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oriordan
Feb 12, 2012Aspirant
Can't delete sparsebundle
I have been having problems with my Macbook Pro backing up to my ReadyNAS Duo since I came back from a trip. I realized I was inadvertently backing up VMWare Fusion images as part of the backup and...
logger
May 03, 2012Aspirant
mdgm wrote: Create a new share e.g. TMtemp
Login to CIFS as admin, and browse to the hidden ".timemachine" folder on the C share, you can do this by in the Finder selecting Go > Connect to Folder and typing "/Volumes/c/.timemachine"
Then also open in another Finder window /Volumes/c/TMtemp and move the sparse bundle to the TMtemp share. Then go into Frontview and delete the TMtemp share. This will get the NAS to delete the sparsebundle which is much faster than deleting it across your network.
Sorry I am confused as I am not a MAC user and I am trying to do this on my wifes mac. You say "Create a new share e.g. TMtemp" How do I create a share?
In the second step you say "Login to CIFS as admin". Here do you mean, I login with Wifes usual credentials which are her name and password. Or should the mac have some combo of the user "admin" and another password that I need to login with?
Currently I have my readynas listed 3 times in finder under shared as:
ReadyNAS
ReadyNAS (afp)
ReadyNAS (cifs)
So I clicked the third one, ReadyNAS (cifs), & then on the "connect as.." button at top right and at the dialog enter my wifes credentials. But as this point all I see are the regular shares on the ReadyNAS. I cannot see the C share or anything hidden or sparsebundle related.
Appreciate it if you could set me the right direction.
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