created one out of spare parts and a 500 GB drive, using Ubuntu and Netatalk/AFP. So far, it works great. I documented it at http://www.myhovercraftisfullofeels.com/creating-an-online-time-machine-backup/

Hope it helps people!
stony

]]> By: Backing up a Mac using Time Machine and Samba | The Diary http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Backing up a Mac using Time Machine and Samba | The Diary Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:44:45 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-642 [...] shares. Well, actually it does, it’s just an undocumented feature, and like it says on this blog you have to type the following into a terminal defaults write com.apple.systempreferences [...] [...] shares. Well, actually it does, it’s just an undocumented feature, and like it says on this blog you have to type the following into a terminal defaults write com.apple.systempreferences [...]

]]> By: johnnykrisma http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-534 johnnykrisma Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:19:07 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-534 Maybe, just maybe in their testing they realized that given the number of possible network configurations possible, they couldn't guarantee a product that "just worked?" Instead they make it easy for advanced users to turn it on without getting the "I tried that and it sucked" word of mouth not to mention support calls. Just a thought. Thanks for this post too! Maybe, just maybe in their testing they realized that given the number of possible network configurations possible, they couldn’t guarantee a product that “just worked?” Instead they make it easy for advanced users to turn it on without getting the “I tried that and it sucked” word of mouth not to mention support calls.

Just a thought.

Thanks for this post too!

]]> By: Andreas Louca http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Andreas Louca Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:22:22 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-528 Yea I'll agree with you. The thing is that the functionality is there, working great, but they disable it until they release "some great product", in this particular case, time capsule, and they force you to pay for something like that. Even if they have some great products, this behavior pisses me off! Yea I’ll agree with you.

The thing is that the functionality is there, working great, but they disable it until they release “some great product”, in this particular case, time capsule, and they force you to pay for something like that.

Even if they have some great products, this behavior pisses me off!

]]> By: Dominic http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Dominic Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:58:16 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-527 It really pisses me off that they constantly disable features or you don't know they exist until someone tells you and you have to go to the shell and type in some stuff. How convenient is that? Thanks a lot for the post, though. :) It really pisses me off that they constantly disable features or you don’t know they exist until someone tells you and you have to go to the shell and type in some stuff.
How convenient is that?

Thanks a lot for the post, though. :)

]]> By: Macworld 2008 thin as air « Rolfje’s blog http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Macworld 2008 thin as air « Rolfje’s blog Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:15:38 +0000 http://andreas.louca.org/2007/11/10/time-machine-and-network-drives/#comment-494 [...] file and have a network connected (strong encrypted if you like), HFS+ journalled drive. After the Timemachine network trick, you’re good to go at no cost at all. The only difference is that you can’t connect [...] [...] file and have a network connected (strong encrypted if you like), HFS+ journalled drive. After the Timemachine network trick, you’re good to go at no cost at all. The only difference is that you can’t connect [...]

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