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Help Needed for ReadyNas 314 - Backup Jobs from Scratch
Hi Everyone, I have had a ReadyNas for years. I stopped using my ReadyNas 314 a couple of years ago as it stopped 'talking' to my Mac properly. I am not an expert - I want to add that now...
Do you have another device you can use to access the shared folder (another PC, or perhaps a phone/tablet running iOS 14.x?
It is possible that this is a file permission problem on the Mac. I'm not a Mac user though, so I can't help much with that.
Hi Thanks but I have tested my theory and I think its because when I turned on iCloud drive, it created a hidden directory '~/Library/Mobile Documents' which is where it stores a cached copy of everything from the iCloud and when I click onto 'Documents' in my Finder, it basically just jumps to that location, almost like a shortcut. That ~/Library/Mobile Documents folder cannot be added in the Mac Sharing options from what I can see and therefore I cannot get it to back it up. The only think I can think of doing is creating a script to copy the ~/Library/Mobile Documents folder to an external HDD and then share that so the NAS can copy but that seems very clunky and unnecessary. I'm guessing Netgear dont have any kind of iCloud backup option?
flummoxed wrote:
I'm guessing Netgear don't have any kind of iCloud backup option?No - Apple doesn't provide a software library for linux.
flummoxed wrote:
The only thing I can think of doing is creating a script to copy the ~/Library/Mobile Documents folder to an external HDD and then share that so the NAS can copy but that seems very clunky and unnecessary.You can also put software on the Mac that will back up the folder(s) to the NAS. FreeFileSync is one package that should work; there are others out there.
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