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NV+ 2TB Limit - Was Disappointed, Now Happy
I bought an NV+ a couple of years back and was happy to see the improved support for Timemachine. But, with just 2 1TB drives I was limited to ~600GB. I did my research and settled on the Western D...
What Security mode are you using under Security > Security Mode?
Did you specify "options:tm" for the share?
Why are you setting the share as the user's home share? You can add a user, add a share and configure the share so that only that user has access to it via Frontview. That is the proper way to add users and shares.
When I was talking about using SSH that was in regards to editing the config file to include "options:tm" for an existing share you'd created via Frontview.
You may also need to copy the ".com.apple.timemachine.supported" file from /c/.timemachine/.com.apple.timemachine.supported and paste it in your new share for it to be recognised by Time Machine.
To auto mount a share on login, mount it and save the login details to the keychain then go to Command Menu > System Preferences > Users & Groups > Your User > Login Items, unlock the system preferences pane (if not already unlocked) so you can make changes and drag and drop the mounted share to add it to the list
Did you specify "options:tm" for the share?
Why are you setting the share as the user's home share? You can add a user, add a share and configure the share so that only that user has access to it via Frontview. That is the proper way to add users and shares.
When I was talking about using SSH that was in regards to editing the config file to include "options:tm" for an existing share you'd created via Frontview.
You may also need to copy the ".com.apple.timemachine.supported" file from /c/.timemachine/.com.apple.timemachine.supported and paste it in your new share for it to be recognised by Time Machine.
To auto mount a share on login, mount it and save the login details to the keychain then go to Command Menu > System Preferences > Users & Groups > Your User > Login Items, unlock the system preferences pane (if not already unlocked) so you can make changes and drag and drop the mounted share to add it to the list
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