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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...
I have a few problems that I hope someone can help me with.
I have an iMac which I already have backing up with Time Machine - I would now like to add my wife's MacBook. I've read the instructions given here, but I am assuming that this method applies when there had not been an initial use of Time Machine (TM) - am I correct?
I have tried adding the MacBook after setting up my wife as a users, but when I try to connect her to TM I get an error 'The operation could not be completed. (OSStatus error 2.)'
The other problem I keep running across is the reference to FrontView - this has been replaced as I understand it by ReadyNAS - and there is no mention in it of Quota! So how do I set User Accounts I added a user account for each computer with a quota. (I tend to allocate 1.5x my computer's hard drive space for backups.) Is this the same as Capacity shown in Backup Time Machine?
I am also a little confused by the <username> does this have to match a name on the Mac? For instance my iMac has a file called Martin Sullivan's Computer.sparsebundle.
I have the Duo v2.
I have an iMac which I already have backing up with Time Machine - I would now like to add my wife's MacBook. I've read the instructions given here, but I am assuming that this method applies when there had not been an initial use of Time Machine (TM) - am I correct?
I have tried adding the MacBook after setting up my wife as a users, but when I try to connect her to TM I get an error 'The operation could not be completed. (OSStatus error 2.)'
The other problem I keep running across is the reference to FrontView - this has been replaced as I understand it by ReadyNAS - and there is no mention in it of Quota! So how do I set User Accounts I added a user account for each computer with a quota. (I tend to allocate 1.5x my computer's hard drive space for backups.) Is this the same as Capacity shown in Backup Time Machine?
I am also a little confused by the <username> does this have to match a name on the Mac? For instance my iMac has a file called Martin Sullivan's Computer.sparsebundle.
I have the Duo v2.
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