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Can't get Time Machine to work with Nighthawk
Mac OS Mojave 10.14.3
Nighthawk(R) X4S R7800
Router Firmware Version V1.0.2.62 (just updated)
I bought a new 1TB Seagate SSD external HD. I formatted it according to the instructions low...
Other option is to get a standalone NAS. Routers were meant to route. IMHO things like you are trying to get done is like an ugly wort on a pretty face. I decided long ago to not subject myself to the pain and suffering of getting disk sharing working on a router. With my NAS my MAC is backed up without even worrying about it and since the NAS has mirrored drives I can lose one and not lose my info unlike when using the USB drive function on a router.
labatt wrote:IMHO things like you are trying to get done is like an ugly wort on a pretty face. I decided long ago to not subject myself to the pain and suffering of getting disk sharing working on a router.
Ok ... but this thread is about getting a feature that's a selling feature - it's literally on the box - to work. People purchased these routers and are expecting to get at least what they paid for. Some of these routers had the feature completely removed in a firmware update making them choose between critical updates a reason they bought the hardware. This is a work around to a broken or missing feature, just as adding a separate NAS is. Maybe it's not as pretty, but it sure is free.
I was optimistic this thread might help me set up a second, alternating Time Machine backup. However, once the sparse image is mounted it winds up in Time Machine's privacy exclusion list and there is no obvious way to remove it. It cannot even be highlighted in the privacy list.
Does anyone have an idea how I can keep it out of Time Machine's privacy section?
> [...] once the sparse image is mounted it winds up in Time Machine's
> privacy exclusion list [...]What, exactly, does "privacy exclusion list" mean to you? Do you
mean the Options... > "Exclude these items from backups:" list, or
something which actually mentions "privacy" somewhere else, or what?As usual, showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results
(error messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.If your backup destination is visible as part of your local file
system, then Time Machine _should_ exclude it from its backup to-do
list. Including the backup destination itself in the list of items to
back up would be circular.> Does anyone have an idea how I can keep it out of Time Machine's
> privacy section?Where, exactly, did you find this "privacy section"? About what,
exactly, are you talking?First I will comment that I am aware of your instruction to use Terminal to set the destination. However, since I already have one Time Machine backup running I was concerned that running the referenced Terminal command might muck up my current TM backup. Perhaps my cirumstance and request is too obscure for the purposes you have generously provided but I was hoping to learn one way or the other if I could make this work.
With respect to your questions to clarify what I was trying to describe I did intend to attach these pics the first time around:
