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R7000 Firmware Version 1.0.9.88 and Time Machine
This may have been covered in other threads, so I apologize in advance, but I'm not sure where else to go. All the information about this update and the inability for Netgear to use Time Machine any ...
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply, and so quickly. This helps since I was scared away from the update due to the warning.
I appreciate you help.
release notes for recent firmware releases says it broke time machine. &it's true.
i can't go to earlier firmware without opening up my entire network to hackers.
i can't live without backup.
when's netgear going to fix this bug in new firmware release? what's netgear doing messing with time machine anyway?
i have the r7000, macbook 15" 2019, and set time machine to back up to my seagate NAS. nothing's connected to usb ports of router. time machine tries to backup, then says it needs to re-do a full backup to be secure, and loops.
Q1: will it also fail if i connect the backup disk directly to my mac? of course then the nas isn't available on the network. or i use a smaller disk.
q2: any recommendations for another incremental backup utility for mac? does netgear break all backup utilities? sheesh
thanks for any help.
Time machine support on router does not matter for a time machine back up to a standalone NAS. Time macine support is only if using a drive connected via USB to the router, My MAC backs up just fine to a QNAP NAS without complaining.
unfortunately, as i described in my post, at least for me, it fails when backing up to the stand-alone NAS. it seems to go through the backup, try to verify, fail and advise starting a new complete backup. then loops. the NAS and my macbook are on the router's enet, both hard wired. although i'm trying it now to a local disk attached to macbook usb port, bypassing the router, and it seems to be workikng and seems to have succeeded. just lack the mirror image (raid) internal NAS backup.
the nas supports two enets, so i might try connecting a private enet only between the NAS and the macbook, and see if mac recognizes that as a different disk, in which case backing up to the NAS would totally bypass the router.