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How-to: Setup multi-Mac backup shares with quotas. Easy.
Over the last couple years, I've been backing up each of my Macs to the default ReadyNAS Time Machine share. It's been OK, aside from having to hack my sparse bundles to stop them from increasing in s...
Tip:
Set quota warnings to 100% of the quota, rather than the default 80%.
If your Time Machine backups go over the 80%, Time Machine will just give you an error and the ReadyNAS will complain too. At 100% Time Machine will properly consolidate your old backups.
The setting is under User and Group Accounts, then choose Preferences from the drop-down menu above the list of users. The option is the last one: "Warn user when disk usage is:"
Set quota warnings to 100% of the quota, rather than the default 80%.
If your Time Machine backups go over the 80%, Time Machine will just give you an error and the ReadyNAS will complain too. At 100% Time Machine will properly consolidate your old backups.
The setting is under User and Group Accounts, then choose Preferences from the drop-down menu above the list of users. The option is the last one: "Warn user when disk usage is:"
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